On Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Perfect

A collection of newspaper columns by a 43-year reporter and editor who, in retirement, continues his commentaries on people, politics and the impact of journalism on our democratic process. He is author of three previous books: "Public Journalism and Public Life, Why Telling the News in Not Enough;" in 1995;"The Two W's of Journalism" (with Max McCombs) in 2004, and "Knightfall: Knight Ridder and How the Erosion of Newspaper Journalism is Putting Democracy at Risk" in 2005.