Random Saturday night thought on responsibility: It's interesting to watch the New York Times editors talk about how the Jayson Blair is the worst "black eye" in the history of the paper and they accept responsibility but nobody will resign.

There's an old Doonesbury I tried to find but greedy Garry Trudeau has moved onto Slate and wants a subscription to gain access to the Doonesbury archives. So I'll just describe it: upstanding Congresswoman Lacey Davenport is announcing at a press conference that the savings and loan scandal is a dereliction of the oversight of Congress. Her staff thinks her rhetoric is designed for a Presidential run...until she abruptly resigns, noting that somebody has to take responsibility for the scandal.

I understand that Davenport is a fictional character and that there are real careers (and paychecks) to consider. But Howell Raines and Gerald Boyd had a rare opportunity to stand up for the New York Times and journalistic integrity by resigning. In fact, I think they would have been hailed as heroes by the NYT staff and journalists across the U.S. Instead, they held tight to their positions and paychecks. In my opinion, it will take years - if not decades - for the Times to recover from this scandal and its uninspired aftermath.