Michael Kinsley’s brilliant line about a gaffe being the accidental disclosure of a political truth is true more often than not–but not always. Sometimes a gaffe is the revelation of ignorance. Sometimes it’s just…a gaffe. It is simply ridiculous for journalists–and political operatives–to expect perfect speech from candidates at all times. So I’m not going [...]
Actually, there were three calls today AFTER I recorded this podcast, so it’s really the half-week in calls. It’s a little bit of experiment, so don’t be as shy with the feedback as you usually are. We really want to know! You can subscribe to Time’s podcasts via iTunes as well…
He did a live chat today with the Washington Post. Some tidbits: Washington: Mr. McClellan, having been in the position of defending the White House from past officials writing their own books, how do you feel about comments you made previously regarding such tell-alls? How do you respond to criticisms that you might have left [...]
David Brooks has been on a roll lately, column after column filled with smart, independent thinking. Not today. Using the guise of “realism,” Brooks essentially sings from the neoconservative hymnal on the problems the next President will face in dealing with Iran. Now, no one thinks this will be easy–for the reasons I described in [...]
The guys who got it right tell us what they think of the guy who now admits he got it wrong. (H/T to commenters GySgt213 and J.J. for calling this to our attention.)
