Maybe That Washington Post Newsroom Face Punch Was a Gay Insecurity Thing Hamilton Nolan · 11/05/09 09:13AM Near-retiree Washington Post editor Henry Allen punched writer Manuel Roig-Franzia in the face after Roig-Franzia called him a "cocksucker." Hank Steuver, a WaPo colleague whose editor is Allen, thinks the man may have some issues: