THREE FORKS – Blackie the horse laid on his back, belly exposed and hooves pointed skyward, as a crane lifted the 1,120 pound animal onto the operating table.
Newspaper writing teaches humility. "It ain t art, and you ain t Hemingway," more than one city editor has growled at a straining-to-rise cub. A newspaper is a factory; it employs mechanics and craftspeople, but whatever art its employees produce is produced on their own time.