Under the Wire

I’ve noticed some columnists display a cartoon-like caricature of themselves at the top of their work. They jump right off the page at you, big head, little body with a goofy cartoon smile to greet you. What’s with that, anyway?

First, let me offer my apologies to any fellow columnist for whom the picture is not a cartoon but what he or she really looks like. These folks have enough problems already, without me making fun of them. I can only imagine what it must be like to wear a size 9 shirt collar and size 8 7/8 hat. Since I’m not really an insensitive person, it’s not those people I’m talki...