The world of political reporting lost one of the great practitioners of the craft with the passing Wednesday of veteran Washington Post reporter/columnist David Broder. And we are all poorer for it. David was a giant of our profession. We are unlikely to see his equal emerge from a digital news world where speed, conflict and hype, rather than detail, fairness, accuracy and thoughtful analysis, are the new coins of the realm.David was one of those who believed in, and lived, the simple definitio...