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About Lawrence
Lawrence Meyer is a veteran, award-winning newspaper reporter and editor. He spent thirty-two years at The Washington Post, where he witnessed many of the twentieth century’s most dramatic events. During the 1970s, he covered the attempted assassination of Governor George C. Wallace, the Watergate break-in trial, the Senate Watergate hearings, and the subsequent impeachment proceedings against President Richard Nixon. His intimate familiarity with the thinking and politics at the heart of a great American newspaper lends remarkable accuracy and immediacy to The Final Edition.
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The Other Shoe Drops
Last fall, The Washington Post failed to endorse a candidate for President. The decision stunned millions and sparked outrage that resulted, among other things, in 250,000 subscribers cancelling their subscriptions. Today, The Post announced a “change coming to our opinion pages.” Jeff Bezos, owner of The Post, announced that “We are going to be writing every day in support and…
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“When the President does it, that means it is not illegal.” Richard M. Nixon…
Read MoreWho Will Speak Up?
“To sin by silence, when we should protest, makes cowards out of men.” Ella Wheeler Wilcox Rioting and insurrection have now been given the Presidential seal of approval. The 47th President has acted, disregarding the disclaimers of his Vice President that violent lawbreakers would not be pardoned and his likely Attorney General that pardons and commutations would be given…
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