Comeback narratives should take a backseat to substantive coverage

How helpful are the reassessments of the much-debated theory? Not very.

It’s not just about the rhetoric wars

The temporary virtues of live blogging

The Economist’s “Democracy in America” blog is irritated by the National Review‘s myopic focus on Obama’s pronunciation of Pakistan last night: These are peeves, not about language but identity. Mr Obama’s “Pah-kee-stahn” is a shibboleth for a certain class: educated internationalists who know that South Asians pronounce the name roughly as Mr Obama does, including […]

Why the parody shouldn’t become the news

The wrong frame, through and through

Let’s identify wild finger pointing for what it is

The Economist blog’s “red blogger” thinks “the non-combative format of the debate” is helping Biden more than it is Palin, because he “can’t seem that combative.” Fair point.

Ah, the style feature. Sarah Palin is approaching the debate podium, y’all, so call in the body language experts, the voice modulation analysts, and the communication consultants. A 2,040-word missive in the Washington Post explains to the watcher of tomorrow night’s debate not only what to expect (she’ll wrinkle her nose!), but also how to […]