Richard Ben Cramer died this week, author of the magisterial What It Takes, about the 1988 US Presidential campaign. It’s a must-read book for anyone fascinated by American politics: over a thou… more →
Bridges and Tangentswrote 2 months ago: Pulitzer Prize winning author and journalist Richard Ben Cramer died in January of this year. Cramer … more →
wrote 2 months ago: Back in the 1930s, a series of movies starring Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland popularized the notion … more →
wrote 3 months ago: There was no shortage of praise for Richard Ben Cramer upon his death earlier this month. The author … more →
wrote 4 months ago: Richard Ben Cramer, an iconic longform journalist dies at the age 62. A fellow journalist and friend … more →
wrote 4 months ago: Richard Ben Cramer died this week, author of the magisterial What It Takes, about the 1988 US Presid … more →
wrote 4 months ago: The piece they call Richard Ben Cramer’s finest work reads like unkempt morning hair. This makes it … more →
wrote 4 months ago: Time for our weekly check on the wild and the wacky, the sublime and the heartbreaking. In other wor … more →
wrote 4 months ago: A while back, a friend was asking me for a good political read. It was a stroke of good timing: I … more →
wrote 4 months ago: I often start out my days by stopping by Today in Literature for an interesting article about a well … more →
wrote 4 months ago: I did not want to work with Richard Ben Cramer. OK, I did. I adored him as a writer and journalist. … more →
wrote 4 months ago: On my list of things to read when I’ve got a minute. Richard Ben Cramer, RIP … more →
wrote 4 months ago: My dad left me a voicemail this morning: “Yeah, Wayne, it’s your dad. I wanted to tell y … more →
wrote 4 months ago: **This post written while happily savoring another Duke victory, the 15th of the season, without a d … more →
wrote 4 months ago: He was the author of the great book about the 1988 presidential election, What It Takes, which I tal … more →
wrote 4 months ago: Picture from: philly.com My first encounter with journalist Richard Ben Cramer went something like t … more →
wrote 4 months ago: Just heard the very sad news this morning that Richard Ben Cramer has passed away. He was the author … more →
wrote 4 months ago: Richard Ben Cramer “It’s like a drug, the feeling you could make a difference….” … more →
wrote 4 months ago: WASHINGTON (AP) — Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Richard Ben Cramer, whose in-depth non-fiction s … more →
wrote 4 months ago: Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Richard Ben Cramer, author of “What It Takes: The Way to the … more →