Marc JohnsonJun 5, 20145 minJust the BeginningGall bladder surgery in the 1960’s was a far different operation than it has become more recently and often resulted in several days in t...
Marc JohnsonNov 22, 20133 minFirst DraftTom Wicker was a southern liberal, born and educated in North Carolina and passionate about civil rights and civil liberties. He also ear...
Marc JohnsonOct 15, 20134 minThere is No Herald Tribune TodaySo, no George on the trip to Varenna and Bellagio – the one on the big lake in Italy, not on The Strip in Nevada. I remember lovely Varen...
Marc JohnsonJun 22, 20136 minNewspapers to DodosOn Tuesday morning June, 23 1942 the Portland Oregonian newspaper reported on the details of a Japanese naval attack on the United States...
Marc JohnsonMar 12, 20132 minGraveyard of EmpiresYoung Winston wrote from the British cavalry barracks in Bangalore where he was stationed as part of his deployment to the part of the wo...
Marc JohnsonMar 4, 20134 minDishing it OutBy now, unless you don’t follow what passes for serious news these days, you know that Woodward, the more famous half of Woodward and Ber...
Marc JohnsonJan 12, 20134 minWar and CongressThe FBI followed him, particularly after he criticized Roosevelt’s foreign policy prior to American entry into World War II. His patrioti...
Marc JohnsonJul 10, 20124 minThe AnchormanThis may be the most famous photo of the many famous photos of the famous CBS anchorman Walter Cronkite. The grainy, black and white imag...
Marc JohnsonMay 21, 20121 minLong ReadsI’m old enough to remember when the mailman brought LIFE magazine to our house. It was a big event every week. The magazine was a coffee ...
Marc JohnsonMay 2, 20124 minObama the WarriorOne of the great strategies in politics is to take your opponent’s greatest strength and turn that advantage into a liability. It’s not ...
Marc JohnsonDec 19, 20114 minTen I’d Like to SeeI’m a news junkie. I consume newspapers, radio, television, the Internet, blogs and more like some folks consume cans of Coke or bags of ...
Marc JohnsonOct 10, 20112 minOld SchoolI didn’t know Pat Murphy well. I wish I had known him better. What I did know and observe firsthand about the former Arizona Republic edi...
Marc JohnsonSep 20, 20112 minJ. Robb BradyLoyal readers at this spot know that I occasionally rage against the dying of the light of local journalism. The days of independent, com...
Marc JohnsonSep 12, 20113 minReflectionsAmid the tenth anniversary reflections over the terror attacks on New York and Washington there is much to ponder, remember and regret, i...
Marc JohnsonJul 18, 20112 minA Job for DCI TennisonI’m thinking as I read about each new revelation in the widening Rupert Murdoch/tabloid/police/political scandal in Britain that we reall...
Marc JohnsonJul 11, 20113 minAll the NewsYou could not look at a website or pick up a paper over the weekend without seeing the nearly minute-by-minute coverage of the latest Rup...
Marc JohnsonJun 6, 20111 minWoodwardGood Columnist, Good Guy The Idaho Statesman in Boise and the paper’s readers said so long this weekend to long-time columnist/reporter T...
Marc JohnsonMay 31, 20113 minDumbing DownFascinating piece by the Public Editor of The New York Times this past weekend taking the gray lady to task for not preserving “its digni...
Marc JohnsonMar 10, 20114 minA Reporter’s ReporterIn the last few years it became “inside the beltway” sport for some to denigrate the kind of journalism that Dave Broder practiced for so...
Marc JohnsonNov 15, 20103 minThe Olbermann FileI have been trying for a week now to sort out just how I feel about this Keith Olbermann matter and I keep coming back to one question: I...