[2] He stated in his memoir that he was prevented from practising law whilst in the army because he refused to reveal the identities of classmates who, like him, studied Marxism while at high school.
[3] After taking a job hunting course at the Veterans Administration and writing over 100 letters to prospective employers, Tolchin was hired by The New York Times as a copy boy.
[3] Tolchin worked at the Times for 40 years,[4] a stint split between New York (where he was City Hall bureau chief[5] and a political and investigative reporter) and Washington (where he was a Congressional correspondent).
[11] In 1994, Tolchin founded The Hill alongside businessman and Democratic political insider Jerry Finkelstein, where he served as publisher and editor-in-chief until his retirement in 2004.
[3] The launch of The Hill coincided with the Republican Revolution that brought Newt Gingrich to power as Speaker of the US House of Representatives, and in 1997 broke the story of a failed leadership bid against him.