Conservative Columnist Joseph Perkins Resigns Suddenly (Why?)

[Liberty Belle]

Conservative Columnist Joseph Perkins Resigns Suddenly

By Dave Astor

Published: March 03, 2005 3:40 PM ET

NEW YORK Conservative columnist Joseph Perkins abruptly left The San Diego Union-Tribune and his syndicate last week, E&P learned this afternoon.

"He resigned on his own volition," said Robert A. Kittle, the Union-Tribune's editorial-page editor, when contacted today. "It came as a complete surprise to us."

Kittle added that Perkins, who could not be reached for comment, didn't tell the newspaper why he was leaving. Perkins' Feb. 25 farewell column -- which ran just three days after he submitted his letter of resignation -- was also vague on the departure.

"Some of my friends wonder aloud if I am suffering some sort of 'midlife crisis,'" Perkins wrote. "They cannot fathom, for the life of them, why I would retire, in my mid-40s, from my writing job at The San Diego Union-Tribune; why I would forfeit my nationally syndicated column. Well, after nearly 15 years of daily deadlines, writing three to four editorials a week, in addition to a column, this seems as good a time as any to walk away from the grind."

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