December 20, 2015 Rand Paul vs. Ted Cruz: Why one of them is winning over the press The two freshmen senators are media magnets, brash brand-builders often at odds with their party as they eye a White House run.
December 20, 2015 The age of Hillary: Is it fair to question whether she’s too old to run? Hillary Clinton has been on the national stage a long time, since her husband once touted their two-for-one candidacy and she declared she was not a stay-home-and-bake-cookies kind of wife.
December 20, 2015 Gun Control Misfire, Sinking Ratings: Why Piers Morgan flopped Morgan’s political advocacy sliced at the heart of CNN’s brand, which helps explain why the network has decided to cancel his show.
December 20, 2015 Heating up: Climate change advocates try to silence Krauthammer Charles Krauthammer says it right up front in his Washington Post column: “I’m not a global warming believer. I’m not a global warming denier.”
December 20, 2015 Ted Nugent, Wendy Davis and CNN: The politics of inflammatory speech Is it fair to hold Republican candidate for Texas governor Greg Abbott accountable for a supporter’s rant?
December 20, 2015 Why the FCC should keep its nose out of TV newsrooms What on earth is the FCC thinking? The last thing we need is the government mucking around with news content.
December 20, 2015 Opening a Pandora’s box: The uneasy mix of music services and politics I spend lots of time visiting opinion sites, newspaper sites, magazine sites and blogs, trafficking in all manner of political reporting, analysis, commentary, bloviation and snark. But sometimes I just want to take a break and listen to music.
December 20, 2015 Trumped by Buzzfeed, the Donald dumps a top aide Trump has always been fun for me to interview, but it’s clear he takes his national image very, very seriously.
December 20, 2015 Backlash builds against CNN for interviewing George Zimmerman George Zimmerman is stepping back into the media spotlight — and that is generating sparks of controversy.
December 20, 2015 Boehner blasted: Better to be viewed as 'ruthless' like Hillary? The striking thing about Boehner’s latest round of bad press is that he actually did what the establishment press wanted.