No Straw Men

Republicans have no lack of would-be George F. Wills. But what they really need are some more Robert D. Novaks.

Facebook, the rapidly growing social network, unveiled some new features on Wednesday as it works to broaden its reach online and to recalibrate its sometimes contentious relationship with the thousands of developers writing programs for the service.

Cyrus Krohn is the RNC’s e-campaign director. Or, in the words of his boss, RNC Chairman Mike Duncan, “He’s helping bring our party to the 21st century.”

Today, many of the stories coming from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are being written by those fighting them, in the form of thousands of soldiers’ military blogs, or “milblogs.”

An outline of some of the key e-mail design trends and guidelines that we should all be paying attention.

Across the Web, political sites (along with those dedicated to other mainstream distractions like music, culture and sports) are accumulating such a mass of reader responses that it is changing the very nature of the online exchange.

Whatever you do, don’t ask Elaine Donnelly to tell you what she thinks about gays in the military.

In the past few weeks, John McCain has largely put his fate in the hands of Steve Schmidt, who met with the candidate after a widely ridiculed campaign event on June 3—the same night Sen. Barack Obama clinched the Democratic nomination.

Closing off this potential revenue stream is consistent with what we’re all about: To be a different kind of political media company that helps our clients build movements, and measures by results.

As Justice Antonin Scalia has often observed, judges are supposed to stick to principles, not change them to suit personal preferences from one issue to the next. But evidently, that advice doesn’t apply to Scalia.

Early on, “I’m good” meant “I am without sin,” but that is now seldom the meaning.

Maverick Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul finds that being right is the one thing his party won’t forgive.