The Oldest Dirty Trick
It’s the oldest trick in the book. Even toddlers do it. When some tot calls another tot a bad name, the response is often, “You’re the (bad name)!” Or: I know you are...
Tagged: Clintons
In the Fake News Era
To an old reporter like me, the “fake news” phenomenon is hard to take. In my day, we were so careful to check and double-check our stories. There was a a total ban...
What We Don’t Know
I don’t think the millions who watched Monday night’s presidential debate learned much that they didn’t already know. Everyone knew going in that Donald Trump is a rude, ignorant oaf. Everyone already knew,...
Musings on the Great Debate
Let’s get the who-won-who-lost nonsense out of the way first. Smilin’ Hillary won. Snifflin’ Trump lost. And Hillary’s adroit, energetic – even powerful – performance must surely have laid to rest all those whispers about...
A Risky Bargain
By choosing Tim Kaine as her running mate, Hillary Clinton drives away thousands of Bernie Sanders supporters but probably picks up some Republicans who cannot in good conscience vote for Donald Trump. It...
Trump’s Dark and Dank Past
Finally, mainstream media outlets may be ready to give Donald Trump’s shady past the attention it deserves. Salon.com reproduced a Politico story this morning spotlighting his long and close connection to the Mafia. And I...
Hillary’s Bad Press
If it proves nothing else, this campaign season is demonstrating beyond a reasonable doubt that the power of the media has been wildly overestimated. While the press relentlessly smears Hillary, for example, most Democrats...
“Tracing” Donald Trump
If Donald Trump becomes President, I will blame the media. He is entirely their creation. Not a day goes by that his apoplectic face doesn’t appear on TV, especially on those cable “news”...