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Born to Politics: Our American Road Trip to Tomorrow
By James Grady - Politics DailyAll politics is personal. There is no magic line between "us" and some "them." We're all in this together and politics is how we get things done. Ever since the Greeks invented the concept of politics as what occurs in our public space, ambitious leaders have claimed that their opponents were "playing politics" and for that reason, we should ... you got it: "Trust me." Right. If someone tells you that politics is the problem and they are a some magic "non-political" solution, hold onto your wallet, hold onto your vote, hold onto your children. I'll leave it to academics to argue over when ...
Confessions of a 'Content Cop': Reader Comments, Civility and Censorship
By Nathan Grady - Politics DailyI'm one of those people some Politics Daily readers seem to hate. I'm a "content cop," one of about 10 comment moderators responsible for maintaining practical civility on this site. I am part of what we jokingly call the Politics Daily police department -- "the PD PD." PD articles -- including this one -- give readers a chance to post a comment. That's part of our attempt to "cultivate a civilized and thoughtful forum" among different viewpoints -- what columnist Jeffrey Weiss dubbed a "civilogue." But not all reader comments make it past the guards. Many readers get angry about that, claim ...
My Sign-Off From Politics Daily
By Melinda Henneberger - Politics DailyTrue to form, I was too busy to go to the meeting and missed my own firing yesterday; don't you hate it when that happens? (All my life, my mom has been saying I'd be late to my own funeral, so could we please not tell her she was right?) There were a few other mix-ups, too, with the result that some AOL employees were invited to the Meeting of Death by accident, while others who were supposed to have been on the layoff list were walking around like Bruce Willis in "The Sixth Sense." Also in error, I mistakenly received some last-minute communications re: the best time to tell an AOL News ...
R.I.P. Janet Battaile: New York Times (and Politics Daily) Editor Had 'a Gift for Humanity'
By Melinda Henneberger - Politics DailyThe last time I saw my friend and longtime editor Janet Battaile, who died just after midnight, more than 10 years after she was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, we sucked on the high-end Tootsie Pops someone had brought her and she told about how her wash-out as a waitress led her into the newspaper business. It all started when her father read his pal who was the editor of their hometown paper, the Winchester Evening Star, the funny letter she'd written home about the latest restaurant job she'd been fired from. For heaven's sake, the editor said when he stopped laughing, tell her to come ...
OJ Simpson Beaten? Doubt Cast on National Enquirer Story
By Mary Phillips-Sandy - AOL NewsThe National Enquirer can't let go of the idea that O.J. Simpson is being assaulted and harassed in prison. The rumor made the rounds anew this week, with several media outlets picking up the tabloid's sensational story (headline: O.J. Beaten Unconscious in Brutal Prison Attack!). According to the Enquirer, Simpson was beaten "to a bloody pulp" by fellow inmates at Nevada's Lovelock Correctional Center after a group of white supremacists overheard him bragging about his "sexual conquests of beautiful white women." In 2007, Simpson began serving a nine-year sentence for his alleged ...
C-SPAN Supreme Court Series: The Re-Education of a Legal Analyst
By Andrew Cohen - Politics DailyAs regular readers of this space know, I have spent the past few months listening to audio recordings of some of the most important Supreme Court oral arguments of the past 50 years. By "some" I mean 10, though there are dozens more I'd like to get my ears on before I'm done. The C-SPAN Supreme Court series I wrote -- short introductory columns posted here many weekends to complement C-SPAN Radio's Saturday night broadcast of selected oral arguments -- has been a gift to me this holiday season. It has reconnected me with what I have always loved and respected about the law. And it has ...
WikiLeaks 3: Diplomatic Disaster or Snoozefest?
By Steven Hoffer - AOL News(Nov. 29) -- How bad is it? Julian Assange's international media organization, WikiLeaks, stirred up controversy once again on Sunday by making public nearly a quarter-million previously confidential American diplomatic documents. The latest release raises concerns over the breadth of American diplomatic efforts and the Arab world, as well as critical philosophical issues surrounding the role of media and protection of government documents. WikiLeaks released the classified documents -- a collection of correspondences between the State Department and diplomatic outposts around the world -- ...
Hair-Gate: Carly Fiorina Stands By Barbara Boxer Jab
By David Knowles - Politics DailyIn terms of political scandals, this one seems pretty minor. Yet, there's something about a woman making fun of another woman's hair style that is, to borrow California Senate candidate Carly Fiorina words, "Sooooo yesterday!" On Wednesday, while having her make-up applied for an interview with CNN, Fiorina was caught on an open microphone mocking her opponent's locks. "Laura saw Barbara Boxer briefly on television today," Fiorina said, "and said what everyone says, God what is that hair. Soooo yesterday." Today, given the chance to step back from that remark, Fiorina declined. In an ...
The End of Anonymous Attacks Is Not Censorship
By Jeffrey Weiss - Politics DailyHere's a free lesson for any of our commenters who want to squall about the new sign-your-name (or at least your AOL or AIM screen name) policy being launched today by Politics Daily, along with similar changes at many other major websites: Electing not to publish attacks is not censorship. Nor does it mean the end of effective and interesting discussion; on the contrary. I've always thought of the development of the Internet as being a lot like the European settlement of North America. First come risk-loving explorers who aren't even sure there's anything to be explored. Followed by the ...
Politics Daily Celebrates First Birthday at the National Press Club
By Politics Daily Staff - Politics DailyPolitics Daily just turned one year old! Melinda Henneberger, PD's editor in chief, treats early arrivals to a retelling of our online paper's "creation myth," and kicks off the evening's "civilogue." Religion reporter David Gibson, just back from Rome, speaks about the crisis facing the Catholic Church. Carl Cannon, PD's deputy editor, introduces the debate between PD columnists Peter Wehner and David Corn (moderated by military writer David Wood) on our prospects in Afghanistan. ...
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