Changing of the guard?
October 4th, 2005
Jay Rosen rings the changes: “The Post, I believe, is our great national newspaper now; the Times is number two, with the Wall Street Journal close behind.”
Dan Gillmor, however, still counts The New York Times number one in the US, behind what he reckons is the world’s best.
On Miller
October 4th, 2005
In the flood of writing the Judith Miller release and testimony has provoked, I think Stuart Hughes gets it right.
Judging Miers
October 4th, 2005
Jack Balkin: “When the chips are down in his Administration, Bush has shown his true colors as a business conservative who above all wants a smooth ride for capital. That is what Miers offers.”
Balkin provides the best analysis of the Miers nomination I’ve read. But I’m not sure about the “smooth ride for capital” that Balkin describes. Robert Rubin provided a smooth ride for capital. A steadily worsening fiscal position isn’t so smooth.