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1. The Kicker

   Better late than never

   October 22, 2008 03:06 PM

   A quote from Seymour Hersh, portending interesting stories on the Bush administration, even after inauguration day: "You cannot believe how many people have told me to call them on 20 January ... 'You wanna know about abuses and violations? Call... Continue reading

2. Campaign Desk

   We’re All Just A Little Bit Socialist

   October 22, 2008 01:51 PM

   Forgive the foray into middle school essay writing, but here goes: The Oxford English Dictionary defines socialism as: A theory or policy of social organization which aims at or advocates the ownership and control of the means of production,... Continue reading

3. Campaign Desk

   “That’s Not Right.”

   October 20, 2008 01:17 PM

   It was a cold night in early January when Dana Goldstein, a writer for The American Prospect, was interviewing caucus goers in the auditorium of Des Moines’s Harding Middle School. She started talking with a supporter of... Continue reading

4. The Kicker

   Trib goes for Obama

   October 17, 2008 04:57 PM

   In a not entirely unexpected move (Chicago Reader media critic Mike Miner suggested the possibility last month) the Chicago Tribune has endorsed Barack Obama for president. Of course it is his hometown paper. But its still a big... Continue reading

5. The Kicker

   Kicked Around

   October 17, 2008 11:30 AM

   At a rally in North Carolina yesterday, Joe Killian, a reporter for the Greensboro News & Record, got kicked to the ground by an angry McCain-Palin supporter. The assault came after Palin had finished speaking, when Killian was trying to... Continue reading

6. The Kicker

   Iceland: “Back to Fish”

   October 16, 2008 02:36 PM

   There's been a decent amount of coverage of tiny Iceland over the last couple of weeks, as the country's banking system and economy have gone to ground. But nothing that I've read is as mournful and poetic as this excellent... Continue reading

7. The Kicker

   Plumbing out the Context

   October 16, 2008 09:54 AM

   As Joe The Plumber enjoys his 15 minutes, would it be too much to ask that some of that time be devoted to fair-minded determinations of how the candidates' respective tax and health care plans would affect people... Continue reading

8. The Kicker

   IM’ing past each other

   October 15, 2008 04:36 PM

   Today New York magazine moderated--egged on?--an instant messaging bout between Rolling Stone's Matt Taibbi and The National Review's Byron York. The concept of making these two men type out their differences is at least as funny as the... Continue reading

9. Campaign Desk

   Live, From A Blog, It’s Debate Night!

   October 15, 2008 04:10 PM

   Most political bloggers would say that their craft requires a careful, often uneasy balance between taking the time to develop a worthwhile insight and responding with the speed the Internet demands. The normal equation gets reworked during bouts of live... Continue reading

10. The Kicker

    ADN editorial page is clear on Palin

    October 14, 2008 01:14 PM

    On Friday, an Alaska investigative committee released a report into Palin's attempts to remove her ex-brother in law from the Alaska state trooper force. It clearly stated that her efforts were in violation of state law. Yesterday I <a href=http://www.cjr.org/campaign_desk/palin_broke_the_law_says_inves.php... Continue reading

11. The Kicker

    Cleverer smears, please

    October 14, 2008 10:02 AM

    An otherwise charming Pat Healy piece on Palin's rhetorical style and campaign gets a little detail wrong: “Man, I love small-town U.S.A.,” Ms. Palin told several thousand people on a field in Ohio, “and I don’t care what... Continue reading

12. The Kicker

    Irony, meet Objectivity

    October 14, 2008 09:46 AM

    The constraints that come along with writing for an excellent newspaper, like The New York Times, often cut down on the wry jokes reporters, like Elizabeth Bumiller, can make. But this juxtaposition has got to be intentional, no? “The... Continue reading

13. The Kicker

    Doing the Digging

    October 13, 2008 05:17 PM

    I just put up a piece that criticizes Howard Kurtz (and others) for not giving the straight dope on the true findings of the Alaska legislative report on the Palins' efforts to have their ex-brother-in-law fired from the... Continue reading

14. Campaign Desk

    Palin Broke the Law, Says Investigation

    October 13, 2008 05:00 PM

    Ask any public relations hack, and they’ll tell you that Friday night—especially if it comes before a long weekend—is a magical time. So on Friday afternoon, when a bipartisan committee of Alaskan state legislators unanimously voted to release an... Continue reading

15. The Kicker

    How Not to Start an Interview

    October 10, 2008 03:36 PM

    Palin isn't the only politician from the north side of the the 49th parallel having trouble in TV interviews. Here's an awkward video of a CTV interview with Stephane Dion, leader of the opposition Liberal Party, where he grows flustered... Continue reading

16. Campaign Desk

    Palin and her Press

    October 10, 2008 11:41 AM

    Over the last weeks, Sarah Palin’s brief public career—especially her time as mayor of Wasilla, Alaska—has been thoroughly examined by a legion of journalists, airdropped into the Last Frontier to look for signs that might indicate her vice presidential timber.... Continue reading

17. The Kicker

    About that Ayers NYTimes quote…

    October 9, 2008 05:29 PM

    I had it in mind to write something about this McCain quote from today: "Look, we don't care about an old washed-up terrorist and his wife, who still, at least on Sept. 11, 2001, said he still wanted to bomb... Continue reading

18. Campaign Desk

    E-gads! A blog!?!

    October 9, 2008 04:06 PM

    Blog. Say out it loud. Blog! If you say it right, it almost sounds like a nasty word. (It’s got that hard plosive at the end.) It sounds especially nasty if you find a way to slip it into the... Continue reading

19. The Kicker

    Kristol: Wrong on Wright. Twice.

    October 6, 2008 09:55 AM

    New York Times columnist Bill Kristol gets a Palin interview before any of his colleagues on the, you know, news side of the paper. What a scoopmeister! Towards the end of the column, after Kristol notes that... Continue reading

20. The Kicker

    That Pesky Filter

    October 2, 2008 10:28 PM

    Palin really appreciates having the ability to speak with people "without the filter of the mainstream media telling viewers what they've just heard." So I guess Palin would like you all to turn off your televisions before the post-shows... Continue reading

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