Bob Woodward’s new book, “Fear,” epitomizes his strengths and weaknesses. He doggedly pursues a story and works sources, aided by the fact that he no longer needs to meet a daily deadline, and produces fly-on-the-wall peeps inside ordinarily closed worlds. … Continue reading
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If you’re reading this, I am visiting Rome and some of the islands of the eastern Mediterranean. In a way, it’s an ironic place to go to escape our own cut-rate Caesar’s attempts to hasten the empire’s decline and fall. … Continue reading