Farewell to David Broder

We want to acknowledge the passing of David S. Broder, a nationally syndicated columnist whose opinions appeared in The Modesto Bee for more than three decades. He died Wednesday at age 81 from complications related to diabetes. Broder was known for his thorough reporting. He wrote with a level of expertise and a long-term perspective that few of today's opinion writers offer. As The Associated Press reported, a 1990 survey of newspaper editors conducted by Washingtonian magazine rated Broder as "Best Reporter," "Hardest Working" and "Least Ideological" among more than 100 columnists.