Post-Election Panels
We covered all bases on three panel discussions that I moderated following the election: lobbying, political money and voting. The first was CQ Roll Call’...
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New York Times Mention
A New York Times editorial on super PACs pivoting from the campaign trail to lobbying linked to my Roll Call story on the same topic. Here is my article. Here i...
PBS NewsHour with Gwen Ifill
Instead of baking pies the night before Thanksgiving, I joined Gwen Ifill and fellow guest Matea Gold, of the Los Angeles Times, on the PBS NewsHour to look bac...
Super PAC Slated for Dictionary
Politico’s Dave Levinthal surprised and amused me with the news that the term super PAC is to be entered into Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionar...
Thank You, Jane Mayer
When I saw that Jane Mayer had written an article about election lawyer Hans von Spakovsky in the Oct. 29 issue of the New Yorker, I thought to myself: I wonder...
Crowdwire Q & A
I had a lot of fun doing a Q & A with The Crowdwire on the term “super PAC,” and how I came to coin that phrase. Full disclosure: The initial in...
CJR Mention
I was mentioned in a Columbia Journalism Review article titled “Required Skimming: Campaign Finance.” I was listed as one of seven “follow-the...
Corporate Political Spending Conference
I participated in a panel discussion with Thomas Hamburger, of The Washington Post’s National Desk, at the Conference Board’s annual Corporate Polit...
PBS NewsHour
I was pleased to join fellow guest John Dunbar, managing editor for politics at the Center for Public Integrity, on the PBS NewsHour. Gwen Ifill interviewed us ...
Panel: Will Super PACs Determine the 2012 Election?
I participated in a lively panel discussion on Capitol Hill, hosted by the Sunlight Foundation and the Advisory Committee on Transparency. The topic: Will super...