I Don't Think There Will Be Fascism

A.j. Liebling, One Of My Heroes, Used To Say That He Could Write Better Than Anyone Who Wrote Faster, And Faster Than Anyone Who Could Write Better. I'm One Nine-hundredth As Good As Liebling, But That Principle May Slightly Apply.

I Use Social Media Every Day. I Don't Have A Twitter Account, But Not Because I'm A Dinosaur About It. I Have Enough Of A Platform Here. People In My Position Who Do It Tend To Use It In A Promotional Way Or In A Hamstrung Way. I Look At Twitter All The Time As A News Tool Or For Cultural Conversation. I've Used It In My Reporting. It's Very Useful.

The Only Reason To Be In Business Is To Be Great.

My Deep Sense Of Alarm Has To Do With Donald Trump's Seeming Lack Of Fealty To Constitutionalism.

I Think We Should Be Alarmed, Watchful, And, As Journalists, Rigorous And Fearless. I Think We Should Be Alert.