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Meet the Supreme Court Front-Runners

The media speculate on the identity of John Paul Stevens’s successor

By Greg Marx   Apr 9, 2010 at 04:49 PM

Now that Justice John Paul Stevens has gone and announced his upcoming retirement from the Supreme Court, we know what... More

“And now, more than 4,000 posts later…”

More tales from the journalism hamster wheel

By Holly Yeager   Apr 9, 2010 at 01:02 PM

A funny thing is happening right now on Michael Calderone’s Politico blog: nothing. That’s because Calderone, prolific chronicler of the... More

License to Kill

Some background—and some questions—on the Anwar al-Awlaki authorization

By Greg Marx   Apr 8, 2010 at 03:37 PM

The recent news that the Obama administration has authorized the CIA to kill the radical Muslim cleric Anwar al-Awlaki raised... More

Politico’s Interesting Take on Down-and-Sort-of-Out Rubin

By Holly Yeager   Apr 8, 2010 at 03:26 PM

Politico takes a look today at Robert Rubin, declaring him “decidedly out of favor in the nation’s capital.” There’s no... More

Audit D.C. Notes: Newsweek Lets Simpson Speak for Himself; American Banker Connects Politics and Policy, The Hill on the Obvious, Etc.

By Holly Yeager   Apr 7, 2010 at 04:07 PM

The bipartisan commission on the national debt established by President Obama is set to start working in a few weeks,... More

The White House vs. the Associated Press

Is talking to the insurance industry off limits?

By Trudy Lieberman   Apr 7, 2010 at 12:25 PM

Linda Douglass, who works at the White House Office of Health Reform, smacked the AP last week for its “so-called... More

Miscast Model

Sure, Jon Stewart’s brilliant. That doesn’t mean CNN should imitate him.

By Greg Marx   Apr 7, 2010 at 09:20 AM

As the steady stream of proposals for how to “fix” CNN continues apace in the wake of last week’s dismal... More

Audit D.C. Notes: National Journal Uncovers Who Makes What on K Street; WaPo on What We Think About Homeownership, NYT on What to Expect, Etc.

By Holly Yeager   Apr 6, 2010 at 04:02 PM

What do they make? It’s what everyone wants to know, especially when it comes to the small world of K... More

Grove’s Death Knell for White House Press Corps Skips a Beat

By Holly Yeager   Apr 6, 2010 at 11:49 AM

The Daily Beast’s Lloyd Grove tries to declare the death of the White House press corps. And he makes a... More

Getting Foxy on Currencies

By Holly Yeager   Apr 5, 2010 at 01:39 PM

The Treasury Department’s announcement that it’s delaying a much-anticipated decision on whether China manipulates its currency got lots of coverage—and... More

The Best-Covered News Story, Ever?

Does The New Republic live on Mars?

By Trudy Lieberman   Apr 5, 2010 at 12:10 PM

Last week, The New Republic turned over its health care blog “The Treatment” to an odd commenter on media coverage—University... More

WSJ Looks Past the Census Noise

By Holly Yeager   Apr 5, 2010 at 11:44 AM

The Wall Street Journal finds an interesting angle on the census, looking beyond the rhetoric of conservative activists who’ve been... More

Party Power

Hillary wouldn’t have pushed for health care? Don’t believe it

By Greg Marx   Apr 2, 2010 at 04:19 PM

Via Kevin Drum, Bruce Bartlett has an essay at Forbes.com today that comes to a peculiar conclusion (emphasis added): I... More

Matchmaker, Matchmaker

ProPublica launches a new reporting tool

By Greg Marx   Apr 1, 2010 at 02:49 PM

The folks at ProPublica have been covering the troubles with the federal government’s home loan modification program for awhile, and... More

Congress Not Popular in ‘08, Either

By Greg Marx   Apr 1, 2010 at 09:42 AM

In his column today in The Washington Post, David Broder laments the sunken state of Capitol Hill. Despite the passage... More