From the aforesaid Christopher Hitchens, two new items: one (via Mick) on Ramsey Clark; and a long, splendid essay on journalists in the English novel. I wonder about this point, though:
I do not think that there will again be a major novel, flattering or unflattering, in which a reporter is the protagonist. Or if there is, he or she will be a blogger or some other species of cyber-artist, working from home and conjuring the big story from the vastness of electronic space.The blogger novel? Hmmm... might be less than riveting.