Serious Journalism Need Not Be Solemn.

It Was Clear Soon After His Election That Obama, Like Fdr, Wanted To Start Dealing With The Economic Crisis Immediately After His Inauguration.

Long Words, Fat Talk They May Tell Us Something About Ourselves. Has The Passion For Fat In The Language Increased As Self-confidence Has Waned?

Like All Young Reporters - Brilliant Or Hopelessly Incompetent - I Dreamed Of The Glamorous Life Of The Foreign Correspondent: Prowling Vienna In A Burberry Trench Coat, Speaking A Dozen Languages To Dangerous Women, Narrowly Escaping Sardinian Bandits - The Usual Stuff That Newspaper Dreams Are Made Of.

There's So Much Spectating Going On That A Lot Of Us Never Get Around To Living.

The Best Discussion Of Trouble In Boardroom And Business Office Is Found In Newspapers' Own Financial Pages And Speeches By Journalists In Management Jobs.