"You cannot measure a man’s character based on the words he utters before adoring crowds during times that are happy."

"The true measure of a man is revealed in his actions during times of trouble — the quiet hospital room of a dying boy, with no cameras...

Ben Smith is still trying to get his mind around Rick Perry's manliness..

... and my mocking of him for his problem getting his mind around Rick Perry's manliness.... Smith says Perry's manliness is ...

"Althouse is shrewder."

Says Andrew Sullivan. Thanks. He's saying I'm shrewder than Byron York, referring to this post , earlier today, which is up to 249 ...

"The bottom line is Sarah Palin is not going to run for president... She's making money, she's moved on..."

"... she's kind of an entertainer rather than a politician. She still has some sway with the grass roots, but she is not going to r...

"Kinetic."

Is that word helping explain anything?

"He's a scourge on the whole profession of political science."

Yikes. Look what I started . (Limbaugh doesn't name me but reads from the Byron York piece that plays off of a blog post of mine.)

Byron York, tipped off by a post of mine, takes aim at a UW professor.

"Political reporters often rely on University of Wisconsin political scientist Charles Franklin for expertise," says York : If you...

"If we learned anything tonight it's that New Yorkers are as mad as hell and we're not going to take it anymore."

Said Carl Paladino. And if they don't feel quite so mad, they can have good old Andrew Cuomo as their governor. Regardless of whether P...

Al Franken responds.

A bhtv commenter notices something:

"The first lady's falling numbers stand in opposition to the still-strong belief among some Washington political insiders that she will be a big asset for Democrats on the campaign trail this fall."

Byron York on Michelle Obama: After the Spain trip brought the first extended bad press of her time as first lady, the White House, and some...

Was Obama's only education accomplishment "legislation to teach 'comprehensive sex education' to kindergartners"?

Byron York says yes , defending this McCain ad (which is probably one of the ads Obama called "sleaziest" ). York says: The legis...

"But what good suggestions for McCain. He might visit a foreign country — Has he ever done that?"

Prime York snark.

"Today Is Fitzmas for Mickey Kaus."

Says Byron York. ADDED: This stuff is painful: Shocked to see a reporter, and without saying anything, Edwards ran up the stairs leading fro...

"I find this very much akin to what we did with C-SPAN about 25-30 years ago."

HuffPo has a piece about Bloggingheads.tv — including the news that C-SPAN founding chairman Bob Rosencrans is putting money into it: Rose...

When journalists express an opinion.

The NYT's "Public Editor," Byron Calame, writes about the dispute that arose when Linda Greenhouse -- the NYT's Supreme C...

Another Unplayable 45, this time: vlogged!

Oh, my friends, are you in for a treat. Today's Unplayable 45 is vlogged . And what a very vloggy vlog it is: Some links to help you wit...

"And so I know now I'm on a different plane."

Byron York quotes Markos Moulitsas. Mickey Kaus piles on (amusingly). But let's look at the quote: This week has been a very interesti...

The effect of blogs on the news.

Here's a nice little colloquy about blogging from Tim Russert's CNBC show today: TIM RUSSERT: You mentioned, Byron, that you think t...