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Nicaragua: Revolution in the Family, by Shirley Christian (Random House, 320 pp., $19.95)

New York Times coverage of Nicaragua is about to become less infuriating. The Times has recently hired Pulitzer Prize-winner Shirley Christian as its Nicaraguan correspondent. Miss Christian is no conservative—she has published in The Progressive and The New Republic—but, judging by her new book, she is objective. It has become fashionable, particularly in journalism schools, to say that objectivity is a myth. Trendy pseudo-sophisticates mangle Nietzsche’s epigram that “there are no facts, only interpretations.” Miss Christian’s book should be held up to young journalists as proof that even on the most contentious subjects, it is possible to report events without bias.

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Nicaragua: Revolution in the Family, by Shirley Christian (Random House, 320 pp., $19.95)

New York Times coverage of Nicaragua is about to become less infuriating. The Times has recently hired Pulitzer Prize-winner Shirley Christian as its Nicaraguan correspondent. Miss Christian is no conservative—she has published in The Progressive and The New Republic—but, judging by her new book, she is objective. It has become fashionable, particularly in journalism schools, to say that objectivity is a myth. Trendy pseudo-sophisticates mangle Nietzsche’s epigram that “there are no facts, only interpretations.” Miss Christian’s book should be held up to young journalists as proof that even on the most contentious subjects, it is possible to report events without bias.