The Dossier on J. Edgar Hoover

Recognizing that the World Wide Web is a treasure trove of objets trouvés, Chatterbox hereby inaugurates an occasional series of links to items that defy (or, at least, don't require) commentary. Today's link is to J. Edgar Hoover's 1913 yearbook page from Central High School in Washington, D.C. Among the items of interest: His nickname was "Speed" and he opposed giving women the vote. But Chatterbox has already said too much ...

E-mail Timothy Noah at .

FacebookMySpace Mixx Digg Reddit del.icio.us Furl Ma.gnolia SphereStumbleUponCLOSE

Timothy Noah is a senior writer at Slate.

SPONSORED CONTENT

• Health Reform: An Online Guide
  Links to everything you might conceivably want to know about the health care reform bill.
  Timothy Noah | Jan. 11, 2010
• Cult of the Blue Ribbon
  The 9/11 commission wouldn't have stopped the underpants bomber.
  Timothy Noah | Jan. 5, 2010
• Baby Einstein's Quasi-Recall
  Maybe Julie Aigner-Clark isn't an American hero after all.
  Timothy Noah | Oct. 25, 2009
• Search for more Chatterbox articles
• Subscribe to the Chatterbox RSS feed
• View our complete Chatterbox archive