Joe Conason
The Slate music critic Jody Rosen has a simple question: "In purely statistical terms, do the articles in the Montgomery County Bulletin amount to the greatest plagiarism scandal in the annals of American journalism?" You might ask: The Bulletin? What's that? Also, why is Jody Rosen participating in media reporting? Well, the story begins like this: Mr. Rosen was tipped a few weeks ago by a reader that a Jimmy Buffett profile he wrote in 2007... READ MORE»
By | September 27, 2006 | 6:38 am
Joe Conason says Fox and the Bush administration can't handle Bill Clinton's dose of truthiness, and Steve Kornacki looks at the impact of the former president's publicity blitz on Hillary, Gore and the rest of the 2008 contenders. Jason Horowitz writes about Al Gore's sleeper cells of presidential donors and operatives, still waiting for the call. Niall Stanage says that John Bolton deserves an up-or-down vote in the Senate even if his UN colleagues find... READ MORE»
By | July 23, 2006 | 8:00 pm
Standing Up to a Stand-Up Guy To the... READ MORE»
By | July 23, 2006 | 8:00 pm
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By | June 4, 2006 | 8:00 pm
If I Can Make It There … To the... READ MORE»
By | April 12, 2006 | 11:40 am
Jason Horowitz writes about Mike Bloomberg's relationship with the Hasidim. Nicholas Von Hoffman writes about the right to privacy. And Joe Conason writes about the Murdoch Method.... READ MORE»
By | February 15, 2006 | 12:49 am
In The Observer's political pages,I take a look at who's trying to start a Bloomberg '08 buzz, and why, and entertain the notion semi-seriously for a few paragraphs. (Um, Happy Birthday, Mr. Mayor?) Also, E.J. Kessler is underwhelmed by Pat Manning and Joe Conason writes on Dick Cheney. Elsewhere in the paper, Jason Horowitz looks into the Met's antiquities problems and Matt Schuerman finds a controversy on Brooklyn's Fulton Street.... READ MORE»
By | February 8, 2006 | 2:51 am
I profile David Paterson, and find a certain sloppiness with the truth. Joe Conason doesn't buy Bush's tough new talk on oil. Chris Lehmann says the GOP is over. And Jason Horowitz strays from the City Hal beat to take a Christian singles cruise. Of course.... READ MORE»
By | October 19, 2005 | 5:15 am
Jess Bruder and I argue that Hillary's current campaign is of a piece with her run for President, noting that observers find it hard to imagine her spending the kind of money she set out to raise in New York alone. Tom Scocca and his crew delve into the Miller crisis at the Times. And here's Joe Conason's take. Nicholas Von Hoffman writes that a Miers appointment might not be the worst thing for... READ MORE»
A producer called me a while back asking if I wanted to be interviewed for The Hunting of the Presid... READ MORE»
On the great scale of seriously dreaded events, a visit to the Department of Motor Vehicles office h... READ MORE»
In a sense, the Hillary haters quoted in my colleague Joe Conason's column last week have it right.... READ MORE»
