Harry Reid, 1939-2021

The longtime Senate leader is gone at 82.

The Nastiest Campaign Ever? Or Just The Pettiest?

Maybe the real problem this year isn’t that the campaign is unduly nasty, but that it’s incredibly petty.

Hating Aaron Sorkin

Alex Pareene’s quip that “Aaron Sorkin is why people hate liberals” has gone viral.

Ranking The Pundits

A study shows that most national columnists and talking heads are about as accurate as a coin flip.

David Broder Dead at 81

The legendary columnist David Broder has died.

When Compromise Is Immoral

150 years ago, President-Elect Abraham Lincoln was presented with a chance to avert Civil War. He passed it up, and we should be glad that he did.

Broder Misdiagnoses 2010 Election

David Broder, three weeks after the election, explains “What Murkowski’s write-in win says about the electorate.”

Broder, Iran and the Economy

David Broder offers up some odd ideas on the relationship between a war with Iran and the economy.

Ugly Party vs. Grown-Up Party

Michael Gerson argues that the source of our polarization isn’t the Democrats and the Republicans but the Ugly Party and the Grown-Up Party.

Bush – FDR Redux

The Senate Problem

GOP-AARP

POLITICAL SCIENCE FORECASTS

GWB = FDR?

SULLY ON SCALIA

DRUG POLITICS

THE MARK OF ROVE