Dan Balz

Washington Post: Colorado Indicative Of Democrats' National Struggles

Dan Balz | Posted 10.22.2009 | Denver


DENVER In 2008, Colorado became a symbol of the changing politics in a region once firmly in Republican hands -- and also of the grass-roots power an...

The "Government Take-Over" Isn't About the Public Option

Richard Kirsch | Posted 09.13.2009 | Politics


Richard Kirsch

Even if the public option weren't part of the Obama reform plan, the Right would still be screaming about a "government take-over" as loudly as it is now.

Dan Balz: Pelosi's Comments Raise Interrogation Debate to New Level

Washington Post | Dan Balz | Posted 06.15.2009 | Politics


But in attempting to defend herself, Pelosi took the remarkable step of trying to shift the focus of blame to the CIA and the Bush administration, cla...

The Torture Moment

Arianna Huffington | Posted 05.24.2009 | Politics


Arianna Huffington

The way we respond to the revelations about the Bush administration's use of torture will define the kind of country we are. It is a test of our courage and our convictions. So far, the media are not getting high marks.

Publishers Racing To Deliver Election Books

Wall Street Journal | JEFFREY A. TRACHTENBERG | Posted 12.07.2008 | Media


Now that President-elect Barack Obama has won the election, the race is already under way among book publishers to examine the historic campaign. Pol...

Sunday Watch 10-12-08: In Which False Equivalency Struts Its Fraudulent Stuff

Todd Gitlin | Posted 11.13.2008 | Media


Todd Gitlin

Once again, Brokaw's round table was a liberal-free zone. He concluded with the idiotic prediction game, John McLaughlin's gift to the game-show-as-phony-sophistication genre.

Advice for Obama: Listen to Mark Twain

Sanford D. Horwitt | Posted 10.13.2008 | Politics


Sanford D. Horwitt

The problem with the word "change" is that it's soft and vague -- and that's how too many blue collar and undecided voters perceive Obama.