Tom Hanks, the real live person and not a recording, told me he was a big fan of my work on the campaign trail. You did a good job, he said. Hell of a campaign. I was in shock, so I barely said anything, but I did give him one of my books. He was on the show to talk about The Post, a new movie about the clattering heroism of old-school journalism. I hadn’t seen the movie yet, but we’ve all seen a version of it. Smoke-filled rooms. Terrible comb-overs. Scant female journalists.
