The Fromson File

By the time of the Presidential inauguration, we should have had enough controversy about Barack Obama and Rick Warren. I don’t mean to belittle the criticism as much as to suggest that the grumbling about Obama’s invitation even before he has assumed the presidency seemed rather excessive. If it was not about Warren, then it [...]

Those of you, dear readers, who are not used to the kind of mendacity practiced in the heartland of America must think the headlines of the past several days border on the absurd. If the governor of Illinois indeed is found guilty as charged, not only of seeking a payoff in exchange for an appointment [...]

The imminent closure of the Cox Newspapers’ Washington bureau is one more piece of bad news for journalism. It followed word from the Newspaper Association of America that newspaper advertising revenues fell almost $2 billion in the third quarter for a record 18.1% decline. With the shrinkage of so many newsrooms in response to the [...]