In the wee hours of yesterday morning, while you were still blissfully asleep, Russia’s president and tiger-fighter-in-chief, Vladimir Putin, gave a strange, rambling press conference. In it, he insisted to reporters that there were no Russian troops on the ground in Crimea, and likened U.S. foreign policy to a dark science experiment. “They sit there […]
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Time to Dump “Pro-Israel”
There’s never anything to be gained by debating who’s “pro-Israel” and who’s “anti-Israel.”
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Why Does the National Media Get Texas So Wrong?
There’s no binary opposition between “establishment” candidates and those affiliated with the Tea Party in the state—in other words, no convenient narrative.
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No Exit: The Digital Edition
In her new book, Dragnet Nation, Julia Angwin shows how badly disadvantaged ordinary people are in the struggle for privacy online.
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Daily Meme: Let the Budget Beat-Down Begin
We know you’ve all been waiting for it. Counting down the days and hours like a kid to Christmas morning or a virgin to prom night. And it’s finally here-the president’s budget. The big doc filled with $3.901 trillion of proposed government programs dropped this morning, and in contrast to years past, the White House […]
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Can Political Coverage Ever Get Better?
There are strong incentives for reporters that keep coverage as crappy as it is. Changing them isn’t impossible, but it won’t be easy.
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Primary Day Means Baby Steps for Texas Democrats
Because their candidates have been losing for the better part of two decades, few with political capital are eager to run statewide.
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Television Still Hugely Profitable, Also Dying
Digital video is catching up to TV, but brings in only a tiny fraction of the revenue.
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Paul Ryan: A Poor Man’s Savior of the Poor
The House Budget chair released his cherry-picked report on the state of poverty-prevention programs on Monday. Here’s what he overlooked.
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Daily Meme: Do SOMETHING!
With tensions escalating in Ukraine-according to reports that are disputed by the Russian government, Moscow has issued an ultimatum to soldiers in Crimea-the Washington Post weighs in with an urgent exhortation: The president needs to do something. “For five years, the president has led a foreign policy based more on how he thinks the world […]