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It occurred to me, as I sat there watching an interracial couple banging, that jacking off in a hotel room was not unlike the larger experience of campaign reporting. You watch two performers. You kind of like it when one … Continue reading →

Any talented journalist has written hundreds of stories that are truthful, and they can do this with one hand tied behind their back. But I guarantee you he has written multiple stories that aren’t Truthful. And that he feels there’s … Continue reading →

If you follow the news in Maryland, you’ve heard by now that Gov. Martin O’Malley’s 18-year-old daughter, Tara, was hospitalized after a graduation party. First Lady Katie O’Malley, without saying Tara had too much to drink (which is what every … Continue reading →

Warning: This post is exceptionally long, and will be the first of several I hope to write in the next few weeks trying to sort out my views about the relationship between truth, The Truth and journalism and about ways … Continue reading →

I like having an editor. And that is why I struggle with blogging. In the month or so since I’ve last posted, and indeed, all year, I’ve come up with ideas for posts, and started writing several of them. But … Continue reading →

A few random stories I enjoyed recently: I really liked Paul Duggan’s story in the Washington Post last Friday about a D.C. couple who were surprised when a massive package of marijuana was delivered to their house. A drug dealer … Continue reading →

Sometimes I think my background (New England-born, Washington, D.C.-educated, college major in journalism and government and politics) could potentially qualify me as a member of the often-demonized “cultural elite.” Then I read sentences like this one: Until recently, I had … Continue reading →

Here are my thoughts on the political thunderbolt that just landed in my home state: 1. Shortly after Coakley conceded to brown, Washington Times reporter Eli Like tweeted that a correspondent in Massachusetts had told him that “The American people … Continue reading →

This Michael Kinsley essay in The Atlantic about newspaper story lengths and structures is getting a lot of attention. The headline (“Cut This Story!”) and first three sentences (“One reason seekers of news are abandoning print newspapers for the Internet … Continue reading →

Washington Post political reporter Chris Cillizza – better known as The Fix – asked the following yesterday on twitter: Serious question: Is it possible to have a civil and edifying comments section on a political blog? If so, how? Advice … Continue reading →