No Straw Men

Back in the Senate, Hillary swung open the door of her private office and found two of her legislative assistants in T-shirts, caps and sunglasses playing at a ping-pong table while the rest of the staff cheered them on.

The reformist image of Gov. Bobby Jindal, considered by Republicans a top potential vice-presidential choice, has recently taken a beating after Jindal refused to veto a sizable pay increase that Louisiana legislators voted for themselves this month.

The strain of the attacks from his former friends and colleagues showed in the puffy bags under his eyes, but McClellan dispatched with ease the ad hominem attacks.

Justice Department officials illegally used “political or ideological” factors in elite recruiting programs in recent years, tapping law school graduates with conservative credentials over more qualified candidates with liberal-sounding resumes.

Six years after its start, Google News appears to be stuck in neutral and struggling to keep up with rivals.

Most talk about internet privacy involves either government spying or hackers using “Trojan horses” to steal your credit card information. Stories such as the YouTube divorce show that the Internet’s challenge to privacy is broader.

Neither Obama nor McCain has ever run a business. Neither one has ever really engaged in the game of capitalism, worried about meeting a payroll, or taken a real risk with money.