Toward Bethlehem with Joan Didion and Jill Abramson Gabriel Snyder · 07/28/09 01:11PM Under almost any circumstance, it would be highly unfair to compare NYT managing editor for news Jill Abramson's new "Puppy Diaries" column to Joan Didion's masterpiece essay "Slouching Towards Bethlehem." Unless Abramson asks us to.