The Story That He’s Sticking With

The Wall Street Journal today editorializes about Senator Obama’s reticence regarding his time at Columbia University.  Although he has, as someone or other recently pointed out, written two autobiographical books, he has paid scant attention to the years spent...

OK — My Bad — But I Get To Keep My Job

“I really don’t believe making mistakes means you have to give up your career,” Representative Charles B. Rangel said at a news conference in Washington on Wednesday. Already dealing with the backdraft from several other scandals, eternal Harlem Congressman and...

Past And Present

On Fresh Air today, Terry Gross talked with New York Times reporter David Kirkpatrick, who has been writing a series of biographical profiles of Senator McCain. The whole hour is devoted to their discussion and they cover a lot of interesting ground. Mr. Kirkpatrick...

WWRNS?

Speculation regarding WWRNS — What Would RN Say? — is generally a mug’s game.  (With, of course, notable exceptions.) That said, I can guarantee you that he would have said the following three things: (1) Whoever slipped Rudy whatever it was that...