I defer, once again, to the legal expertise of my colleague Reynolds Holding.

Because you asked:

1) A post about how DC’s social environment influences coverage and attitudes would be very long indeed. It might even be a book (or, I know, a novel!). For now, I’ll just say that I was being a bit snarky in the post below and that, as far as I know, neither Chris nor I are socially punished for what we write. …

This guy I know has a smart column in the Observer today:

The D.C. pundits are swooning in chorus. Dr. Krauthammer, with much jowly regret, called for Mr. Gonzales to resign over his clumsy handling of the fallout from the controversy, but confidently dubbed the controversy proper a “pseudo scandal.” Time magazine columnist Michael

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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 actually respond. But he has, and I think he’s totally bloggy …

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 Al Gore. (Did you know he was a college …

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 one they followed most …

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

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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 …

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 of the administration. I was …

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 unfolding U.S. Attorneys story is a huge one, it deserves a massive …

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 when he tried to get through a …

So, I gather you all (Glenn Greenwald, most notably) picked up on something Time ME Rick Stengel said on The Chris Matthew Show Sunday about the possibility that Congress may pull Rove and Miers in to testify about the USA scandal: “I am so uninterested in the Democrats wanting Karl Rove because it is so bad for them.”

It’s a sentiment …