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An easy expression of contempt | Cranberg would penalize Bush for taunting COMMENTARY There’s no ‘Democrat’ party; the next time the president uses that terminology why doesn’t a reporter call him on it? 
The overseas press | Arab commentators on Bush’s Middle East policies COMMENTARY The phrase ‘Islamic fascists’ draws rebukes. Says one writer: ‘Bush has no idea about Islam; he is unable to make the imaginative leap that would enable him to understand what Islam means, how it is practiced or why it is of such vital importance to people all over the world’
Bye-bye, accountability | An official secrets act might keep Congress in the dark COMMENTARY Legislation aimed at criminalizing the disclosure of classified information is a threat not only to whistle blowers and the press but to Congress’s exercise of its own oversight function as well.
Letter from Austin | 5 candidates for governor, no runoff COMMENTARY Texas has never had an independent running for governor; this year it has two, plus a Republican, a Democrat and a Libertarian
Where's the editing? | Oversized graphics: Invasion of the space snatchers COMMENTARY Think huge, out-of-proportion art dresses up newspaper pages? Think people don’t notice it or that it draws readers to stories? Gil Cranberg notices it, and he’s got a thing or two to say about it.
Why no news stories? | Some might consider the Iowa GOP platform a little extreme COMMENTARY Corporal punishment, no IRS and no income tax, teacher-led school prayer, concealed weapons, creationism. Should a group with a platform like that have a key role in picking presidential candidates?
Where's the reporting? | Tax analyst sees press failure as partly to blame for looming economic crisis COMMENTARY Martin Lobel, citing a Senate subcommittee report, notes a $40 billion to $70 billion evasion of taxes by the very wealthy. He anticipates a reduction in consumer spending and impaired bank lending.
Personal history | From easy chats to attempts at control to open hostility COMMENTARY Saul Friedman takes a look at how some presidents have dealt with the press corps. The relationship, he says, ain’t what it used to be.
No bloggers invited? | Proposed shield law comes close to government licensing of reporters COMMENTARY ‘Free flow’ Act defines journalists as those who get paid by news organizations to help produce news or information. Gil Cranberg has a problem with that.
The overseas press | Lebanese and Israeli editorialists’ views of the U.S. role COMMENTARY Bush is part of the problem, Lebanese say; Some Israelis see their country as a proxy in a U.S.-Iran standoff.
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