As the World Turns, Journalism Quietly Dies
Looking back on it, American journalism was always an impossible dream. But it was a dream that captured my imagination when I was very young. I suppose it began with a little pamphlet titled...
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Obama Should Sue Romney for Libel
I realize that this is America, and that the Constitution has been interpreted to allow the most scurrilous kinds of personal attacks, especially against “public figures.” But the courts retain a shred of protection for the...
A Ray of Sunshine in a Polluted Political Environment
When I was very small, my mother wrote in my autograph book, “Laugh and the world will laugh with you, weep and you weep alone.” So I have been casting about for something to...