What We Can (Still) Learn From Jim Lehrer

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Occasionally we run across someone whose example helps guide us for the rest of our lives.

For me, one such person was Jim Lehrer.

To millions of people, Jim was the face of the PBS NewsHour where he was anchor for more than three decades. Others will remember him as the moderator of a dozen presidential debates, an experience he once described as “walking down the blade of a knife.”

The less public Jim is the one I remember. More than 50 years ago he was city editor of the Dallas...