Brief Encounters Short reviews of books: the AP, the I. Lewis Libby trial, White House communications, and abuses of civil liberties December 27, 2007 By James Boylan
Cowboys and Damsels November 29, 2007 By Bree Nordenson Susan Faludi oversimplifies post-9/11 America
Brief Encounters August 14, 2007 By James Boylan Short reviews of books about political power and the press, the changing role of the editorial, selling anxiety to women, and bearing witness to a changing century
Norman Pearlstine, Company Man July 26, 2007 By Douglas McCollam An editor revisits his role in Plamegate
Fountains, Faucets, and Leaks July 12, 2007 By Anthony Marro Novak on the care and feeding of primary sources
The Flaw of Averages June 25, 2007 By Rick Perlstein How polls obscure America s many social patchworks
A Place at the Table June 21, 2007 By Cynthia Tucker Setting the record straight on early black journalists
Owning Up: A New Book Stops Short of Deepening the Discourse on Media Concentration January 1, 2007 By Michael Schudson Fighting for Air: The Battle to Control America’s Media by Eric Klinenberg
Under the Skin: A History of the Vaccine Debate Goes Deep but Misses the Drama January 1, 2007 By Rebecca Skloot Vaccine: The Controversial Story of Medicine’s Greatest Lifesaver by Arthur Allen.
The Desegregation Drama November 1, 2006 By David K. Shipler The white news media came late to the scene. But when they finally did arrive, the battle was joined.