Campaign Desk

Congress and “Corporate-Financed Philanthropy”

How politicians (and companies) do well by doing good

By Liz Cox Barrett   Sep 7, 2010 at 01:23 PM

In yesterday's New York Times, Eric Lipton described how some members of Congress are able to “run something akin to... More

Audit D.C. Notes: Revisiting Bai on Blumenauer, Cato Purge, Labor Day Lesson

By Holly Yeager   Sep 3, 2010 at 05:14 PM

Last week I grumbled about a New York Times portrait of Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.) written by Matt Bai. There... More

What Really Happened in Takhar?

Who you trust for news on Afghanistan depends on your politics

By Joshua Foust   Sep 3, 2010 at 10:58 AM

There was an air strike this week in Takhar, a province wedged between Badakhshan and Baghlan in northeastern Afghanistan. The... More

A Swedish Shield, Unraised

How much protection can WikiLeaks offer?

By Clint Hendler   Sep 2, 2010 at 04:40 PM

Julian Assange, the public face of the secret-sharing site WikiLeaks, has recently been spending a lot of time in Sweden.... More

Keeping an Eye on Hospital Safety

A Laurel to the Las Vegas Sun

By Trudy Lieberman   Sep 2, 2010 at 03:52 PM

Slowly the public is coming to realize that hospitals are not always safe places. When the Institute of Medicine published... More

Hospital Safety Series

An archive of Trudy Lieberman’s recurring series on hospital safety

By Trudy Lieberman   Sep 2, 2010 at 03:36 PM

Here are the links to every entry in Trudy Lieberman's "Keeping an Eye on Hospital Safety" series, presented in descending... More

Q & A: Politico’s Maggie Haberman

“One of the best things that has happened for Charlie Rangel is that his biggest enemy is the New York Post.”

By Joel Meares   Sep 2, 2010 at 12:20 PM

Maggie Haberman covered New York politics for over a decade at the New York Post, with a three-and-a-half-year stint at... More

New Job, Less Pay

The NYT looks at wages in the recovery

By Holly Yeager   Sep 1, 2010 at 02:14 PM

The New York Times does good work today, looking at an issue that hasn’t received enough attention: “the quality of... More

Iraq’s Alternate Endings

The papers on Obama’s Iraq address

By Joel Meares   Sep 1, 2010 at 11:45 AM

According to the White House, last might marked the end of the Iraq War and the fulfilment of a promise... More

Social Security in the Heartland: Ronald Eaker

What Social Security means to real people

By Trudy Lieberman   Sep 1, 2010 at 10:07 AM

Before the year ends, the president’s deficit commission will bring forth a plan for cutting the deficit. While commission co-chairs... More

“Electoral Armageddon” For Dems

Poll sets tongues wagging, knees shaking

By Joel Meares   Aug 31, 2010 at 03:00 PM

Gallup’s latest polling on the Generic Ballot—which measures whether registered voters would rather vote for a Republican or Democrat in... More

Glenn Beck Reimagines Whiteness

And the media can’t cope

By Lester Feder   Aug 31, 2010 at 01:18 PM

It’s rare that an event can provoke columns that carry such contradictory teasers as “Don’t ridicule Glenn Beck’s tribute to... More

Q&A: The Washington Post’s Chief Maryland Reporter, John Wagner

“If the Republican wins in Maryland then it’s going to be a big night for Republicans in the country.”

By Joel Meares   Aug 31, 2010 at 10:48 AM

After stalking John Edwards as part of the Raleigh News and Observer’s Washington bureau, reporter John Wagner moved to The... More

The Glenn Beck Numbers Game

The number matters, but which number?

By Joel Meares   Aug 30, 2010 at 04:02 PM

With no official headcounter at the National Mall, Glenn Beck’s determinedly non-political “Restoring Honor” rally has the media dusting off... More

Audit D.C. Notes: Kurtz Conflicted, Citizens United Reconsidered, Privatization Debated

By Holly Yeager   Aug 30, 2010 at 04:02 PM

Howard Kurtz’s dual roles as Washington Post media writer and CNN host have come under plenty of scrutiny before. But... More