Today, it’s an Obama Gaffe

By Greg Marx   Jul 24, 2009 at 03:47 PM

From Wikipedia: "A Kinsley gaffe or 'gaffe in Washington' in American politics is the term used for telling the truth... More

Further Thoughts on Mr. Cellophane

By Greg Marx   Jul 24, 2009 at 12:22 PM

Megan’s already made the most important points about that odd “White House Memo” in today’s New York Times, but just... More

Post Publishes a Reply to Palin

By Greg Marx   Jul 24, 2009 at 11:56 AM

Phrases used in Barbara Boxer and John Kerry’s reply to Sarah Palin’s Washington Post op-ed on cap-and-trade that weren’t used... More

Troubled Times for Transit Agencies

By Greg Marx   Jul 24, 2009 at 11:27 AM

Over at The Nation, Ben Adler takes a look at an economic story that probably hasn’t gotten the coverage it... More

The Economy Today: Dow 9,000

Economic headlines from Maine, Texas, Montana, and elsewhere

By Greg Marx   Jul 24, 2009 at 10:14 AM

The economy’s still down, but corporate profits are up, and so is the Dow Jones Industrial Average. The Wall Street... More

A Few Wise Words on GatesGate

By Greg Marx   Jul 23, 2009 at 04:57 PM

As Richard Thompson Ford writes in Slate today, many of the reactions to the arrest of Harvard Professor Henry Louis... More

Pessimism on Af-Pak

An argument for “the good war” doesn’t quite deliver

By Greg Marx   Jul 23, 2009 at 03:04 PM

I wanted to be persuaded by Peter Bergen’s argument in Washington Monthly about why the U.S. mission in Afghanistan can... More

George Will and Climate Change: Have We Seen This Movie Before?

By Greg Marx   Jul 23, 2009 at 02:46 PM

He’s ba-ack. After igniting a firestorm in the blogosphere (and attracting some attention from mainstream media) with a February 15... More

The Economy Today: Football Stays Strong

A roundup of national and regional economic headlines

By Greg Marx   Jul 23, 2009 at 10:29 AM

The national papers devote most of their space to President Barack Obama’s press conference last night, where, as The Washington... More

Everything’s a Crisis

The perils of prognosticating on Obama’s political future

By Greg Marx   Jul 23, 2009 at 09:55 AM

Just six months in, Barack Obama’s political future is at stake on many fronts, according to the nation’s political press... More

Another Take on the Cost of That House Health Care Bill

By Greg Marx   Jul 22, 2009 at 11:43 AM

A few days ago we noted the split between major papers and the Associated Press about how to characterize the... More

Transparency or Trillions?

Papers make different choices about what to highlight in IG report

By Greg Marx   Jul 22, 2009 at 10:24 AM

One criticism commonly heard about the dread MSM is that all the major outlets are operating out of the same... More

The Economy Today: For the Birds

Economic headlines from California, Indiana, Texas, and elsewhere

By Greg Marx   Jul 22, 2009 at 10:07 AM

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke appeared before a Congressional committee yesterday and told lawmakers he plans to keep interest rates... More

The Economy Today: Taxing Times

A roundup of national and regional economic headlines

By Greg Marx   Jul 21, 2009 at 10:20 AM

As a proposed surtax on top earners becomes the latest political football of the health care debate, The Wall Street... More

A Busy Couple of Days in Iran

The NYT and the LAT offer some strong reporting

By Greg Marx   Jul 21, 2009 at 08:31 AM

After a relatively quiet period that left media outlets stepping back and taking stock, events in Iran picked up again... More

Keep On Shuffling

Bai’s argument about Obama doesn’t stand up to scrutiny

By Greg Marx   Jul 20, 2009 at 03:16 PM

I’m as sympathetic as any writer to the columnist’s need to come up with an argument on demand. But in... More

The Economy Today: Have We Met Before?

A roundup of national and regional economic headlines

By Greg Marx   Jul 20, 2009 at 10:08 AM

What’s a shady subprime mortgage broker to do when the housing market goes belly-up? Become a shady loan modification firm... More

Still More on Sotomayor

By Greg Marx   Jul 17, 2009 at 04:37 PM

I know from anecdotal experience that my views about the value of the Senate hearings on Sonia Sotomayor’s Supreme Court... More

Cost Control, Back in the News

By Greg Marx   Jul 17, 2009 at 02:59 PM

In the wake of Atul Gawande’s much-discussed article in the June 1 New Yorker—in which he argued that a key... More

Lobbyists Slimy; No One Too Surprised

By Greg Marx   Jul 17, 2009 at 12:11 PM

Two weeks after Mike Allen broke the story of The Washington Post’s planned “salons,” he’s back today with another tale... More