We journalists love to cover political elections, like horse races – who’s ahead in the polls and ballot boxes and who’s not? Who’s gaining and who’s falling behind? Covering the underlying political and societal issues is far more complicated and … Read the rest
David Crowley is showing major league political smarts as the Democratic nominee for the Wisconsin governorship. He has signaled a double-barreled campaign. For openers, the Milwaukee County executive, who won by a razor-thin margin over Rep. Francesca Hong in the … Read the rest
At the end of an eight-week exchange between American and Japanese journalists many moons ago, I had the opportunity to visit Hiroshima. That city had rebounded from the first atomic attack at the end of World War II, but dramatically … Read the rest
