The old reporter's vast institutional knowledge and years of doggedly pursuing the truth failed to impress his new bosses who were really into short punchy videos and memes, lots of memes.

Hank called himself a "rover" because it sounded classier than "homeless hitchhiker."

"I remember when I used to give a crap about the world just like you," her father laughed without mirth, "but look where that got me."

His self-appointed mission was simply to stir up controversy wherever he could.

My mind returned to a half-remembered time when anything seemed possible but we were too stoned to achieve much more than making it to work on time.

Our private lives had become just another commodity.

The drawing, tattered and yellowing, proved the stories the family had told her were lies.