No Straw Men

In a world where communication avenues and opportunities are simultaneously more available and more clogged than ever, busting through the chattering masses in order to make your work rise to the top is almost as important as the quality of your work itse

The arguments over D.C. voting rights always centered on two questions: Does the Constitution allow the District to have a seat in Congress? And why should Republicans consent to creating a seat that would be Democratic from now until at least the end of

Blogs are very important these days. Even Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has one. The invention of the Web log, we are told, is as transformative as Gutenberg’s press, and has shoved journalism into a reformation, perhaps a revolution.

In 2006, owing to lush overtime earnings, 284 WMATA bus and train operators took home more than $100K each. What’s worse, the system is unlikely to change.

As much as journalists like to pretend that editors shape newspapers, the real power has always belonged to publishers.

When Gina Gray took over as the public affairs director at Arlington National Cemetery about three months ago, she discovered that cemetery officials were attempting to impose new limits on media coverage of funerals of the Iraq war dead.

Nuclear energy is the cleanest and best option for America’s electric power supply, yet it has been stalled by decades of unproductive debate.

In his easy-to-read, simple-sentence style, John Stossel debunks the myths of ethanol. Bonus points for quoting my favorite energy expert, Cato’s Jerry Taylor.

With Hillary running for president, Carl Bernstein gives readers another perspective on her personal and public life. In chapter one of his new book, A Woman in Charge, he writes about her family. Here’s an excerpt.

I have been called on a number of occasions, as have many other journalists on the right and left who have asked critical questions of McCain or of his aides.

Drudge’s number of unique visitors is regularly touted but what is more important, in terms of his ability to drives news cycles, is that every reporter and editor who covers politics is checking the site multiple times a day.

Two points here: (1) The problem of designing an effective political organization cannot be solved, it can only be finessed; (2) Every administration over-corrects the flaws of the last.