Rep. Peter King (R., New York) Wants Journalists Prosecuted As Spies
One Congressman thinks it would be a good idea to treat journalists as criminals.
Why Won’t Chairman Issa Release The Full Transcripts Of Interviews With IRS Employees?
Without full transcripts, the excerpts released by the House Oversight Committee are worthless.
Chad Johnson Gets 30 Days in Jail for Butt Pat
The former NFL wideout formerly known as Chad Ochocinco will spend a month in jail for patting his lawyer on the fanny.
Sunday Morning Shows: Beltway Conventional Wisdom Getting Attention They Don’t Deserve
Sometimes it seems like all John McCain does is appear on Sunday morning news shows. The problem goes deeper than that, though.
Big Metadata and Big Government
Jay Stanley and Ben Wizner, privacy experts at the ACLU, argue that metadata is more sensitive than we think.
So Far, Issa’s IRS Transcripts Contain A Whole Lot Of Nothing
Just about all of the substantive information in the excerpts was already revealed in the TIGTA audit.
Too Early for 2016 Talk?
We’re actually not speculating about who might be running any more than we used to.
CNN Anchors Do Split-Screen From Same Parking Lot
Ashleigh Banfield of CNN and Nancy Grace of CNN’s Headline News staged a bizarre split-screen interview on two breaking true crime stories despite being 30 feet from one another in the same parking lot.
Public Concerned With Government Overreach In Response To Terrorism
The American people aren’t panicking.
Biden: Without Economic Collapse, McCain Would’ve Won In 2008
John McCain’s problems in 2008 went far beyond an economic crisis.
Al Neuharth, Founder of USA Today, Dies At 89
The man who changed the way Americans viewed newspapers, just before newspapers themselves began getting pushed aside by technology, has died at the age of 89.
Why Terrorist Attacks Are So Rare
Peter Bergen says government crackdowns since the Oklahoma City and 9/11 attacks have made getting bomb making materials harder.
A Word About Jumping To Conclusions, Boston Edition
There’s a lot we still don’t know about what happened in Boston, so maybe it’s time to stop speculating.
Information Segregation And Political Polarization
Whether in the blogosphere or on television, people are increasingly only accessing sources of news and opinion that confirm their pre-conceived ideas.
Fewer Primary Debates Is A Good Idea, But Probably Not Achievable
Republicans seem to think they need fewer Presidential debates in the 2016 cycle, but it’s unclear how they can make that happen.
The 2016 Democratic Nomination Is Hillary’s If She Wants It
For the moment, Hillary Clinton looks unbeatable if she chooses to run in 2016
AP Bans ‘Illegal Alien’ for Aliens Here Illegally
Illegal aliens will henceforth be be called, well, something.
Obama’s Second Term Honeymoon Looks To Be Over
President Obama’s job approval numbers have fallen off from their post-election highs. But, does it matter?
