The Boston Globe is in serious difficulty. Even after severe downsizing, its parent company, that, you know, New York paper, has given unions a 30 day deadline to give concessions or risk the total deflation of Boston's pride.However, not all Bostonians are lamenting. A letter in today's Globe even exudes a whiff of Schadenfreude:

Is it any wonder why the Globe is teetering on the brink of demise? Its April 4 lead editorial "Incumbents' paradise" is a prime example of why the Globe has become irrelevant. It bemoans a lack of competition and the ease with which incumbents perpetuate themselves in office. Bulletin: Maybe it has something to do with the Globe's functioning as house organ for the tax-and-spend left. Can anyone recall the last time the Globe endorsed a Republican challenger over a Democrat incumbent? I can't.

What thinking person could believe in the journalistic integrity of a newspaper that produces a gushing hardcover valentine to Ted Kennedy (as if its obsequious daily coverage isn't enough)? The Globe has long abused its monopoly on the Commonwealth's print media. Now, competition from alternative media is toppling the Globe from its heretofore lofty perch. As the old saying goes, today's peacock is tomorrow's feather duster. Au revoir.