December 20, 2015 Lois Lerner ripping ‘crazies’ on right: Why some media folks don’t care To give it short shrift suggests a certain eye-rolling attitude toward the IRS story, or perhaps a tacit view that some conservatives are kinda nuts.
December 20, 2015 Blaming the flirtatious wife? Ex-Gov. Bob McDonnell’s trial turns tabloid In a Richmond courthouse, the former governor has mounted an eye-opening defense, saying that his wife was smitten with the guy while their own relationship had collapsed.
December 20, 2015 VA vanishes from the media, even as Congress on the verge of passing reform The top negotiators, Sen. Bernie Sanders, the Vermont independent, and Rep. Jeff Miller, a Florida Republican, have struck a deal that would provide $17 billion to the department to hire more doctors and nurses and build new facilities, and to make it easier to fire bumbling officials.
December 20, 2015 Impeachment Chatter: Why a top Republican ducked but the Democrats keep invoking the I-word The bottom line: Republicans aren’t going to jeopardize their edge heading into the midterms by throwing down an impeachment wild card.
December 20, 2015 From rumor to truthiness: Echo chamber says David Gregory is a goner Flash! “Huge David Gregory Rumors Pick Up Steam.”
December 20, 2015 Dinging the Democrats: New York Times takes on a governor and senator over ethics Plenty of people believe that the New York Times leans left. Hell, I think the New York Times leans left, at least when it comes to social and cultural subjects.
December 20, 2015 Where’s the media outrage? Democratic senator’s daughter uses maneuver to avoid US corporate taxes I’ve always been fascinated by how politicians change their view when a family member is involved.
December 20, 2015 From Jon Stewart to cable news, media missteps fuel backlash in Middle East war The media environment surrounding the conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine has turned incendiary, and a number of journalists are getting burned.
December 20, 2015 A muscular foreign policy: Why Washington may be out of step with the country The debate over American foreign policy often seems to take place in a hermetically sealed bubble located somewhere inside the Beltway.
December 20, 2015 McCain vs. the media: Learning to laugh off 'Grumpy old man' coverage It wasn’t exactly a breaking-news flash: John McCain Admits He Has a Temper.