After months of speculation, The Washington Post‘s executive editor Len Downie finally announced to staff today that he’s retiring and that his last day will be Sept. 8. The Post‘s Howie Kurtz is reporting that the Post‘s publisher Katharine Weymouth will announce a replacement soon. At a meeting this afternoon, Mr. Downie Read More
“I don’t think I’ve kept in touch with Bob over the years,” said Washington Post executive editor Leonard Downie Jr.
Mr. Downie, on the phone from Washington, D.C., on Dec. 5, was discussing last month’s startling discovery that Post assistant managing editor Bob Woodward had become involved in the Valerie Plame Wilson affair more than Read More
“I don’t think I’ve kept in touch with Bob over the years,” said Washington Post executive editor Leonard Downie Jr.
Mr. Downie, on the phone from Washington, D.C., on Dec. 5, was discussing last month’s startling discovery that Post assistant managing editor Bob Woodward had become involved in the Valerie Plame Wilson affair Read More
Today, your diarist is going to invoke something called the “Universal Pundit’s Prerogative” (a.k.a. U.P.P.). Allow me to explain this useful tool.
When something occurs once in a columnist’s life, it isn’t an anecdote, but an embryonic trend that only the columnist has had the foresight to see and document.
When something occurs twice Read More
