Our society finds truth too strong a medicine to digest undiluted. In its purest form, truth is not a polite tap on the shoulder. It is a howling reproach.
I have been an unabashed fan of NPR for many years, and have stolen untold excellent ideas from its programming.
I have the necessary lack of tact.
There is no more respected or influential forum in the field of journalism than the New York Times. I look forward, with great anticipation, to contributing to its op-ed page.
People shouldn't expect the mass media to do investigative stories. That job belongs to the 'fringe' media.
