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Polar Opposites

The press vs. poli-sci on the rise of partisanship in Congress

By Greg Marx   Jun 21, 2010 at 06:00 AM

My article in our latest print issue on political science and the political press noted that the two camps offer... More

Audit D.C. Notes: A Deal Unravels, Vuvuzela Valentine, Senate Sport

By Holly Yeager   Jun 18, 2010 at 02:35 PM

Politico has some great reporting on the Democrats’ backroom maneuvering to pass the Disclose Act, which would increase disclosure requirements... More

Shining Light on the Debt Commission

By Holly Yeager   Jun 18, 2010 at 01:16 PM

I’m not usually a big fan of ambush journalism. But I’m making an exception for Alex Lawson of Social Security... More

WikiLeaks Alleges Collusion

Wired’s happy to set the timeline straight

By Clint Hendler   Jun 18, 2010 at 10:51 AM

On June 6, Wired.com published a piece reporting that a U.S. soldier named Bradley Manning, who purportedly claimed to be... More

A Laurel to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

For keeping the spotlight on the doctors’ shenanigans

By Trudy Lieberman   Jun 18, 2010 at 10:47 AM

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reporter John Fauber deserves kudos for his dogged reporting on some unsavory practices in the medical profession.... More

Audit D.C. Notes: Ouija Boards, Older 99ers, Making Lemonade

By Holly Yeager   Jun 17, 2010 at 05:23 PM

The Washington Post picks a good moment to profile Scott Rasmussen, the pollster who’s hitting the big-time, even if the... More

(Other People’s) Pundits Drowned Out Obama’s Oil Speech

By Liz Cox Barrett   Jun 17, 2010 at 10:32 AM

At Newsweek.com, Jeremy McCarter describes "How Cable TV Pundits Stepped on Obama's Oil Speech." Writes McCarter: Critics describe the Beltway... More

Florida, Lately: Big Bucks and “Baggage”

And Heidi Fleiss

By Liz Cox Barrett   Jun 17, 2010 at 09:36 AM

A roundup of recent campaign news from and about Florida: Can you win a primary when the following three facts... More

Are All Americans Living Longer?

CNBC didn’t ask the right questions

By Trudy Lieberman   Jun 16, 2010 at 04:54 PM

A few days ago, CNBC’s Squawk Box turned its show over to a gab-fest between two VIPs in the Social... More

All Talk and No Oil Cap Makes Barack A Dull Boy

A roundup of press coverage of and reaction to Obama’s Oval Office address on the Gulf oil spill

By Alexandra Fenwick   Jun 16, 2010 at 02:52 PM

Eight weeks into the biggest oil spill disaster in American history and beset by criticism of the federal reaction to... More

WaPo on Not Really Walking Away

By Holly Yeager   Jun 16, 2010 at 10:56 AM

The Washington Post is good to notice a shift among lenders, who have become more aggressive about going after borrowers... More

“We Will Make BP Pay”

By Liz Cox Barrett   Jun 16, 2010 at 09:40 AM

"We will make BP Pay" are among the words from President Obama's Oval Office address last night that seemed to... More

Audit D.C. Notes: Ethics in The Hill, Lobbyists Not on the Hill, New Sheriff in Town, Part IV

By Holly Yeager   Jun 15, 2010 at 04:04 PM

The Hill did good work breaking the news that a House ethics office “is demanding fundraising information from lobbyists on... More

Calling BS on Official Boilerplate

By Greg Marx   Jun 15, 2010 at 10:03 AM

Adam Liptak has a story in today’s New York Times about William Macumber, an Arizona man who’s been in prison... More

How Vast Mineral Resources Could Be Bad for Afghanistan

NYT discusses perils of resource curse; AP doesn’t

By Greg Marx   Jun 14, 2010 at 04:52 PM

So, the big story of the day—that New York Times front-pager on the discovery of “nearly $1 trillion in untapped... More