Despite the made-for-TV drama of IRS nonprofits director Lois Lerner invoking the Fifth Amendment to refuse questioning by the House Oversight Committee, that is hardly…
A horrendous tornado in Oklahoma holds politics very briefly at bay, but as the day goes by there’s more “behind the headlines.” 1. It took…
After Friday’s Ways & Means Committee hearing, Beltway focus on IRS “scandal” continues unabated. But there are some shifting sands “behind the headlines.” 1. With…
After a wild week, political news settles down into a dull roar, amidst shifting assessments of Scandalmania “behind the headlines.” 1. The first day of…
If you believe the recent blitz of student debt coverage, private student lenders are to blame for the economic woes of recent college graduates. Lending…
President Obama responds to the three-headed hydra of “Scandalmania 2013″ on all fronts, and is awarded a “win” of the news cycle by Politico. Figuring out what it…
The “triple play” of scandals (Benghazi, IRS, AP) is now dominating mainstream news coverage to a remarkable degree (there are currently thirty-six separate stories on…
With the sudden ferocious emergence of the story about the Justice Department’s seizure of AP phone records, we now have the BenAP501 “scandal” to deal…
Today’s news is sort of a Republican Disneyland with free admission: the confluence of the Benghazi investigations with the rapidly emerging story of selective IRS…
The political chatter today is almost all about the Benghazi hearings, but there are a few things beyond reflexive partisan reactions that can be divined…