On McClellan: Five Facts and One Question

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Friday May 30, 2008 · 4:24 AM PDT

2008/05/30 · 04:24

First, the facts.

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Friday March 30, 2007 · 4:30 AM PDT

2007/03/30 · 04:30

Wow, looks as though there is a pattern here. Back in December, I wrote about how the New York Times had devoted most of its precious op-ed page to an eye-catching graphic (a format they call Op-Chart) that presented a highly slanted and misleading attack on liberal bloggers. (Short version: The chart, developed by DC blogger K. Daniel Glover, presented an almost entirely Democratic list of bloggers who'd been paid consultants to political campaigns, implying some sort of corruption--while failing to note that the relatively small number of bloggers who'd worked for campaigns without disclosing their paid status were all Republicans.)

Now the Times is at it again, using the visually arresting Op-Chart format for another unfair hit on Democrats.

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Tuesday January 09, 2007 · 8:54 AM PST

2007/01/09 · 08:54

If, like me, you like to spend those boring minutes waiting in line at the supermarket scanning the covers of the tabloids, you may have noticed something interesting. Over about the last year and a half, several of these papers have been running expose-style stories about President Bush. Judging by the front-page headlines (honestly I haven't gotten up the nerve to actually buy the papers yet), the stories say or imply that Bush has returned to drinking heavily, that his marriage is on the rocks, and that he has been having an affair with one or more of the women in his administration (Condi Rice being the obvious favorite candidate).

I find this fascinating from several standpoints:

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Saturday January 06, 2007 · 4:41 AM PST

2007/01/06 · 04:41

When I wrote, two weeks ago, about the breakaway Episcopal churches in Virginia whose members are so horrified by gay priests and bishops that they are trying to align their parishes with ultra-conservative bishops in Africa, I provoked quite a bit of hostile commentary.

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Wednesday December 27, 2006 · 11:01 AM PST

2006/12/27 · 11:01

In the wake of the news of the passing of Gerald Ford, the operative word for describing his presidency appears to be "healing." But if that were an accurate description of Ford's administration, why are we currently suffering from an even worse version of Nixon's imperial, anti-constitutional presidency under the auspices of George W. Bush? Rather than healing the cancer, Dr. Ford seems merely to have presided over a brief period of remission. After recurring during the Reagan administration, today that cancer has metastasized and is threatening to kill the patient once and for all.

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Thursday December 21, 2006 · 1:45 PM PST

2006/12/21 · 13:45

You've probably been reading and hearing about the "schism" within the Episcopal church over issues like the empowerment of women, abortion, and, especially, gay rights. Here is a side of the story you haven't seen reflected in the MSM.

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Saturday November 11, 2006 · 9:18 AM PST

2006/11/11 · 09:18

In tomorrow's New York Times Book Review, John Wilson, editor of the evangelical Christian magazine Books & Culture, addresses the issue of how worried non-evangelicals should be about the cultural threat posed by extreme right-wing Christians. His answer: "Not very." Read More

Wall Street Editors Refuse To Be Confused By Facts

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Thursday November 09, 2006 · 3:42 AM PST

2006/11/09 · 03:42

One of the big problems with financial reporting--apart from the shaky understanding most journalists have of how business and markets actually work--is the fact that the economy is so complex that it's always easy for reporters and editors to concoct "explanations" for anything that happens by finding specific events or trends that reinforce their prejudices. Read More

George Bush as Dorian Gray

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Saturday October 28, 2006 · 6:45 AM PDT

2006/10/28 · 06:45

In his White House Briefing column in today's WaPo, Dan Froomkin offers this tidbit about Bush's session last week with several conservative journalists:

Daniel Henninger, another participant in the interview, writes in the Wall Street Journal: "The burden of war . . . has not sapped Mr. Bush physically as it did Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon. Recalling the deep toll that war and partisanship imposed on their presidencies, I looked closely at Mr. Bush for similar evidence: none. The hair's gone gray, but there is little sign of fatigue in his face or demeanor. I asked how he stays normal: 'Prayer and exercise.' . . .

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Saturday August 26, 2006 · 7:30 AM PDT

2006/08/26 · 07:30

I just read an advance copy of Justice for All, a new biography of Earl Warren by Jim Newton, a reporter for the L.A. Times. It's a good piece of work and quite a fascinating story. Read More

Airport Profiling: Clap Your Hands and Say "I Believe"

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Thursday August 17, 2006 · 5:00 AM PDT

2006/08/17 · 05:00

In the wake of last week's announcement about the thwarting of a supposed terrorist plot aimed at airliners flying from Britain to the US, calls for racial, behavioral, and personal profiling of travelers are once again on the rise. Read More

MBA Government: Public Power for Private Ends

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Thursday July 13, 2006 · 8:02 PM PDT

2006/07/13 · 20:02

In The New Republic, Clay Risen is of course correct to say that the collapse of the Bush administration demonstrates (among other things) the failure of the notion of the "MBA presidency." In retrospect, the more remarkable thing is that anyone would think that business principles represent a valid model for democratic governance in the first place. (And I write this as a person who has dedicated most of the last two decades of his life to writing and editing books about business principles.) Read More

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