Sweet Caroline

Skepticism is a journalistic golden rule. Don’t banish it now.

By Jane Kim   Dec 17, 2008 at 05:08 PM

Now that Caroline Kennedy has announced her intention to seek the Senate seat expected to be vacated by Hillary Clinton,... More

Yale Endowment Drops…How Much?

By Jane Kim   Dec 17, 2008 at 01:03 PM

Oh, the joy of headlines, especially when they're about shrinking endowments at Ivy League universities. The New York Times trumpets... More

The Size Tens Seen around the World

International headlines focus less on the act, more on the significance of the insult

By Jane Kim   Dec 15, 2008 at 06:20 PM

President Bush’s response to having a pair of shoes thrown at him by Iraqi journalist Muntader al-Zaidi during a press... More

Patrick Fitzgerald, a.k.a. Folk Hero?

By Jane Kim   Dec 10, 2008 at 04:12 PM

A New York Times profile of smokin’ hot U.S. attorney Patrick Fitzgerald proclaims in its title: “Fond Ties Have Grown... More

The Day after the Blago Arrest

Chicago media get vocal on the gubernatorial scandal

By Jane Kim   Dec 10, 2008 at 12:02 PM

After yesterday’s federal court hearing in which Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich and his chief of staff John Harris heard the... More

Don’t Leave the Energy Department Out of It

Tell readers where the auto bailout money will come from

By Jane Kim   Dec 9, 2008 at 03:59 PM

Have you heard about the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program? It’s a recently created Department of Energy loan program... More

Salting the Sweets

WaPo basks in the glow of Obama’s health care mobilization effort

By Jane Kim   Dec 5, 2008 at 11:31 AM

A front page Washington Post story yesterday gets excited about the fact that Obama’s incoming administration is beginning to implement... More

In Which Hillary Says Yes and Kevin Drum Eats His Hat

By Jane Kim   Dec 1, 2008 at 11:56 AM

On the subject of Hillary Clinton being chosen as/agreeing to be Obama's Secretary of State, Kevin Drum, of Mother Jones,... More

More on the Mommy Stamp

WaPo columnist frets about Michelle Obama’s mom-in-chief self-label

By Jane Kim   Nov 26, 2008 at 04:42 PM

Earlier today, Megan wrote about the unfortunate “momification” of Michelle Obama in the press, and focused on a Monday New... More

Election Postmortem: Technology and the Press

Don’t fetishize technology

By Jane Kim   Nov 21, 2008 at 02:54 PM

The 2008 presidential campaign found the political press embracing technology and interactivity like never before. (Or, at least, attempting to... More

Today is the Day

By Jane Kim   Nov 19, 2008 at 10:52 AM

Today, apparently, is World Toilet Day. And lest you forget about what that means, science writer Margaret Wertheim lays it... More

Palin As Entertainment

Don’t put stories about Palin’s recent interviews in the politics page

By Jane Kim   Nov 13, 2008 at 08:30 AM

Alessandra Stanley, television critic for The New York Times, writes yesterday morning about Sarah Palin’s modus operandi during her post-election,... More

The First Lady’s Sitting Room

WaPo couches First Ladies’ meeting too delicately

By Jane Kim   Nov 11, 2008 at 04:21 PM

Press and public alike watched intently as the Obamas visited the White House Monday afternoon. But unlike The New York... More

Victory Laps

Columnists unleash poetics in the service of the historic moment

By Jane Kim   Nov 11, 2008 at 10:46 AM

If there was ever an extended moment to go wild as an opinion columnist, like a child with crayons and... More