That “Celebrity” Thing

How quickly it turns. The press is so predictable. Maybe media bias hunters should study Pavlov’s dog instead. According to the LexisNexis® Analytics 2008 election dashboard, Sen. McCain was the subject of 59 percent more U.S. media coverage than Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) last week, the first week that Sen. McCain has received more press [...]

A Temporary Cease Fire

I woke up this morning and did a double take at my blackberry: only 20 new messages today? And then I remembered, it’s 911 and the Alex Conants and Rebecca Buckwalter-Poza’s of the world are taking the day off – at least publicly. No political tv commercials, no spam about what the Cleveland Plain Dealer’s [...]

In the Arena

McCain’s Health Care Tax Increase

A new rule here: Rather than do the McCain campaign’s bidding by wasting space on Senator Honor’s daily lies and bilge–his constant attempts to divert attention from substantive issues–I’m going to assume that others will spend more than enough time on the sewage that Steve Schmidt is shoveling and, from now on, try to stick [...]

In the Arena

Latest Column

On the mythology surrounding the Palin phenomenon.

Remember

What we lost.

Mike Huckabee: Stand-Up Guy

“It was nice to win something this year,” the former Arkansas Governor told me, as he left the stage of the D.C. Improv last night after being named Funniest Celebrity in Washington. “My ego needed this.” Yes, I know, Funniest Celebrity in Washington sounds more like an oxymoron than a contest. I was a judge [...]