The fault I find with most American newspapers is not the absence of dissent. it is the absence of news. With a dozen or so honorable exceptions, most American newspapers carry very little news. Their main concern is advertising.

I sought in political reporting what Galsworthy in another context had called 'the significant trifle'- the bit of dialogue, the overlooked fact, the buried ob…

A certain moral imbecility marks all ethnocentric movements.

Every time we are confronted with a new revolution we take to the opium pipes of our own propaganda.

Europe has a press that stresses opinions; America a press, radio, and television that emphasize news.

There are a lot of people who think our job is to reassure the public every night that their home, their community and their nation is safe. I don't subscribe …

You gotta see English crime. It's hilarious, you don't know if you're reading the front page or the comic section over there. I swear to God. I read an article…