December 20, 2015 The Panetta Phenomenon: Why a turncoat Pentagon chief is scoring with anti-Obama book If Panetta felt so strongly about Obama’s missteps on foreign policy, why didn’t he speak out before he had a book to peddle?
December 20, 2015 Is gay marriage battle over? The silence on the right is deafening The silence on the right is deafening.
December 20, 2015 Turning Tabloid: Why covering philandering pols has little to do with Gary Hart I think Matt Bai raises all the right questions in this highly readable and well-reported book, but his conclusions are clouded by his sympathy for Hart and his nostalgia for a time when the press and the pols were a little too cozy and few stories of philandering became public.
December 20, 2015 The story that went viral: Are the media scaremongering on Ebola? The chatter in the business is that CNN’s coverage has reached Malaysian plane levels, but in fairness, the other networks aren’t that far behind.
December 20, 2015 Rand Paul’s Dad Dilemma: How the media are saddling him with Ron Paul’s baggage I’m starting to think it may be inevitable that Rand Paul may be saddled with his father's baggage.Â
December 20, 2015 Pounding Pierson: How the media helped push Secret Service chief out the door Julia Pierson’s resignation was inevitable.
December 20, 2015 Secret Service Debacle: Lax White House security and misleading accounts Not only has this supposedly elite corps done an abysmal job of protecting the president and his family, but it hasn’t leveled with the public about its mistakes.
December 20, 2015 Obama’s Credibility Gap: Promises aside, most Americans expect ground forces My guess is that this huge majority doesn’t necessarily believe that Obama is deliberately lying, but that he will be drawn into the Middle East quicksand.
December 20, 2015 Banishing Bill Simmons: Why ESPN acted out of pique in the Roger Goodell uproar Unless opinionators like Simmons make truly offensive remarks, let them do their thing—or stop pretending that you want a freewheeling debate.
December 20, 2015 Defanging the Left: Why liberals are staying silent on Obama’s war There is anecdotal evidence, at least, that some on the left have lost their antiwar passion now that George W. Bush has decamped to Texas.Â