A Devastating 26-Word Challenge to President Obama's Leadership
A single sentence from Senator Ron Wyden sums up the radicalism of the administration's national-security policies. More »
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Conor Friedersdorf is a staff writer at The Atlantic, where he focuses on politics and national affairs. He lives in Venice, California, and is the founding editor of The Best of Journalism, a newsletter devoted to exceptional nonfiction.
A single sentence from Senator Ron Wyden sums up the radicalism of the administration's national-security policies. More »
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The attorney general should be brought before Congress and interrogated about his notion of what the president could do in the aftermath of an attack. More »
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Coverage would be more relevant to citizens if reporters held Congress responsible for passing bills and President Obama responsible for signing or vetoing them. More »
A reader argues that "the choice of celibacy by gays growing up in an evangelical household is not freely made." More »
The iconic newspaperman says his criticism of the White House was grounded in concern for young reporters. He isn't doing them any favors. More »
Does this matter-of-fact assessment of its failure to accomplish anything ring true for today's legislature, too? More »
The famous reporter made sure Richard Nixon was held accountable to the law, but he's urging Barack Obama to break it. More »
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It's the sort of adversarial interview that American broadcasters should conduct with presidents. More »
His confirmation was widely anticipated. Yet Jennifer Rubin and other neocons repeatedly published analysis that led their readers astray. More »
Journalists could do better at conveying the best traditionalist arguments against gay marriage. But some people won't be satisfied unless gays are stigmatized as in bygone days. More »
Robert Gibbs was told never to talk about drones, but he now says denying what actually exists undermines confidence in government. More »
Why Congress should stop sequestration, then make smarter cuts that add up to the same dollar figure More »
Even if they take effect, America's "defense" budget will dwarf its rivals so overwhelmingly that it's hard to comprehend. More »
The figure is in line with the findings of the Bureau of Investigative Journalism. Is that where he got it? Or does he know something we don't? More »
Jim DeMint's paean in Politico is unintentionally revealing. More »
Stigmatizing shoddy work results in less of it. More »
