These two emails came in, quite literally, two minutes apart, setting a new standard in rapid response: This, from the Clinton campaign, at 11:23am: Sen. Obama’s talk about transparency is just words — For all of his rhetoric about disclosure, Senator Obama hasn’t been forthcoming when it comes to his own record. http://facts.hillaryhub.com/archive/?id=6742 Fact Check: [...]

Totally partial attention on my part, for which I submit my all-too-frequent humble apologies. Audio on the way. Scattered notes after the jump. Audio when/if I get it. UPDATE: 2008Central.net beats us to the audio punch. There’s an Obama call at 11:30AM, EST. Quote of the call: PHIL SINGER: [Jumps in to respond to the [...]

David Paterson just can’t stop with the revelations: He’s had an affair! He’s used pot! Oh, and coke! Er, and perhaps misappropriated campaign funds! Pretty soon we’re going to find out he’s not really blind. Oh, and he once killed a man… with his mind. In other news, Hillary Clinton “misspoke” about dodging bullets in [...]

Thanks to Peter for making it much easier to sound so very smug. Here’s his much prettier version of my post yesterday. (Which I put together during the hours I was without the internets, if you must know…)

Here is a basic shift that has occurred in the news business: Because of the Internet, you, the reader, no longer have to buy information in pre-fabricated packages like “newspapers.” You can just go online and individually select the articles you want to read. And there are lots of websites and blogs to help you [...]

I’ve been reluctant to comment on the latest morbid milestone in Iraq. It is a terrible waste of life, of course. The fallen should be remembered with honor–and with the recognition that these lives were lost in an effort to bring stability to Iraq after the monumentally feckless decision to invade. The deaths should also [...]

Here’s my attempt to give you tomorrow’s coverage today. The “story” is after the jump, but don’t peek yet! First, decide who’s going to be candidate A and who’s going to be candidate B. Then, write a list of the words you want for each numbered slot. By Mad Lib tradition, these words are usually [...]

Sorry about the delay of game. I spent most of the morning thumb wrestling with Verizon tech support (and you know just how much fun that can be), before deciding to simply make a ritual sacrifice at the Temple of Jobs and receive, in return, a gorgeous, simple, smooth-running gee-gaw that somehow connects me to [...]

This is an issue that is not getting much attention in the presidential campaign–or in Congress–but a battle is raging out in the states. Here’s a story I wrote about it for TIME.com. The Governors are objecting primarily because of the costs, but civil libertarians have raised concerns about the new licenses as well, saying [...]