April 13, 2022 Rising inflation fuels Democratic fears as Biden faces mounting woes A Politico poll says more than two-thirds blame rising gas prices on Vladimir Putin and the oil companies, but 51 percent also blamed Biden
April 12, 2022 Why some Democrats think it’s dumb to refer the Trump case to Justice Many liberals in media and politics are fuming that Merrick Garland hasn’t charged Trump, never mind that some of these same folks denounced Trump for politicizing the Justice Department.
April 8, 2022 Why Trump is still deflecting responsibility for Jan. 6–and blaming Pelosi The increasingly partisan debate about the January 6 Capitol riot is heating up again, with the House voting to make criminal referrals of two more former Trump aides for defying subpoenas to testify.
April 7, 2022 The media, appalled by gruesome images from Ukraine, is turning hawkish Many journalists have turned decidedly hawkish, demanding to know why the administration isn’t doing more, including sending troops to Ukraine.
April 6, 2022 Why Elon Musk’s Twitter move is supercharging the Big Tech debate Elon Musk is promising big changes to Twitter, and just last week he said the company is “failing to adhere to free speech principles."
April 5, 2022 A most damaging leak: Biden wants Trump prosecuted After four years of slamming Donald Trump for politicizing the Justice Department, the media are taking a very different approach to Joe Biden and his AG, Merrick Garland.
April 1, 2022 Belated scoops: Why 2 top newspapers are finally covering Hunter Biden t’s taken 16 months, but The Washington Post and The New York Times are finally starting to report aggressively on the president’s son.
March 31, 2022 Could Putin get what he wants in Ukraine despite his military mess? The media has concluded the Russian invasion of Ukraine has been a disaster, but if Putin seizes the energy-rich provinces–and the U.S. and NATO drop the sanctions after a peace deal–that’s at least a partial Putin victory.
March 30, 2022 American Slapfest: How Will Smith reflects a smackdown culture We live in a slap culture. People of every political persuasion do it and they’re rewarded with clicks, retweets, ratings and just plain attention.
March 29, 2022 Why Biden’s shot at Putin badly boomeranged Biden had passionately delivered a well-crafted speech, but then came the nine-word ad lib: “For God’s sake, this man cannot remain in power.”