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EDITORIAL CARETAKERS OF TOMORROW’S HISTORY
In the decade I have been slinging ink from this desk, I don’t recall any other news week when an above-the fold headline, obituary page, and editorial column converged in alignment, but that’s what happens after the passing of an icon. It is a moment that reminds me that my purpose at this desk is like that of those who came before me: chronicling the present as it passes into history at the tips…