A truly inspiring piece of journalism

Sometimes subject matter and writerly abililty conspire to create the kind of journalism that resonates on many levels and becomes something far more affecting than a mere piece of reporting. Chris Jones, writing in Esquire about Roger Ebert and his cancer-related...
RFK: A Journey to Justice

RFK: A Journey to Justice

Imagine this scene: It's 1960, and John F. Kennedy is running for president. In a New York hotel room, he is strategizing with his brother and closest advisor, Robert Kennedy, about courting "the Negro vote." JFK is annoyed that baseball hero Jackie...
StageStruck: Ordinary  People

StageStruck: Ordinary People

Everyman is the archetype of medieval theater. The 15th-century play follows a typical, flawed human in his search for suitable companions to accompany him on his journey toward death. In the end, the moral is that only Good Deeds will see you successfully into the...

Letters: What Do You Think?

Keep Nuke RunningSo the owners and managers of Vermont Yankee cover up problems and downplay risks—this is my surprised face. The solution, however, is not shutting the plant down. What would take its place? A coal plant? Even so-called clean coal is far dirtier...