The Times Continues to Fall Apart.

The Times Continues to Fall Apart.

"Obviously, I'm taking a bullet here," he said of the suspension imposed last week. "Anyone with half a brain can see that." But, he said, "I'm too mad to whine about it."

Star writer Rick Bragg is the Times sacrifice to Editor Howell Raines' affirmative action god, and he's not happy about it.

Month after month, year after year, Rick Bragg said, his mission was to "go get the dateline," even when that meant leaning heavily on the reporting of others.

Hopefully, this will result in new management at the Times.