At work, I used to sit beside the deputy managing editor for news. Part of his job is dealing with the public, and he would share some of the more offbeat reader messages and correspondence. There were some real gems — cranky “observations,” random requests and notes scrawled on newspaper clippings. One of my favorites [...]

I got to do one of my favorite things on Monday: Sleuthing. A couple of weeks ago, I researched and created an interactive timeline on the ownership history of the St. Louis Rams. A man from New York found that timeline and e-mailed me last week: If you are the RAMS historian, I’ve got a [...]