August 2011
All The King's Horses And All The King's Men
Posted: Thu, 08/04/2011 - 6:51pm
In the fine tradition of the well-executed post mortem, we now find ourselves in the season of the "tick tock" -- the well-reported explanations of how a big story unfolded.
We have been treated to the finest of the genre in the days since the President was finally able to put ink to paper and sign the much wrangled- over legislation to raise the nation's debt limit.
And They're Off: The GOP campaign, in full effect
Posted: Fri, 08/12/2011 - 11:28am
DES MOINES – About halfway through my grilled pork chop on a stick at the State Fair, I was reminded why covering politics in Iowa is so different than anywhere else.
Remembering and Reimagining August 28, 1963
Posted: Thu, 08/25/2011 - 3:39pm
My daily commute takes me south along the Potomac River and past the neoclassical majesty of the Lincoln Memorial, a beautiful drive I try not to take for granted.
But I had been living and working in the nation's capital for more than two decades before I retraced the steps I had taken as a schoolchild, up the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.
