Sam Rosenfeld

WASHINGTON TIMES-INESS. If you’re going to run an article under the headline “Democrats call Zarqawi killing a stunt,” wouldn’t it be good to include in the piece a quote from some Democrat actually calling the Zarqawi killing a stunt? UPDATE: Via KCinDC in comments, it appears the Times has updated the story and backed off […]

LINES IN THE SAND. The New York Times editorializes about the “ridiculous” push for a constitutional amendment to ban flag-burning — “an issue that exists only for the purpose of pandering to a tiny slice of voters.” Though the Times is correct that this is not a high-salience, top-priority issue for most voters, it should […]

PRE-K BLUES. While universal pre-k enthusiasts mourn yesterday’s defeat of Rob Reiner‘s awesome California initiative, Gene Sperling reminds us that, at the federal level, the Bush administration and congressional Republicans have “allow[ed] Head Start to have lower enrollment in 2005 than it did in 2002, and give[n] Head Start its first outright funding cut in […]

POWER TRIPS. The new Center for Public Integrity (CPI) study on privately funded congressional travel got big write-ups in the The Washington Post and The New York Times, which both predictably obscured the notable Republican tilt of the information uncovered. As it happens, I wrote a piece arguing against a blanket ban on private congressional […]

MORE CRAZY ZINSMEISTER ANTICS. Greg spots a falsehood in the bio of new Bush domestic policy chief and all-around eccentric Karl Zinsmeister. The New York Sun picks up the story and the White House responds. –Sam Rosenfeld

THE PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW! Why hasn’t a correction been added to this column, as Jonah Goldberg promised? UPDATE: And here it is. –Sam Rosenfeld

JUNE 6TH. Popular discussions of the midterm elections this year have until now tended to be fairly broad-brush and generalized, but in fact some key dates where actual specific and consequential decisions will be made are coming right up. June 6th is going to be a big day for crucial primaries and special elections in […]

MORE ON IRAN. In addition to Garance and Laura Rozen‘s comments, it’s worth heeding cautionary notes from both Kevin Drum and Ivo Daalder that Condoleezza Rice may be (whether in deliberate bad faith or not) putting too many demands for Iranian concessions on the table as preconditions for negotiation. That concern notwithstanding, as The Washington […]

GORE WATCH: TAP BLOG EMPIRE GETS RESULTS. This post from Greg at The Horse’s Mouth provoked Jonah Goldberg to say he’ll issue an official correction to his Gore-bashing Los Angeles Times column. (See some follow-up from Greg here.) For those who can’t get enough, Ezra and Jonah took advantage of the holiday weekend to get […]

HOORAY FOR PRE-K. The vote on California’s Proposition 82 — the Rob Reiner-spearheaded initiative providing universal access to preschool for all Californians, paid for by an income tax hike on wealthy residents — is coming up in a week. The odds are still in its favor for passage, though not overwhelmingly so. National Review pans […]