Dear Mr. Meacham,

I'm an ex-J School grad. I'll answer for the black-turtleneck guy, who was telling you something you didn't hear.

We have people dying over here too. Literally and figuratively. Also, dying to have you tell us the raw truth about what this government has been doing.

But your magazine doesn't have the guts to pursue it because you will lose access.

You want to see your magazine regain relevance?

Change your editorial policy. Muckrake. Take six of your best and do what Knight-Ridder did in the run up to the war with Iraq: get the story straight. Have these six go back and tell the truth about the Bush years. And oh yeah, you might start with an honest story about the questions left to be answered about 9-11. And that includes every foreign influence involved, and who is covering up for whom.

You do that, and you will have a page-turner. You will be a force in the industry.