 he kept writing after he retired yeah right he had a column in november he retired four years ago yeah right tell me what what kind of a figure he was in the newsroom yeah i mean you you respected ruben you you knew that when ruben spoke he meant it um i think uh there are people who disagreed with him there were people who you know had very different life experiences he was he was you know puerto rican guy coming from the bronx yeah and he brought a different accent literally uh