Mike Barnicle, media critic. Check out the "Inside Track" in today's Boston Herald to see what disgraced former Boston Globe columnist Mike Barnicle -- in what was apparently intended as a defense of Bob Ryan -- said about the sex lives of the Globe's top editors during his talk show on WTKK Radio (96.9 FM).

Now ask yourself this: why does the Globe allow sports columnist Dan Shaughnessy to be a regular on Barnicle's show? For that matter, why doesn't Shaughnessy just do the right thing and quit?

I'd be surprised if Barnicle's outburst yesterday goes unanswered. Stay tuned.