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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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A Hollow Victory
On October 30, 1974, George Foreman and Muhammad Ali met at the 20th of May Stadium in Kinshasa, Zaire in the long awaited Rumble in the Jungle. Foreman, 25, undefeated and the heavyweight champion, was the heavy favorite. They fought for eight rounds, Foreman attacking the 32-year-old Ali, attempting to knock him out, throwing hundreds of punches. In the eighth…
What Comes After Trump?
The future, Mr. Gittes, the future …
The Gang That Can’t Talk Straight
If the hive be disturbed by rash and stupid hands, instead of honey, it will yield us bees. …
The Washington Post
I started at The Washington Post in late January 1969. The Post then was a good, but not yet great, newspaper. Ben Bradlee had been at The Post since 1965, first as managing editor, then as executive editor. He was making a lot of changes. I suppose I was one of them. The first time I came into the newsroom…