I enjoy this guy's work and acknowledge this isn't the easiest thing to do in such a national sort of way. That said, and its not with glee that I say this but, once I read that his memoirs are coming out later this Spring, the tone of the whole announcement changed. Changing from 100% unburdening himself from something that shouldn't ever have been a burden in the first place, to something mostly an unburdening but also a little marketing and self promotion for the upcoming book.

Thoughts?

http://reasonableconversation.blogspot.com/

http://www.npr.org/2011/05/16/136338277/...sc=fb&cc=fp

I think it's probably that, no doubt with some (much?) urging from his publisher, it is just a marketing push. Mind you, their timing is a bit off, The Oprah Winfrey Show is coming to a close and an appearance on there is the holy grail if someone is about to release a book.

Either way, it can't be easy.