I just picked up Al Gore's latest book and read the index first. I noticed that he quotes I.F. Stone's book In A Time of Torment. I retrieved that book from my shelf and started thinking about how great Stone was as a journalist: tenacious, uncompromising, witty, smart, capable of digging up gems that are hiding in plain sight.

Who's doing similar work today?

I can't think of anybody but if they're out there I'd love to know who they are.