March 2011
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Psychedelic Icon Owsley Stanley Dies in Australia →
(REUTERS)—Owsley “Bear” Stanley, a 1960s counterculture figure who flooded the flower power scene with LSD and was an early benefactor of the Grateful Dead, died in a car crash in his adopted home country of Australia on Sunday, his family said. He was believed to be 76.
I first learned who Owsley was not through chemical experimentation, but through the man who acted as my...
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Vegas Lent, Defined
While listening to a recent episode of Five Hundy By Midnight, the Original Las Vegas Podcast, I was introduced to the term Vegas Lent. Hosts Tim and Michelle defined it as that 40-day period of planning, packing, practice gambling, buildup of tolerance for drink or buffet binges, and mounting anticipation before one’s next trip to Sin City.
I shall have to keep that in mind when this...
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Covering Politics the David Broder Way (by Richard...
From the 3/10/11 POLITICO Playbook, by Mike Allen, one of several tributes from fellow news reporters and editors to David Broder. Good guide for being a political reporter, hard worker, and mensch:
Richard L. Berke, National Editor and former National Political Correspondent, The New York Times: It was hard not to feel like an imposter covering politics alongside David, let alone trying to...
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“Bradlee wrote in his memoir, “A Good Life,” that Mr. Broder was...”
– Ben Bradlee, as quoted in “David Broder, 81, Dies; Set ‘Gold Standard’ for Political Journalism”
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“Broder’s appetite for working long hours and weekends was legendary....”
– “Washington Post columnist David Broder dies at 81,” Yahoo! News 