Gwen's Take

September 22, 2016

"This column is not what you think it is going to be. Because I have moderated two general election debates -- in 2004 and 2008 -- I know better than to carp from the sidelines. But that hasn't stopped the requests that have poured in every day for a month, as news outlets from around the world have asked my opinion on debate moderation."

The High Dive

September 1, 2016

"For me watching the summer Olympics should have been a respite from covering politics. But every time one of those amazing, tightly muscled divers stepped confidently to the edge of a high board, I held my breath. As they sprang into the air -- sometimes backward -- and spiraled into the pool, I couldn't help but think of the presidential campaign we are witnessing."

Shocker Then, Shocker Now

April 7, 2016

"I got the chance to get a sneak peek at HBO's upcoming docudrama on the 1991 Hill-Thomas hearings, when college professor Anita Hill nearly derailed George H.W. Bush's nomination of federal appeals court Judge Clarence Thomas to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall."

Maybe the Revolution is Here

March 31, 2016

"Allow me to date myself and admit that I have covered campaigns when it mattered what candidates said. It mattered whether their statements stood up to even passing scrutiny. It mattered whether they were polite to one another -- or, at least, were perceived so," Gwen Ifill writes.