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Mary Lynn Jones

Mary Lynn F. Jones is a Washington-based writer. Her work has also appeared in The Chicago Tribune, National
Journal, the Washington Business Journal and Barron's Guide to the Most
Competitive Colleges. A native Washingtonian, Jones has been a regular
political commentator for WMAL-AM and has made numerous radio and television
appearances, including on National Public Radio's "Talk of the Nation"
and Fox
News Channel. Mary Lynn received her master's degree in journalism from
Columbia University and her bachelor's degree from Wellesley College.

Recent Articles

Stay Seated

Mary Lynn JonesMay 28, 2003

Unlike Bill Bennett, I'm not a gambler. But if I were, I'd bet that Democrats aren't going to take back in the Senate in 2004.

Jay School

Mary Lynn JonesMay 28, 2003

Journalists are once again navel-gazing. The subject this time is the extraordinary series of lies told by Jayson Blair of The New York Times. The paper's reporters and editors engaged in a heated discussion last Wednesday, with one staffer telling Executive Editor Howell Raines, Managing Editor Gerald Boyd and Publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr., "I believe that at a deep level you guys have lost the confidence of many parts of the newsroom." Whether or not the Times' bosses regain that trust, some troubling trends in journalism as a whole suggest that there could easily be another Jayson Blair.

Environmental Factors

Mary Lynn JonesMay 28, 2003

President Bush learned again this week about the dangers of naming a former governor to a presidential administration -- especially when the administration is one that brooks little dissent.

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Christie Todd Whitman, a former New Jersey governor, announced yesterday that she will resign her post next month. Meanwhile, another governor-turned-cabinet-secretary also seems to be pining for life as a state executive. Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson, who was governor of Wisconsin before joining Bush's team in 2001, recently said, "I think it's time for me to take a hiatus from government and do something else for a while." And he told WisPolitics.com, "I will someday run for elected office again in Wisconsin."

Which Way?

Mary Lynn JonesMay 28, 2003

If you need an explanation for why the Democrats can't score points against President Bush, look no further than a recent interview that House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) gave to the National Journal.

Rock and a Hard Place

Mary Lynn JonesMay 16, 2003

Don't envy Olympia Snowe. In the last two months, the Republican senator from Maine has been called to the White House for personal lobbying by the president and vice president, cornered by the House Ways and Means Committee chairman on the Senate floor, dubbed a "Daschle Republican" by The Wall Street Journal and denounced in a television ad as a "Franco-Republican" -- all for demanding that George W. Bush's tax cut be capped at $350 billion.

Welcome to another episode in the life of a moderate Republican.

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