[Pukka Puck]

``That discussion did not happen,'' Mr. Raines said, adding that he had seen no need for such a discussion because Mr. Blair's performance had improved, and because ``we do not stigmatize people for seeking help.''

Looks like Raines should also be fired, since he showed such bad judgement.

[MediaMole]

Raines (Maureen Dowd's boyfriend) has done much more harm to the Times than this hack could ever do.

[Jim Noble]

Looks like Raines should also be fired, since he showed such bad judgement

Howell Raines should absolutely be fired.

I've read the NYT every morning since I was 13 (I obviously didn't absorb much from the editorial page).

The Times used to be an indispensible news source. The Times printed stuff that didn't exist anywhere else. It was our first, and our only, newspaper of record.

Raines has ruined a national institution. And it wasn't his to ruin, to begin with.