Slate, one of the original internet-only magazines, has laid off four journalists, including someone whose words I often quote in this column, press critic Jack Shafer.

FORBES: Slate Lays Off Staff. Does Its Model Still Make Sense?

Woods and Mickelson were still on the course Friday when this column went to press.

WSJ: 2012 U.S. Open: An Olympian Effort Just to Survive

Now, as this column goes to press, the Dow is down about 5% from its alltime high.

FORBES: Trillion-Dollar Question, Part II

Encouraged by the Associated Press reporter Lorena Hickok, her loving confidante, she began to write a daily newspaper column, hold frequent press conferences, and speak out, at home and in public, for the poor, for the oppressed, and for the unlucky.

NEWYORKER: State of the Union

In a 2006 column for The Associated Press, the former Phillies star recalled the pure elation that enveloped Carter when he was voted into Cooperstown.

WSJ: Gary Carter, Baseball Hall of Famer, Dies

The tour often ends at Mulligan's, adopted canteen of the nearby Irish Press where Flann O'Brien had a column and is the stomping ground for would-be writers hoping to bump into the editor.

BBC: Dublin's underground literary scene

This possibility is thoughtfully addressed in a column by Irving Moskowitz that appeared last week in the American Jewish press.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: The Real Threat to Israeli Democracy

At the same time, a column in Sunday's Washington Post makes clear that those who believe the press tilts too far toward same-sex marriage have a valid point.

CNN: Media walk tricky line on same-sex marriage