First, I want to say that we’ve come a long way from Henry Luce. This kind of back and forth is something that is particular to this time and this technology and — just to peel back the curtain a bit — I had no idea whether my boss, Time Managing Editor Rick Stengel, would [...]
I’m not going to the cocktail weenie roast, either. I’m staying here in the office this evening and writing about … health care. UPDATE: To commenter POed Lib: I not only read Bob Somerby faithfully (even when it ouches), I have taken him to lunch to pump him on a story I was doing about [...]
I hunted around on the Pew site looking for how the center arrived at the conclusion that (in Karen’s paraphrase) “the public so far seems relatively uninterested” in the USA scandal. The closest to evidence for that assertion that I could find was this: “8% of the public said the U.S. attorneys story was the [...]
Chapel Hill, North Carolina – Senator John Edwards released the following statement today following the announcement that a growth in Tony Snow’s abdomen was found to be cancerous. “Elizabeth and I were saddened to hear the news that Tony Snow is once again battling cancer. Tony has been an incredible example for people living with [...]
To quote a colleague’s response upon hearing that a Webb aide was arrested for carrying a gun: “In Virginia, I guess that means he’ll get re-elected.” Speaking of Webb: He and Hagel are apparently announcing some sort of Iraq resolution tomorrow. (Specifically, a concrete timetable for withdrawal.) Does anyone else think they’re also trying out [...]
This is just horrible: Reuters is reporting that the growth in Tony Snow’s abdomen — which he went under the knife to have removed yesterday — is cancerous. There are no details yet. Let me say that I did some self-cringing last week, when I choose to describe Tony as the “most fun” press secretary [...]
Even over here in the middle east, you can feel the zeitgeist gently shifting–Obama ebbing, for the moment, at least in medialand. First, there was the Senator’s lightweight performance at the Las Vegas Health forum, recounted by the Magisterial Moderator Tumulty. Then there was the Ron Brownstein column that I linked to yesterday. And now, [...]
Okay, I’m going to wade into this, too, though I know I’m going to regret it, as I do every time I play media defender on this blog (which, by the way, is not in my job description here at TIME). And before all our commenters jump on me, let me stipulate: I think the [...]
The other day, I got screamed at by a TSA employee at Logan Airport for trying to get a full-size tube of Crest past security. Wonder what she would think of Jim Webb aide Phillip Thompson, who “forgot” that he had the boss’s loaded .45-caliber pistol, plus two magazines of spare ammo, in his briefcase [...]
