(Flickr/MJmerry) The Daily Caller's seemingly endless series on conservative-media watchdog Media Matters for America, while largely met by silence or derision , prompted the Post 's Erik Wemple to write : If the Daily Caller really wants to call this an

WASHINGTON — When we talk about hypocrisy in politics, we usually highlight personal behavior. The multiply-married politician who proclaims “family values” while also having affairs is now a rather dreary stock figure in our campaign narratives. But the

When we talk about hypocrisy in politics, we usually highlight personal behavior. The multiply-married politician who proclaims “family values” while also having affairs is now a rather dreary stock figure in our campaign narratives. But the hypocrisy th

When we talk about hypocrisy in politics, we usually highlight personal behavior. The serially-married politician who proclaims “family values” while also having affairs is now a rather dreary stock figure in our campaign narratives. But the hypocrisy th

Mitt Romney has lost his central asset. It is no longer obvious that he is the Republican with the best chance of defeating President Obama. Romney was never fully trusted or liked by the staunchest conservatives. But until now, enough of them have been

Reading E.J. Dionne Jr.’s Feb. 13 op-ed column, “A culture war’s costs,” I was struck by the following: “At the heart of the love many of us have for the church — despite our frustrations over its abysmal handling of the pedophilia scandal and its reluct

By E.J. Dionne Jr. When we talk about hypocrisy in politics, we usually highlight personal behavior. The politician with multiple marriages who proclaims "family values" while having affairs is a rather dreary stock figure in our campaign narratives. But

Melissa Block talks to E.J. Dionne of The Washington Post and Brookings Institution and Ramesh Ponnuru, senior editor at the National Review , about the showdown between Republican presidential contenders Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney in Michigan and Ari

Panelists testify Thursday before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing. Panelists testify Thursday before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing. The all-male witness panel at Thursday's House hearing on Presid

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Jonathan Alter was a senior editor, media critic and columnist for Newsweek, where he worked for 28 years and covered five administrations and seven presidential campaigns. During the 1928 presidential campaign, nutty right-wing Protestants claimed that

E. J. Dionne Jr. has some advice for Cardinal-designate Dolan: Apologize to Sr. Carol Keehan, president of the Catholic Health Association. Why? Because earlier this week Dolan suggested that she endorsed President Obama’s proposed revision to the contra

Contraception’s Con Men: By a revolting combination of con men and fanatics, the current primary race has become a demonstration that the Republican party does not deserve serious consideration for public office. Take the controversy over contraceptives.

Some Republicans are using the bishops’ stupidity to hurt the supposed “moderate” candidate Mitt Romney, giving a temporary leg up to the faux naïf Rick Santorum; others are attacking Barack Obama as an “enemy of religion.” Pusillanimous Catholics—Mark S

Mitt Romney lost a major asset--not being able to say he’s the obvious choice to defeat Obama: “Romney was never fully trusted or liked by the staunchest conservatives, a rather large Republican constituency. But until now, enough of them have been willi

February 16, 2012 10:08 AM Pusillanimous Catholics—Mark Shields and even, to a degree, the admirable E. J. Dionne—are saying that Catholics understandably resent an attack on “their” doctrine (even though they do not personally believe in it). Omnidirect

It’s becoming clearer by the moment that the battle over the contraceptive coverage mandate is only going to intensify, with real repercussions for the 2012 Congressional and presidential campaigns. If you want to understand why Republicans are committin

In traveling around Iowa and New Hampshire over the last few weeks, I have been struck by the number of Democrats and independents who still more or less want Obama to win and deeply fear the consequences of a government dominated by Republicans. But hav

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