What has stood out today is the degree to which Trump and his team have governed by creating their own reality. Now that that image is being challenged, they are flailing.
October 17, 2020The theme of the day was the palpable sense of rats leaving a sinking ship as Republicans, administration officials, and administration-adjacent people distanced themselves from the president.
May 1, 2017How much of America is locked into a looking-glass world?
March 13, 2017A brief note on how journalists should deal with the retailers of untruth.
November 7, 2016Lesson No. 1 from campaign 2016: Journalists need to be more careful.
October 20, 2016This time, Donald Trump dug himself in deeper all by his lonesome.
January 26, 2015You don't learn too much else about Joni Ernst, picked to rebut the State of the Union address, from media profiles — nor do you get the impression that corporate media think you need to know much.
September 10, 2013Plenty of pundits play the role of partisan warriors in cable TV studios. But that’s not their real job — or at least not the one where they likely make their real money.
May 29, 2013Michael Winship says America's celebration of profit runs roughshod over our interest in fairness and justice.
