Chicken Novak… So why did pundit Robert Novak just drop out of a scheduled debate with Eric Alterman? Was it that Alterman was going to press him on the questions Novak’s friends in the press corps have been too polite to ask–i.e. did Novak squeal to the prosecutor investigating the Valerie Plame leak case, and if not, why isn’t he facing prison like journalists Matt Cooper and Judith Miller?
Paul Glastris is Editor in Chief of the Washington Monthly, founder of the magazine’s alternative college rankings, and president of the Washington Monthly Institute. He was previously a speechwriter for President Bill Clinton and a correspondent and editor at U.S. News and World Report. He is a co-founder of the National Vote at Home Institute and co-author of two books, “The Other College Guide: A Roadmap to the Right School for You,” and “Elephant in the Room: Washington in the Bush Years.” He has written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, The New Republic, Slate, and other publications.
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