RadarOnline, Consider Yourself Warned
At The Monkey Cage, John Sides flags the fascinating Above the Law item that details how those short-lived "John Roberts is stepping down" rumors got started, then comments: Meanwhile, in my American politics class next week, we’ll be discus...
Bad Diagnoses
The recent 'Rahm' stories offer plenty of prescriptions. Are we sure Obama is sick?
Shhh! It’s a Secret!
This made the rounds among journo-types yesterday, but in case you haven’t seen it, there’s an exciting development in the media world: a startup is “aimed at fixing news.” (Yes, really!) Unfortunately, it’s a secret. Hence, the hand...
A Political Scientist Encounters Quote Bubble Journalism
Henry Farrell, a professor of political science at George Washington University and a blogger at both Crooked Timber and The Monkey Cage, was recently interviewed by The Associated Press for an article about waning public trust in government. ...
Differing Takes on Reconciliation
Finding the soundbites, and missing the meaning, in Kent Conrad's remarks
Carlson Calling
Tucker Carlson talks about his new online enterprise
Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow?
Rubio's haircut isn't—or shouldn't be—the story
Competing Takes on Today’s Summit
Coverage of the morning session of today's big health care summit focuses, unsurprisingly, on how the assembled political worthies are getting along and whether the president can bring about some bipartisan solution. But even within that frame...
Marco Rubio and the Republican Elite
Wielding national political power without elite support is a pipe dream
More on Politics and the Economy
A short follow-up to my “It’s Still the Economy, Stupid” piece from earlier this week: John Sides, whose post on the relationship between the economy and public trust in government I linked to, has an item today discussing the findings o...
Q & A: David Barstow
The New York Times reporter talks about the Tea Party movement
Sounding the Alarm, or Just Sounding Off?
Playing politics with national security may not be a great idea, after all
