A fearless free press that protects and makes good use of bonafide “whistle blowers” is an indispensable, if not the single most important, part of a functioning democracy, responsible for

In positing the rhetorical question about “the death of journalism,” it must be stressed that it could only happen, in any final sense, in conjunction with the death of democracy, itself. When

Remarkably, the past few weeks have seen an amazing sort of passing in the arena of journalism and news. This week came the death of a third legendary journalist (don’t they say these things

The uproar within Washington, D.C. inner circles from what came to many as a total surprise, the sale of the Washington Post, brings with it important questions about the newspaper’s direction

Thank heavens for misfits and non-conformists. I mean that. “Thank the heavens” might be more precise, because I am solidly persuaded that evolution in the universe from the beginning has been

George? They should have named the new royal baby Trayvon. The seemingly absurd nature of that suggestion underscores the absurd theater of the outrageously contrasting images that have dominated