Hubris finally got him

". . . I come to bury Caesar not to praise him . . ." I'm late to the schadenfreude party called for the late great Conrad Black, but he's still a hero of a sort. Sadly though, pride -- as usual -- came before a fall. [What the hell is the matter with people -- don't they eventually see this coming, especially the smart and really well-read ones like Black? Ed.] I don't think it was his business dealings and skill -- or lack thereof -- that took Connie down, it was the hubris that overtook him. He was, after all, Peter Newman's "Establishment Man" in his thirties. How could he not be infallible? Well, as usual, when you stop looking, you'll find it (I think that's Taoist.)

Oh well. Such is life. The friends, the dough, the salary, the assets, the business that is his identity . . . Next gone will be the houses or the wife: I'm betting on the wife (high end real estate is a hard to unload right now apparently).

Posted by Grayson at January 18, 2004 08:06 PM