Former newspaper tycoon Conrad Black enters the Chicago federal courthouse, June 30, 2006 (Credit: Associated Press/Spencer Green) Media baron and author Conrad Black inched closer to the end of his legal road today when the Seventh Circuit unanimously affirmed his 6.5 year sentence. Here's the opinion, penned by Judge Posner -- whom Black recently called "part of the prosecution" -- and here's a report from the Chicago Sun Times.

Black, 63, and three other former Hollinger International executives -- Peter Atkinson, John...