A style all its own

New York Times public editor Clark Hoyt discusses his paper's style manual in this week's column.

Here's what I think:

I still can't understand why the Times uses courtesy titles in every section but sports. And why on Earth do they continue to refer to Queen Elizabeth II as Queen Elizabeth 2nd? And while we're at it, when will the Times begin using modular design? Oh right, that's so 20th century. Better to figure out how to make money on the Web.