"And yet, to recall Fanny’s past now, in her own bright present, here in her pretty, pastel condo by the sea, was to acknowledge, surely, that time heals."
America's nineteenth-century country editors are fun to read about, but they shouldn’t be regarded as a foundation for solving today’s crisis in local news coverage.
Ben Rhodes's new book makes an earnest case for the political power of words. But the degradation of our public life can’t be reversed by rhetoric alone.