Our colleague Calvin Trillin once referred to the televised weekend bloviators from Washington as the “Sabbath Gasbags.” Which was fair up to a point. Countless cubic feet of hot, polluted air are ...

Members of our online family have strong opinions about Thursday's interview with Slate media critic Jack Shafer, who says the media went overboard in its coverage of newsman Tim Russert's death. Well ...

NEW YORK -- Tim Russert's chair was empty on "Meet the Press" on Sunday, two days after his unexpected death. But Russert was very much present on the full-hour tribute to this giant of political ...

Tim Russert was not just another pretty face. Let’s face it. He wasn’t really a pretty face. But he was the best at his craft. He wasn’t a traditional journalist. He migrated from politics to ...