December 20, 2015 Government by Gridlock: Why some want a shutdown Since the brinkmanship could be settled in five minutes if both parties would compromise, it must be in someone’s interest to close the doors for the first time in 17 years.
December 20, 2015 Shutdown Silliness: Budget brawl descends into child’s play Things have gotten so nonsensical in Washington that adopting the world view of “Green Eggs and Ham” makes as much sense as anything else.
December 20, 2015 Cruz-a-Thon: Why the media are swept away when Ted talks Cruz says he is fighting for the principle of trying to undo a health care law he detests, but what he did was also a stunt, and it’s his doing that the headlines have mainly been about Ted Cruz.
December 20, 2015 ObamaCare, the Press and Chuck Todd: Is deciphering the law our job? What exactly is the media’s responsibility in explaining ObamaCare to Americans?
December 20, 2015 Hillary Clinton -- Someone better tell her she’s running! In an interview with New York Magazine, Clinton addresses the prospect of a second White House bid, but with great circumspection.
December 20, 2015 Castigating Cruz: The GOP’s anonymous civil war over ObamaCare The media are wallowing in the latest outburst of Republican infighting, with unnamed party hotshots beating up on Sen. Ted Cruz.
December 20, 2015 Guns, the Navy Yard and the Media: Echoes of an anguished debate The shooting spree by Aaron Alexis isn’t likely to change our nation's gun laws, even though he killed 12 people literally in Capitol Hill’s backyard.
December 20, 2015 Media, despite some blunders, cover DC shooting cautiously When we learned yesterday morning that there was a shooting rampage at the Washington Navy Yard, the country got to see reporters in the painstaking process of gathering information.
December 20, 2015 Fumbling the Fed job: How Larry Summers lost the media war Larry Summers has lost the invisible primary for Fed chairman.
December 20, 2015 Wake up! Boring Beltway budgetary gridlock is back With the Syria story turning into a diplomatic slog it’s back to business as usual on the Hill.