Title: “… a Clare Boothe Luce Play.” -- Clare Booth Luce (who was married to Henry Luce the founder of Time Magazine, and others) wrote a play entitled “The Women” in which there are no men on stage at any time and the women are engaged in a blur of dealing, double-dealing, being doubled dealt against regarding their friendships and their marriages.

“… the editors of which were not even informed …” -- According to Howard Kurtz, the News division and the Editorial division at the Wall Street Journal claim they only acknowledge each others’ existence because their paychecks both say “Dow Jones” on them.

MEGO. -- Years ago I read an article about an archetypal news editor who used the acronym “MEGO” to describe “think pieces,” “news analyses,” and long backgrounders. The letters stand for “Mine Eyes Glaze Over.”