The life and death of the chain-smoking editor
How could I have written a newspaper novel like The Solomon Scandals without a chain-smoking editor? Kamikaze levels of tobacco
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Q&A with The Atlantic’s James Fallows, author of ‘China Airborne’
Alexis de Tocqueville helped demystify the America of the 19th century even though he was a visitor rather than a
Sell Washington Post to Michael Bloomberg? Not so crazy an idea
The New York Times, whether on global warming, the newest iPad or corruption in Mongolia, outdoes the Washington Post all too
Traffic booster for big news sites? Reader-Writer Dialogue Boxes?
What counts more for Web-era writers of news or opinion? Coming up with snappy, credible, well-researched articles? Or improving dialogues
Onswipe for iPad pretties up WordPress: Some glitches
While this site exists partly to plug The Solomon Scandals novel about old-time newspapering, it’s also an experiment in online
Cal Thomas on U.S. scandal #1 or close to it
Cal Thomas, the conservative columnist, isn’t ready yet to call our war in Afghanistan a scandal despite raising some excellent
Beyond GSA ‘crats at play: Scrutinize office leasing
Tax dollars at work, GSA style Angry taxpayers are buzzing over the organizational “culture” at the General Services Administration, the
Newspapers as factories: Video of 1970 film
The presses still roll at thousands of newspapers throughout the world, but for how long? And meanwhile this video from
If WaPo wants Apple-slick X…
The Solomon Scandals site has just ditched an older, more cluttered look in favor of a sleek new one. You’ll
David Rothman at Large 