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Monday, November 17, 2008 5:12 AM

Life and Death of a GOP Genius

Before there was Karl Rove, his mentor Lee Atwater was the top Republican strategist in the land. In "Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story," producer Stefan Forbes documents Atwater's rise as a brilliant, charming and sometimes vicious strategist
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Wednesday, November 12, 2008 5:44 AM

Barack's Hometown

In "Uncommon Ground," Peter Slevin of The Washington Post does a terrific job of describing Barack Obama's neighborhood of Hyde Park. Slevin mixes observation with quotations and descriptions to give us a tour of this unusual Chicago neighborhood:
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Monday, November 10, 2008 5:28 AM

What the F.D.A. Never Sees

In a disturbing article, “The Safety Gap,” Gardiner Harris of The New York Times explains why the F.D.A. is overwhelmed by the flood of imported drugs. The record is particularly bad in China. Over the past six years, the F.D.A. has managed to inspect
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Friday, November 07, 2008 5:04 AM

Behind the Scenes with Barack

Less than six hours after Barack Obama's victory speech Tuesday night, Newsweek published its epic "How He Did It," written by Evan Thomas and reported by Daren Briscoe, Eleanor Clift, Katie Connolly, Peter Goldman, Daniel Stone and Nick Summers.
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Wednesday, November 05, 2008 5:47 AM

A Local Look at Federal Spending

In a thought-provoking series, "Follow the Money," Dan Stockman of The Journal Gazette in Fort Wayne, Indiana, helps local readers grasp the scope of federal spending. Here's an excerpt from part 1. Over the next two weeks, The Journal Gazette will follow
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Friday, October 31, 2008 5:46 AM

Where Housing Still Bubbles

The Plain Dealer is doing a fine job exposing corruption in Cuyahoga County. Their latest report, "CMHA Paid Top Dollar for Houses Even As Property Values Crashed," was written by Stan Donaldson. The Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Agency used taxpayer
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Thursday, October 30, 2008 5:25 AM

Detroit's Road to Ruin

As the Big Three automakers lobby for bailouts, two outstanding articles have appeared. "How Detroit Drove Into a Ditch" by Paul Ingrassia in The Wall Street Journal provides a revealing history of the Big Three. Here's a excerpt on the watershed year
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Wednesday, October 29, 2008 5:06 AM

12 Top Election Stories and Web Sites

It's been quite a year for politics and campaign coverage. As we head to the finish line, I'd like to nominate the journalists, publications and Web sites that I think have done the best job of covering the elections. 1. For depth of political coverage,
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Tuesday, October 28, 2008 5:27 AM

Inside the Housing Bubble

“Building Flawed American Dreams,” by David Streitfeld and Gretchen Morgenson in The New York Times, provides an insider’s perspective on the housing bubble. SAN ANTONIO — A grandson of Mexican immigrants and a former mayor of this town, Henry G. Cisneros
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Monday, October 27, 2008 5:46 AM

Polling Place Blues

While most political reporters follow the fortunes of McCain and Obama during the last days of the presidential campaign, Michael Scherer of Time magazine looks ahead to what might actually happen in voting booths around the country. His "7
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Tuesday, October 21, 2008 5:32 AM

Exposing Congressional Earmarks

"The Favor Factory" by David Heath and Christine Willmsen of the Seattle Times uses data mining to show that despite congressional reforms lawmakers slipped $3.5 billion in hidden earmarks into the 2008 defense spending bill. No matter who wins, the
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Monday, October 20, 2008 5:46 AM

Behind the Attack Ads

NPR and the Center for Investigative Reporting have teamed up to reveal who is behind the nasty political ads during this year's election season. "The Secret Money Project" lets viewers click on a map of the U.S. to see the advertisements running
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Friday, October 17, 2008 5:07 AM

An Offer the Bankers Could Not Refuse

"Drama Behind a $250 Billion Banking Deal" by Mark Landler and Eric Dash in The New York Times provides stunning details on how, in a single meeting, Treasury Secretary Paulson restructured the American banking system. The chief executives of the nine
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Tuesday, October 07, 2008 6:35 AM

Credit Crunch

In recent weeks panic has gripped Wall Street as credit markets froze, stock prices plunged and policy makers groped for answers. Joe Nocera of The New York Times chronicles the stunning loss of confidence in his fast-paced narrative, "As Credit Crisis
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Monday, September 29, 2008 5:52 AM

The A.I.G. and McCain Gambles

For a long time, Gretchen Morgenson has been one of my favorite business writers. Morgenson has a knack for writing clearly about complex subjects, and she does it again with "Behind Insurer’s Crisis, Blind Eye to a Web of Risk" in Sunday's
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