Monthly Archives: December 2017

(Th:is  is my first commentary on my blog which is not related to ny book: “My Memoirs:Fifty Years of Journalism, from Print to the Internet.”)   Back when I was foreign editor of The New York Times,(1969-1975), we had on the copy desk, a tremendous asset, a skilled geographer named Theodore (Ted) Shabad, who was a specialist on the Soviet Union. During my time as chief Moscow correspondent for The Times (1969-71), Ted served as my deputy in the bureau…..

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