Shabbat may have ended, but from a rabbi-writer, here is the d'var Torah. To those Jews who still support him religionnews.com/2022/11/27/tru… via RNS

Very proud to be quoted in this trenchant piece. Is It OK for Journalists To Hold Back Scoops for Books? niemanreports.org/articles/is-it… via Nieman Reports

Assange was Putin's asset in the manipulation of the 2016 presidential election. Not my idea of someone journalists ought to be championing. Major News Outlets Urge U.S. to Drop Its Charges Against Assange nyti.ms/3EML3uw

How late is late? Everyone needs to read the Jeffrey salkin oped from RNS. Allies Call Trump’s Dinner With Antisemites a Breaking Point nyti.ms/3VhHAev

The ever incisive Farrell Evans weighs in on the breakthrough reporting by David Maraniss and Sally Jenkins. Jerry Jones was not innocent, then or now andscape.com/features/jerry…

A very good question.. espn.com/nba/story/_/id…

The Wehrmacht in action...White nationalist Nick Fuentes reportedly involved in In-N-Out food fight in Hollywood latimes.com/california/sto…

As a loyal alumnus of the New York Times -- reporter 1981 to 1987, columnist 2004 to 2016 -- I won't click on the site today. News staff who cut back hours and pay to help the paper through financial distress should benefit from the bounty now. washingtonpost.com/media/2022/12/…

So glad to see this reconsideration of one of my favorite novels. (And a great film, no matter what Puig thought.) Gratitude to the late Prof Richard Bjornson of UW-Madison (then Ohio State) for introducing me to Puig's work in 1974. newyorker.com/books/second-r… via The New Yorker

If you never knew the origins of "A Christmas Story," meet Jean Shepherd the author. My latest in the WaPo. washingtonpost.com/books/2022/12/…

This one deserves an NFT card for Nuisance Litigation. thehill.com/homenews/media…

In taking stock of Barbara Walters, let's not forget her "expertise" at the obsequious celebrity interview and her complicity as Roy Cohn's beard. Not my idea of a journo heroine. #BarbaraWalters #journalismethics

Being the lifelong New York Giants fan I am, this season's resurrection brings to mind what Jim Fassell and John Fox accomplished in 1997, setting up the great 2000 and 2002 seasons. As with our prez, under-promise and over-perform!

"Continental Drift" is the greatest American novel of the 70 years since "Invisible Man." And it's part of a stunning body of Russell Banks's work. May his memory be not just a blessing but an inspiration to all authors. nyti.ms/3QoDfog

Hakeem Jeffries's spellbinding speech in the House last week brings to mind this precursor. #HakeemJeffries americanantiquarian.org/earlyamericann…

Truth. Thank you Esau McCaulley The Kind of Revolution That Martin Luther King Jr. Envisioned nyti.ms/3IUMWt3

That's some kind of way of celebrating Black History Month, by capitulating to a demagogue. nytimes.com/2023/02/01/us/…

Never too late! At age 67, I make my debut in the Atlantic, writing about a new football memoir from the Giants coach Tom Coughlin that does the seemingly impossible: recounts his career with vulnerability and tenderness. theatlantic.com/books/archive/…

Heading into the Super Bowl, what a treat to talk football with Chuck Todd on his podcast. This is one very enjoyable outcome of my recent piece in the Atlantic about Tom Coughlin's very moving memoir. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the…

Terrific work here by Jenny Vrentas. The stories of Shack Harris were a big part of my book Breaking The Line. Black Quarterbacks in the Super Bowl Reflect Progress and Lost Opportunity nyti.ms/3XjZy0l