What a shame. His column was one of the few
remaining reasons to pick up the Globe.
Another adult leaves the building. Brace yourself
for more cheese makers and garlic scapes.

And how was today's noon time chat with the resident
Psychic? Anybody attend?

He's one of my favorites, with knowledge of the city that is not easily replaced.

I'll definitely miss reading Bailey's work in the Globe, but he's on to bigger (and better) things at Bloomberg. Good for him!

Seth Gitell reacts and recounts:

When I told my mother, a lifelong reader of the Globe of Bailey’s departure, she said "he was the last of the best."

Dan Kennedy: His voice comes pretty close to being irreplaceable.

Joe Keohane explains why Bailey was so important to readers:

... When someone like Bailey hangs it up, it doesn’t just hurt the paper he works for, it has the added effect of denying the public entrance into those backrooms where big decisions are made—the same backrooms he showed a practically magical ability to get inside. It's like a door closing for those of us in the dwindling paper-reading population. One that won’t be reopening any time soon. ...