Living in the Past

By Katia Bachko   Sep 24, 2008 at 01:40 PM

As far as the Chicago Tribune is concerned, Hillary Clinton is still in contention for the presidency. According to this... More

The Candidates’ Fuzzy Math

$700 billion bailout, widespread tax cuts, *and* a balanced budget?

By Katia Bachko   Sep 22, 2008 at 03:56 PM

If I were to write a formula representing the two presidential candidates’ reactions to the impact the federal bailouts to... More

Please Explain

Chicago Tribune gets mired in the debates

By Katia Bachko   Sep 18, 2008 at 05:25 PM

As the financial markets lie in ruins, Obama-Biden and McCain-Palin are taking plenty of time on the campaign trail to... More

Thanks, but No Thanks Redux

By Katia Bachko   Sep 18, 2008 at 01:06 PM

Sorry to disappoint, but this is not about Sarah Palin. In their long ago Spring 2008 issue, The Kenyon Review... More

Just for Laughs

By Katia Bachko   Sep 17, 2008 at 05:46 PM

Do yourself a favor and check out this hypothetical NPR blooper reel. Peter Sagal, Terry Gross, Carl Kasell, Robert Siegel,... More

(Tele)Prompting Speculation

Why context matters, exhibit 967b

By Katia Bachko   Sep 17, 2008 at 03:30 PM

Report with all your senses. This advice is commonly given to journalists, and it’s clear that the anonymous writer of... More

Calculator Politics

Numbers figure prominently in this campaign. Who knows what they mean?

By Katia Bachko   Sep 16, 2008 at 01:36 PM

There are lies, damn lies, and statistics. This classic line from Benjamin Disraeli sums up the complexity that voters face... More

Who Gets to Vote?

By Katia Bachko   Sep 16, 2008 at 12:01 PM

There are many questions about what role race will play in this November, but one way in which race always... More

In Memoriam: David Foster Wallace

By Katia Bachko   Sep 15, 2008 at 11:06 AM

In remembrance of the American writer, David Foster Wallace, who died on Friday, Time offers a list of the writer's... More

The Journalist of Your Enemy is Your Friend

Four reasons why politicians should march bravely into enemy territory

By Katia Bachko   Sep 12, 2008 at 03:00 PM

After Campbell Brown’s testy RNC exchange with McCain campaign spokesman Tucker Bounds on CNN, the GOP handlers canceled the Arizona... More

Obama, McCain Decoded

By Katia Bachko   Sep 10, 2008 at 01:28 PM

To the pantheon of experts who have weighed in on the election, welcome Corey Ehmke, a web developer, who mined... More

Tongue Tied on Religion

CNN takes on Pentecostalism

By Katia Bachko   Sep 9, 2008 at 05:45 PM

Reporting on religion is a difficult task, even moreso when a political candidate is involved. Voters care about candidates’ religious... More

Burying the Lede?

By Katia Bachko   Sep 8, 2008 at 05:25 PM

Everybody's talking about Sarah Palin's change of heart on the Bridge to Nowhere, but somehow the more interesting and arguably... More

All Dressed Up and No Place to Go

By Katia Bachko   Sep 5, 2008 at 05:57 PM

There's been plenty of buzz about Sarah Palin's press unavailability, but now it seems that even the press corps who... More

A Quibble With Bill

By Katia Bachko   Sep 5, 2008 at 02:58 PM

For the past two weeks, in the spirit of fair, equal, and balanced media consumption, I helped myself to a... More