I'm surprised and disappointed in American culture.
In the New York Times, you're going to get completely different information than you would in the USA Today.
When I was a freelancer, I thought this journalism thing was a racket, and now that I'm where I am now, I know it's a racket.
Gossip is easy, politics is hard.
Caring about policy is important - people in washington forget.
Knowing policy does help make the gossip more understandable.