sarah palin

• Opinion

It's time to retire Jules Witcover

It's time to retire Jules Witcover, whose commentary does nothing but rehash what we already know.

• Opinion

Witcover: On the loss of John McCain

The death of John McCain at 81 leaves a huge void in the ranks of truth-tellers in politics, says Jules Witcover.

• Opinion

Pitts: John McCain, a man of integrity and honor

If John McCain was no hero, as Donald Trump claimed, then the word has no meaning, says Leonard Pitts Jr.

• Opinion

Goldberg: Partisans on both sides are hell-bent on total victory

Partisan identity is now stronger and more meaningful for many Americans than race, ethnicity or religious denomination — and is viewed as a more legitimate justification for discrimination, says Jonah Goldberg.

• Opinion

Zurawik: Just when you thought Sean Hannity couldn't sink any lower ... enter the Michael Cohen conflict

Sean Hannity didn’t hesitate to tell viewers that the FBI raid on Michael Cohen’s office was a disgrace, but he sure wasn’t forthcoming about his own relationship with the lawyer.

By David Zurawik

Apr 17, 2018

• Opinion

Goldberg: Does big government feed the epidemic of violence?

What's the worst part about horrific, murderous violence in America? Aside from the obvious, it's the media criticism, says Jonah Goldberg.

• Opinion

Violence through a partisan lens

The shooting of Republican Majority Whip Steve Scalise and four other people at a baseball practice by a shooter who asked what party the players belonged to demonstrates that at a time of pitched political partisanship, words have consequences.

• Opinion

Frontline drills deep on how we got from 'hope and change' to Trump

The airwaves are flooded this week with retrospectives on President Obama's eight years in office and worried talk about where we are headed in the next four

By David Zurawik

Jan 16, 2017

• Opinion

Trump and the dangers of living in the Fox bubble with Sean Hannity

Donald Trump might think he's playing it safe and smart by doing interviews only on Fox and mainly with Sean Hannity. But it blew up on Sarah Palin in 2008.

By David Zurawik

Oct 3, 2016

• Opinion

GOP delegates: Vote no to Trump

Today, delegates to the upcoming convention face a vote of even greater impact than the one I faced in 2008: to potentially make Donald Trump the Republican presidential nominee. I urge them to do everything in their power to prevent that catastrophe.

• Maryland

Trump needs thicker skin to be president

One of the leading candidates for the Republican Party's nominee for President of the United States, the man who wants to be Commander in Chief of the U.S. military, Donald Trump, once summarized his toughness by stating, "I can deal with anyone." Well, perhaps not everyone. It seems that Trump is afraid of strong, confident women, and Fox News host, Megyn Kelly, in particular.

• Opinion

Conservatism is redefined as Palin and Schlafly stump for Trump

David Horsey: For many voters on the right, being conservative is more about fear than political philosophy.

• Opinion

Palin puts her hand on the scale

The notion that the Sarah Palin "get" is a kind of coup for Mr. Trump and a setback for Mr. Cruz only underscores the pathetic depths to which this campaign has sunk, with the election year only barely begun. Will Mr. Cruz now even the score by bagging the endorsement of Dan Quayle, who at least was a real vice president for four years?

By Jules Witcover

Jan 25, 2016

• Opinion

Roughly Speaking: Presidential primary races, winter comfort food (episode 39)

The week that was on the presidential campaign trail, plus winter comfort food recipes and a book about cheddar cheese.

By Dan Rodricks

Jan 22, 2016

• Maryland

America deserves better than GOP front-runners

If you have to take an admissions test to go to college and a driver's test to get a license, why is it that you can run for president of the United States and leader of the free world without any qualifying measures? The stakes are too high and the American people deserve better.

• Opinion

Fox Business gives Ben Carson a free pass in GOP debate

Tuesday night's GOP debate hosted by the Fox Business channel was about 2 million times more responsible and substantive than its predecessor on CNBC.

By David Zurawik

Nov 10, 2015

• Opinion

One reason to pay attention to Bristol Palin

• Donald Trump

TV may be too timid to cover Trump

Trump's ratings muscle, Twitter attack capability form a potent combination to intimidate networks, cable channels

By David Zurawik

Aug 14, 2015

• Opinion

Finding a TV journalist who can take on Trump

Billionaire, GOP presidential candidate walks all over journalists

By David Zurawik

Jul 26, 2015

• Features

Bristol Palin pregnant again, doesn't want lectures

• Opinion

Mark Halperin's biased grilling of Ted Cruz

There's a widespread assumption that racial, ethnic and sexual authenticity is bound up in support for liberal policies. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has one of the most poignant life stories of any African-American in public life, but he's routinely belittled as a sellout because he's conservative. Ben Carson, a child of an illiterate single mom in inner-city Detroit who became a world-renowned brain surgeon, has also gotten the "Uncle Tom" treatment.

• Opinion

Move over, Sarah Palin, the GOP's got a new star

The GOP has a new diva: Joni Ernst, the just-elected United State senator from the cornfields of Iowa.

• Opinion

Keeping up is overrated

• Opinion

A wake-up call for the White House [Commentary]

The latest disclosures of Secret Service breakdowns in the agency's prime mission, the physical protection of the president, are grim reminders of a most disturbing particularly American malady — the assassination of the nation's political leaders.

• Opinion

Impeachment lite [Editorial]

GOP House lawmakers are so eager to hurt the president they are willing to shoot themselves in the foot

• Opinion

Todd Akin's back again to talk about rape [Commentary]

"Crazy" keeps popping up in in the GOP.

• Todd Akin

Todd Akin's back again to talk about rape [Commentary]

• Opinion

Holder and race [Editorial]

Over-the-top outrage over Attorney General Holder's mild suggestion of a racial 'animus' behind criticisms of him and President Obama proves his point

• Howard County

In Howard's newest district, choices on both sides as primary approaches

Howard County's newest district is also one of its more interesting state-level races.

• Television

Seth Meyers on best SNL memories and making it in latenight

While undoubtedly benefiting from Fallon¿s strong ratings lead-in, Meyers has on his own taken control of the late-late time period with a show that is smart, funny, topical and politically engaged. Meyers is the smartest guy to sit behind a desk on late-night TV since Dick Cavett or Jack Paar.

• Baltimore City Paper

4chan Gets Sarah Palin's Email, Party Van to Follow

• Baltimore City Paper

Media Outlets Publish Misleading Information About Identity of Alleged Palin Hacker

• Baltimore City Paper

Nielsen Says Baltimore Topped Nation in Debate Viewership

• Baltimore City Paper

Animal Collective Fans Open Up Their Throats, Choke On A Rickroll

• Baltimore City Paper

WikiLeaks and BoA

• Opinion

Let's not let the ravings of mass killers dictate our laws

The latest mass murder in California is leading to more jumping to preposterous conclusions about who's to blame.

• Opinion

How about the lying Democrats? [Letter]

Media should criticize lying Democrats the way they've gone after Karl Rove for his remarks about Hillary Clinton

• Opinion

How about the lying Democrats? [Letter]

• Opinion

O'Malley, a good second choice [Commentary]

Why is Martin O'Malley running for the democratic presidential nomination when everyone on the planet knows it belongs to Hillary Clinton?

• Opinion

Tea party lessons [Commentary]

What makes the tea party movement so effective at mobilizing voters and winning elections is the same thing that may limit its effectiveness in the future: its decentralized nature. The tea party movement is politics guerrilla-style.

• Maryland

David Swerdlick: Carson not key to GOP White House win

• Europe

Who's got a crush on Putin? The American right wing [Commentary]

• Maryland

Fred Hiatt: Focus always on the next election

• Opinion

President Carson? [Letter]

Poll showing Carson at top in Republican field is a reminder of failed candidates past

• Maryland

Tom Zirpoli: Pope at odds with Republican ideology

• Opinion

Martin Bashir out at MSNBC in wake of Palin remarks

Channel, anchor had no other choice after such hateful speech

• Opinion

How Martin Bashir's sick Palin remarks damage NBC News

If you don't know by now about the truly sick comments MSNBC host Martin Bashir made about Sarah Palin, you need to see this video.

• Opinion

The real reason Sarah Palin is still around [Letter]

Sarah Palin wouldn't still be around if she were frumpy.

• Opinion

Palin was right on Obamacare and Obama [Letter]

Obamacare fiasco proves that Sarah Palin knows her stuff

• Opinion

Oh, Sarah Palin [Letter]

Did she really say that?