Iceland: Offshore Haven for Journos?

Below is my last MoJo blog post. I concluded my internship at the DC bureau of Mother Jones on Friday and had an editor publish the post for me at the beginning of this week. Next stop Reykjavík? (If you have any better ideas, leave me a comment.) Could Iceland soon be to journalists what [...]

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How to Cripple the Capital

Just add snow—the more, the messier. A few wet, white flakes in the Washington metro area are all it takes to wash away the veneer of efficiency local politicians try to maintain. When faced with nearly 30 inches of snow, as it was last weekend, America’s seat of government freezes up. As the virulent debate [...]

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Washington’s Worst: McConnell and 14 Other Corrupt Lawmakers

My editor made me swap “GOP lawmakers” in for the more deliciously spiteful “least honorable colleagues.” It made me sad. UPDATE: My post has been tagged as one of today’s “Must Reads” and featured on the next day’s “Need to Read” wrap-up.  Last week Stephanie asked, “Where’s Mitch McConnell?” Well, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics [...]

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“Public Enemies”: Just What the Banks Need

This is a fun little post about a movie I have yet to see.  I hope to change that soon.   Over Independence Day weekend Michael Mann, acclaimed director of such films as “Heat”, “The Insider” and “Collateral”, released another beautiful crime drama about an infamous Midwestern bank robber, John Dillinger. Over the course of [...]

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Latina Justice: Muy Blind

From the pages of Time to the ranting of Fox News, politicians and pundits cannot seem to look past Supreme Court Justice-nominee Sonia Sotomayor’s Hispanic heritage.   Click here to watch The Daily Show segment.

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