After watching another painful Sarah Palin interview last night, the one where she couldn't name a Supreme Court case, beside Roe v. Wade, that she disagreed with, it was pop quiz time at my house. Question: Quickly name a Supreme...
In her interview with Katie Couric, Sarah Palin not only mischaracterized Barack Obama's plan for dealing with Iraq, but she made the same mischaracterization about Henry Kissinger and, by extension, several other former secretaries of state. Here's a good post...
As readers of my column know, I fiercely defended Sarah Palin against slimy attacks on her from the left. As a culture-war Rohrshach test, I'm firmly in her camp. But I was careful not to defend Palin the politician, because...
Speaking of the Atlantic, Caitlin Flanagan has a fascinating essay (behind subscriber firewall, I fear) about how Katie Couric went from being a star on the Today show to being a turkey helming the CBS Evening News. In her piece,...
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