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Why Anthony Weiner shouldn’t resign
Anthony Weiner At this moment I think there’s at least an even chance that Anthony Weiner will resign from Congress. The supposed posting of an “X-rated” photo (I haven’t seen it, but Andrew Breitbart,...
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How Kennedy and Obama are alike, for good and for ill
Kennedy with Nikita Khrushchev in 1961 I’m most of the way through Robert Caro’s “The Passage of Power,” the latest in his series of Lyndon Johnson biographies. And I’ve been struck by his description...
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Flashback: The state of digital culture in 1993
In the spring of 1993 I attended a conference on journalism and technology at Columbia University. It was a time when the digital culture that was to emerge was right on the brink: the Internet was not...
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The Post digs into the Clintons’ dubious fundraising ties
I continue to be astonished that Hillary Clinton has no serious opposition for the Democratic presidential nomination. This time eight years ago, Barack Obama was mounting a full-scale challenge. Now,...
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A better way of covering the Indiana discrimination story
It’s all about the cake. In a frustratingly inconclusive Washington Post column today on Indiana’s religious-freedom law, Kathleen Parker writes, “Without diving into the weeds, the law aims to protect...
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George Stephanopoulos has (had) a secret
Funny. Just yesterday I was discussing with my students why journalists don’t give money to politicians. Of course, George Stephanopoulos only plays one on TV. Dylan Byers of Politico reports that...
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David Brooks’ semi-mea culpa on the war in Iraq
It’s easy to make fun of David Brooks’ semi-mea culpa on the war in Iraq. But let’s not forget that liberals like John Kerry and Hillary Clinton voted for the war, and if you think they did it solely...
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It may not be over until the Republican House votes
Mitt Romney in 2012. Photo (cc) by Mark Taylor. Instant update: Well, no. As several friends have pointed out to me, the Twelfth Amendment specifies that the House would have to choose among the top...
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It seems that every day The New York Times finds a way to say something hopeful about President Trump while The Washington Post sticks with reality as we can all see it. There are many examples I could...
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Rush Limbaugh’s career was made possible by Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton
Rush Limbaugh. Photo (cc) 2019 by Gage Skidmore. Rush Limbaugh, the toxic right-wing talk show host who died Wednesday at the age of 70, came out of a regulatory environment that had changed utterly...
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