The Journalist’s Trade

Too Many Degrees Of Separation: Strangers On Their Own News Beats

When Loren Ghiglione was rounding up comment recently regarding the minority hiring programs of the American Society of Newspaper Editors I automatically responded with a cheer. Who could argue with…

The Ken Galbraith (and Bill Buckley) Show

My interview with John Kenneth Galbraith began with his asking me a question. Peering down from his 6 feet 8 inches, the 88-year-old Galbraith inquired, “Just how many hours do…

Getting It Wrong on Whitewater

They’ve all said it so much that it is a given in the Whitewater coverage. It’s one of those “facts” you don’t even need to check out. The New York…

Bashing American Schools

How the Print and Visual Media All Too Often Misunderstand, Misrepresent and Thereby Misreport and Severely Damage Our American System of Public Education

Understanding Timothy McVeigh

Why a Reporter Would Ignore the Media