A New PR

The amazing thing about this column (from the May Running Times) is that I had people writing to yell at me for defending Dean Karnazes, and just as many upset because they thought I was criticizing him. Dean himself wrote to the editor to say that his sponsors were angry because (he said) they said it was a "scathing and biased article." Make me wonder about literacy levels.

Fortunately, my very smart editor wrote back a reply that I wish I could post here, saying that he has turned down many...