Charlie Peters, who died yesterday on Thanksgiving at age 96, left many people with much to thank him for, not least the many writers who, as young men (or, in some cases, young women), were noisily edited by him and, having learned from that experience, have gone on to illustrious and successful careers. Check out Politico for testimony from many of them, most of whom worked for him in the many years (1969-2001) he founded and edited the Washington Monthly.