Who'll Make the Rain?
Former Clinton speechwriter to become editor of Washington Monthly.
By
Kathryn S. Wenner
Lori Robertson
Kathryn S. Wenner, a former AJR associate editor, is a copy editor at the Washington Post.
Lori Robertson (robertson.lori@gmail.com), a former AJR managing editor, is a senior contributing writer for the magazine.
The Washington Monthly 's founder, visionary and legendary editor in chief, Charles Peters , steps down after 32 years, passing the baton to former staffer Paul Glastris , most recently a speechwriter for President Clinton . The perennially low-circulation magazine, widely read and respected among Washington media and policy types, is known in journalism circles for its lousy pay--Glastris will make about $10,000 annually--and stellar alumni roster. Peters, 74, whose volatile editing sessions became known as "rain dances," will continue to write his column, "Tilting at Windmills." Glastris, 42, spent 10 years at U.S. News & World Report after starting his career at the Monthly. "I think we're at a great time," Glastris says of the neoliberal magazine. "For the first time in decades, the Democratic Party is out of power in almost every way, and there's a hunger for a sense of hope and direction and new ideas, and I think the Monthly's traditionally provided that."
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