Today is an emotional roller coaster for us here. We are trying to stay focused, however, on putting out the best newspaper we can tomorrow. We have the opportunity and obligation and privilege to write our own obituary. We are in the process of trying to figure out how we are going to do that.

It is a special day for just the two of us, and we look forward to it all year.

The big thing that will be lost is daily print competition, and I think competition makes all of us better. It enhances the content quality. It enhances every aspect of the work you do. You know that you need to be better than the day before. I think that adds an edge to your skills. It adds an edge to coverage.

Today, Mr. Bennett told us his comments were meant as hypothetical. He says that he was really trying to demonstrate the limitation of one argument by showing the absurdity of another.

I was just trying to do whatever I needed to help us win. That was the objective. Today we needed extra offense and at times, I provided that. Just not enough to get a win.

The fact that oil broke close to US$60 today caused a drop in S&P 500 energy stocks.