Light in August

August 20, 2007 · Richard B. Frank, Magazine, Books and Arts

Hiroshima in History

The Unanswered CaseAgainst George Polk

April 13, 2007 · Richard B. Frank, Blog

MY ARTICLE concerning George Polk was posted online on February 17, 2007 for the edition of THE WEEKLY STANDARD dated February 26. It contained links to a set of original documents setting out my case. The article further incorporated questions to American journalism. Subsequently, a shorter…

George Polk's RealWorld War II Record

February 17, 2007 · Richard B. Frank, Blog

The dedicated website of the George Polk Awards trumpets that the prize is "one of America's most coveted journalism honors-and probably its most respected." Bill Moyers and Russell Baker, among others, testify that the award means more to them than any other. The list of those cited since the…

Why Truman Dropped the Bomb

August 8, 2005 · Richard B. Frank, Features, Magazine

The sixtieth anniversary of Hiroshima seems to be shaping up as a subdued affair--though not for any lack of significance. A survey of news editors in 1999 ranked the dropping of the atomic bomb on August 6, 1945, first among the top one hundred stories of the twentieth century. And any thoughtful…