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1. Swing States Project

   In Florida, the GOP Woos Hispanic Voters

   January 27, 2012 01:48 PM

   MIAMI, FLORIDA — The Hispanic Leadership Network is a center-right political advocacy organization that, in its single year of existence, has attracted considerable support from the Hispanic-American political establishment. Tonight—Thursday—the group is co-sponsoring, along with CNN, the latest Republican... Continue reading

2. Swing States Project

   Waiting for Newt in Naples

   January 26, 2012 06:56 AM

   NAPLES, FLORIDA — It is late Tuesday afternoon in Naples, and a few thousand people have gathered around the Cambier Park bandstand to express their support for Newt Gingrich, who is leading the polls with a week to go before... Continue reading

3. Swing States Project

   Primary Night on Elm Street

   January 11, 2012 12:44 PM

   NEW HAMPSHIRE — Rich Girard, former Manchester alderman, is the host of Girard at Large, a Manchester-based current events talk show that broadcasts every weekday on 1250 AM. Tonight—primary night—Girard is hosting a fifteen-hour broadcast that's simulcast on Manchester Public... Continue reading

4. Swing States Project

   Twenty-Nine Hours on the Campaign Trail

   January 10, 2012 04:00 PM

   NEW HAMPSHIRE — When covering New Hampshire, as with any primary, the general journalistic strategy is to trail the candidates around the state, cameras and microphones out, as they visit as many restaurants, grade school auditoriums, and American Legion halls... Continue reading

5. Swing States Project

   A Night Out with National Review

   January 8, 2012 04:21 PM

   MANCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE — Last night, finding myself unable to get tickets to the monster truck rally in the downtown Verizon Wireless Arena, I did the next best thing and attended a National Review-sponsored debate party in the Grand Ballroom... Continue reading

6. Behind the News

   Movement Man

   December 31, 2011 09:53 PM

   The week before Occupy Boston changed Chris Faraone's life, grassroots revolution was already on his mind. Faraone, who covers rap music and social injustice for the Boston Phoenix, had filed a 2000-word story about a progressive group called... Continue reading

7. Behind the News

   Univision

   December 14, 2011 03:11 PM

   Placeholder URL for the extended version of Erika Fry's Jan/Feb 2012 Darts and Laurels piece on Univision. Continue reading

8. Essay

   A Mad Libs Keynote

   December 6, 2011 06:00 AM

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9. Essay

   On Facebook and Freedom

   November 17, 2011 06:00 AM

   In September of this year, the Internet briefly burbled with the news that Facebook, the market leader in workday-wastery, would soon debut several fundamental changes to its site. For some of the more excitable online pundits, this was akin... Continue reading

10. Behind the News

    Jim Romenesko Leaves Poynter

    November 11, 2011 02:11 AM

    The most frustrating thing about the Jim Romenesko affair is the way that so many people who should know better are insisting that there is no Jim Romenesko affair. Romenesko, the seminal media blogger, resigned from the Poynter... Continue reading

11. The Kicker

    The Other Rogue

    September 8, 2011 05:28 PM

    Is Joe McGinniss a jerk? Sarah Palin certainly thinks so: she didn't like it when McGinniss rented the Wasilla house next door to hers while researching and writing The Rogue, his recent book about Palin. But my friend Matt Harwood... Continue reading

12. Behind the News

    George W. and the Texas Press

    July 12, 2011 11:50 AM

    George W. Bush says he doesn't read newspapers. He does, however, apparently read Texas Monthly magazine. In fact, the president of the United States drinks his coffee from a Texas Monthly mug. And with good reason. Perhaps no other Texas... Continue reading

13. The Kicker

    Read Jim Sleeper’s Essay on Ressentiment

    May 20, 2011 03:58 PM

    Before it gets too late, I want to take a moment to recommend Jim Sleeper's excellent essay that ran at TPM last week, expanding on his recent Washington Monthly review of William McGowan's Gray Lady... Continue reading

14. Behind the News

    Paying Off

    April 19, 2011 09:29 AM

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15. Behind the News

    The Story so Far

    April 19, 2011 09:29 AM

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16. Behind the News

    Sample Test Page

    April 3, 2011 03:45 PM

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17. The Kicker

    Outdated Promotional Material, Volume One

    October 19, 2010 04:00 PM

    Found in the office this afternoon, circa (I think) 2000/2001: I guess "CJR: Ladder to Nowhere" doesn't have the same ring to it... Continue reading

18. The Kicker

    Washington Post: Fenty Defeats Gray!

    September 15, 2010 11:44 AM

    Yesterday, city council president Vincent Gray defeated abrasive incumbent Adrian Fenty in D.C.'s Democratic mayoral primary. (Gray is all but guaranteed to take office in November.) Fenty's defeat was hard to take for many—including, apparently, The Washington Post. CJR contributor... Continue reading

19. The Kicker

    Ayn Rand: “A Greatness Stunted by Hate”

    August 31, 2010 04:35 PM

    In the August 30 issue of National Review, Jason Lee Steorts has a good and thoughtful piece on "The Greatly Ghastly Rand." Ayn Rand, that is—the artless Objectivist harridan who wrote The Fountainhead, Atlas Shrugged, and other books... Continue reading

20. The Kicker

    Are Disclaimers Enough for WaPo When it Comes to Kaplan?

    August 30, 2010 04:01 PM

    On August 22, The Washington Post ran an editorial about the Obama administration's plans to further regulate for-profit colleges--a move that could harm schools like Kaplan University, which is owned by the Washington Post Company. To its credit,... Continue reading

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