I do promise that we will give a full accounting to our readers of what we have found to date. Anything that further research reveals will be disclosed in a timely manner.

Cynthia is one of the nation's most skillful editorial writers and commentators.

Patricia Smith is a writer of extraordinary talent and this is a tragic development. We wish her well and she retains many friends at the Globe, including myself.

Obviously, each of them violates the sacred trust that the Globe has with its readers.