Unspinning Congressional Earmarks
When the public really understands what earmarks are -- the good and the bad -- then attention can be focused on keeping the earmarking process open and honest.
When the public really understands what earmarks are -- the good and the bad -- then attention can be focused on keeping the earmarking process open and honest.
Jerry Weissman | Posted 05.25.2011
While spinning can escalate to distortion or even to outright deception, topspin is the direct approach you can use to get the advantage.
Kevin Grandia | Posted 05.25.2011
Elizabeth Kolbert, author of the 2006 global warming book Field Notes from a Catastrophe, has a piece in the New Yorker today titled "Donating to the ...
Paul Loeb | Posted 05.25.2011
Karl Rove's minions may be smiling at the brazen gamesmanship of this pick: but if Americans fall for it, they should know all too well what to expect.
Tony Martin | Posted 05.25.2011
Concerning Obama's Saddleback Church presentation, one "analyst" asks another if he thought Obama was perhaps a bit "nuanced" or "hard to understand." The colleague, affirmed that yes, Obama was "nuanced."
Dave Helfert | Posted 05.25.2011