Post editorial-page editor Mark Cunningham remembers late columnist and friend Bob McManus (pictured). Don Halasy “You know, you can’t really have friends in this job,” Bob remarked a time or two, and didn’t bother spelling it out: As editorial-page editor, you can be loyal to a few principles, to the paper, the readers and the craft, plus maybe a wife and kids; stretch it any further and you’ll find you’ve got to disappoint one of them.