Mere hours after I post about my sacking at the Union-Tribune and subsequent happiness in the Web/publishing business comes word that the person who sacked me is retiring.

I’ll have to double-check, but I’m pretty sure that non-disparagement clause prohibits me from criticizing the U-T or its officers – but not its former officers. So, come the new year there may be some insights into how the U-T came to the state it finds itself in today.