- May 22, 2017With so many leaks in the White House and no one to stop them, the Trump administration and the right-wing media are stepping up attacks on the "fake news" mainstream media and whistleblowers.
- October 24, 2016A media critic reviews the post-debate coverage on Fox and MSNBC — and finds a few surprises.
- October 20, 2016As Trump disses democracy, it would be nice to address the anxieties of those who are beginning to doubt it can help them.
- September 22, 2016An occasional look at how campaign 2016 is playing on prime time TV
- December 18, 2015Political campaigns, as well as anonymous (and not so anonymous) millionaires and billionaires, are spending more and more on ads to influence the presidential election — and network heads are cheering them on.
- December 10, 2015When one side believes poor people, immigrants, people of color, LGBTQ people and others deserve rights and the other doesn’t, how can we possibly bridge the gap?
- October 29, 2013Too many political reporters think the details of public policy are boring, and that's a real problem.