My favorite thing is still journalism. I'm almost 50. This has been my life ever since I was in college.

My favorite thing is still journalism. I'm almost 50. This has been my life ever since I was in college.

I think there is a difference between Slate and Salon. I think we both serve important functions on the Internet. As more and more Websites disappear, I'm thankful Slate is still around because it makes things less lonely.

They may be a little more high brow than we are.

I came at age in the '60s, and initially my hopes and dreams were invested in politics and the movements of the time - the anti-war movement, the civil rights movement. I worked on Bobby Kennedy's campaign for president as a teenager in California and the night he was killed.

Most Sunday magazines, with the New York Times as an exception, are kind of sleepy, weekend service vehicles to move living room products.

Even more important maybe, or equally more important at least, is they don't have to scrap for a living.