So far, Jim Piculas has pretty much had the public argument his way. Ever since he was able to sucker ... uh, convince a local television station to embrace his unverified version of events, Piculas has soared like a sultan on a magic carpet of new-media celebrity. ...more

January 30, 2009

I wonder how many newspaper subscribers in the Bay Area know how rare our two-newspaper community is. Can anyone name more than one major newspaper currently serving our greatest cities? ...more

December 17, 2008

After 40 years, the St. Petersburg edition of the Florida Catholic newspaper has ceased publication, opting for an expanded, free magazine that will be mailed six times a year to every registered Catholic family in the diocese. ...more

November 10, 2008

U.S. Rep. Adam Putnam's announcement early Wednesday that he will voluntarily step down from his House Republican leadership role represents a hiccup to what has, until now, been his swift political ascendancy in Washington. ...more

November 6, 2008

The widower of assassinated leader Benazir Bhutto said Saturday that he will run for the presidency, reviving questions about his cloudy political past and the future of the U.S. alliance with Pakistan. ...more

August 24, 2008

The years they come, and the years they go, but it's unlikely we soon shall see another year like the one just concluded, the amazing, astounding and genuinely history making twenty-ought-eight. ...more

December 30, 2007

In more than a decade of presiding over this state, Mike Huckabee produced a legacy like few other Republican governors in the South, surprising even liberal Democrats with his willingness to upend some of Arkansas' parochial traditions. ...more

December 22, 2007