An editorial writer might consult a reporter to see what she thinks, if it is what she covers. But they are entirely independent.

Knowing the identity of the leaker helps you analyze the likelihood that the material is real.

I always love it when a small paper wins. When I was growing up in the Bronx, the editor of the Riverdale Press - a neighborhood rag - kept submitting his columns for a Pulitzer. We laughed and laughed at his ego. He finally won.

The verb "Garland" should be created. It would mean to unfairly put a stinking albatross around someone's neck, to make him unemployable.

Donald Trump's humor is hostile to a fault.

Donald Trump is an awful loser.

The horrifying thing is that nearly half of America seems in synch with xenophobia and race-baiting.