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
Voter drives at shopping centers vs. billionaire-bought ‘civic life’
At a Virginia shopping center, Obama voter-registration volunteers had to set up their tent at a somewhat out-of-the-way location on
Friends of Quinn and the national digital library issue
If you’re here to learn more about Quinn Bradlee’s activities, check out the LibraryCity site. A long essay there mentions
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
On Sally Quinn, money, power, bipartisanship and my inner Veblen
Sally Quinn-bashers have once again been at work—ridiculing an essay headlined Sally Quinn announces the end of power in Washington.
Why I’ll vote for Shuttleworth, not Moran (updated)
Update #1: Ethics-challenged or not, Rep. Jim Moran of Virginia's Eighth District won reelection June 12. Scroll to the end
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
David Rothman at Large 