Word: columnist
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...political analysts, professional know-it-alls caught knowing almost nothing, chased after the phenomenon. Their continuing embarrassing bewilderment made many of them uneasy. "You can feel a terrible shaking of the earth," said New Republic Editor Hendrik Hertzberg, "as new conventional wisdom struggles to be born." New York Times Columnist Tom Wicker observed that "the publicity that the press gave to the 'upset' of its own erroneous expectations" was responsible for Hart's sudden, starry prominence...
...side of the dollar, portraying a bald eagle, is pleasing. But the opposite, or "heads" side, contains no heads at all. It features the bare torsos of a male and a female athlete, apparently standing atop the Los Angeles Coliseum, the principal site of the Games. Sniffed Coin Columnist Ed Reiter: "It is quite possibly one of the ugliest coins in U.S. history...
Punitive damages, which make up the bulk of many of the biggest awards, are intended to discourage false and harmful reporting, and thus by their nature raise difficult constitutional questions about interference with editorial freedom. New York Times Columnist Anthony Lewis, who is also a lecturer at Harvard Law School, argued, "The vindication of one's good name does not require colossal verdicts. Damages awarded without effective limit in libel may violate the First Amendment." The concern is more than theoretical: a libel suit against the Alton Telegraph (circ. 137,000) in Illinois forced ? the 148-year-old newspaper...
Wrote Washington Post Columnist Mark Shields in an apt commentary: "For uttering ethnic or racial references far less offensive than those allegedly made by candidate Jackson, other politicians have been hounded by camera crews and microphones and harangued by their political opponents. Why the apparent double standard for a presidential candidate who happens to be black...
While moderates view Darman as a welcome balancing force, conservatives see him as a liberal mole. Says Conservative Columnist M. Stanton Evans: "He has undermined the Reagan agenda." Even a sympathetic co-worker admits that "Dick would feel comfortable working in a Democratic Administration." Friends label him a Government junkie, an operator who hopes to spend most of his life working at the top levels of Washington officialdom...