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Recalling Watergate and “Woodstein” after 50 years
June 17, 1972 was not Dec. 7, 1941, nor was it Sept. 11, 2001, or Jan. 6, 2021. But it remains a date that will live in infamy, and in…
Read MoreChasing Carl Bernstein
Journalists of my generation and acquaintance are having a memoir moment. Peter Osnos, who covered Prince George’s County, Md. for the Washington Post before I did and went on to…
Read MoreJobs for Seniors? You Bet!
There are so many positions for seniors these days, you’d think that ageism was a thing of the past. From my LinkedIn feed, here are just a few: The Atlantic…
Read More“The Best is Yet To Come” — but When?
The marque of the old Orpheum Theater in Saugerties, N.Y. displayed this hopeful message for several weeks after I took this photo on May 24, 2021. The theater, opened in…
Read MoreMurderous Memories: Tulsa and Volozhin
Two massacres, 21 years and 2 continents apart. Tulsa, May 31-June 1, 1921. Volozhin, May 10, 1942. The survivors didn’t want to talk about it. They wanted to spare their…
Read MoreRecalling “Jimmy’s World” at the Washington Post
Remarkably, it’s been 40 years since fabulist Janet Cooke was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for a story headlined “Jimmy’s World,” about an eight-year old heroin addict who did not exist.…
Read More“A Shameful Past”
For decades, it has been my mission as a journalist to give readers a sense of place about where they live, work and travel. It’s my strong sense that many…
Read MoreInaugurals Past and Present: Seeking Unity, Not Insurrection
It was less than six months after the infamous Watergate break-in when Richard Nixon, seeking his second presidential term, buried Democrat George McGovern in an electoral landslide and prepared to…
Read MoreDarkness at Dinner: Farewell to Mrs. K’s, Sergio’s and the rest
“Amidst all the vagaries of life, there’s death and taxes, and Mrs. K’s Toll House,” or so I wrote in a restaurant review for The Washington Post in August 1998.…
Read MoreA Plains Christmas and Pride in Charley, R.I.P.
A Plains Christmas It is so vivid in my mind, it seems like yesterday. But 40 years ago next week I boarded Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base…
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