The Harry Reid Show

Report the facts, not the drama, of the Roland Burris situation

By Daniel Luzer   Jan 9, 2009 at 11:51 AM

As of this writing, it looks like Roland Burris, appointed to the Senate last week by embattled Illinois governor Rod... More

Heisman Educators

Gladwell fails to convert on article about teachers and NFL quaterbacks

By Daniel Luzer   Dec 19, 2008 at 03:09 PM

In his latest piece in the New Yorker, Malcolm Gladwell turns his attention to hiring practices: There are certain jobs... More

Linked Out

One day, one story, one million hyperlinks

By Daniel Luzer   Dec 3, 2008 at 12:00 PM

Like most people my age, I get most of my news online. I begin the day by checking The New... More

Covering Obvious Conclusions

New York Times takes the bait on lackluster study about kids and the Internet

By Daniel Luzer   Nov 24, 2008 at 05:43 PM

Several newspapers recently published articles about a new study of children and their Internet usage. The version in The New... More

Barack-A-Bye Babies

There’s no evidence that Obama’s victory will lead to another baby boom

By Daniel Luzer   Nov 17, 2008 at 04:35 PM

From Newsweek comes information that the jubilation inspired by the victory of Barack Obama in the recent presidential election may... More

The McKinley Problem

Which candidate most resembles Teddy Roosevelt?

By Daniel Luzer   Oct 28, 2008 at 01:49 PM

Yesterday was the 150th anniversary of Theodore Roosevelt's birth. Aside from several bully celebrations of the late president’s life and... More

The Red And The Black

Does anybody *really* think that Barack Obama is a Communist?

By Daniel Luzer   Oct 15, 2008 at 03:48 PM

Barack Obama. He's black. He's got a funny name. He's rather liberal. All of these things are somewhat novel in... More

Palin and the Senate

By Daniel Luzer   Oct 2, 2008 at 10:15 PM

What does she mean about the relationship with the senate? A greater role? That moment resembled her Couric interview. More

Interesting Questions

By Daniel Luzer   Oct 2, 2008 at 10:12 PM

I think the questions here are very interesting. What campaign promises are you planning to break? How will your administration... More

John McCain knows how to win a war

By Daniel Luzer   Oct 2, 2008 at 10:08 PM

Which war did he win? More

Tricky Rick

NYT digs more dirt on McCain campaign manager Rick Davis

By Daniel Luzer   Sep 24, 2008 at 03:11 PM

After the New York Times wrote about how John McCain's campaign manager Rick Davis had been paid some $30,000 a... More

Beg, Borrow, or Steal An Opinion

Time passes the buck on assessing McCain’s jab at the NYT

By Daniel Luzer   Sep 23, 2008 at 12:43 PM

Everyone loves to talk about John McCain's complicated relationship with the media. CJR has previously considered The New York Times’s... More

McCain The “Modernist”

Is McCain’s campaign really “the sleaziest campaign in modern history”?

By Daniel Luzer   Sep 19, 2008 at 01:45 PM

Writers are often instructed to avoid the use of vague or contentious words. Immediately following September 11, 2001, some editors... More

I LUV NYC

New York City; get used to it

By Daniel Luzer   Aug 27, 2008 at 05:23 PM

I’m not sure if this latest gem from The New York Times actually deserves analysis, since the title of the... More

Beer Baroness

NYT’s Cindy McCain profile is oddly catty

By Daniel Luzer   Aug 25, 2008 at 05:13 PM

It has always been unclear how to properly address the role of family money when covering a political candidate. But... More

Oh, Won’t Somebody Think Of The Children?

Middle class heroin abuse is nothing new

By Daniel Luzer   Aug 13, 2008 at 05:16 PM

From Pajamas Media comes the upsetting news that more teenagers than ever before are now using heroin: Why is this... More

Tom Friedman, Oversimplifier

Energy independence is easy!

By Daniel Luzer   Aug 11, 2008 at 06:22 PM

On Sunday, New York Times columnist and centrist Democrat luminary Tom Friedman waxed poetic about all the wonderful energy-related things... More

The Ultimate Thursday Styles Story

Band-Aids are the new gauze

By Daniel Luzer   Aug 7, 2008 at 05:55 PM

Displaying another thrilling product from the Department Of Is This Really Journalism?, The New York Times reports that Band-Aids are... More

Solzhenitsyn Remembered

By Daniel Luzer   Aug 4, 2008 at 05:40 PM

Before the anthrax news, um, hit the fan, the top story everywhere was on the death last night of 89-year-old... More