My latest column in my university’s newspaper is up today, here at The Eagle. However, I’d recommend reading it here, and avoid the nonsense juvenility that seem to be the trend among other columnists and commenters there nowadays. This week I urge Democrats to continue working on their reforms. They can get a lot more accomplished this year–and win in November–if they time their messages right and play of the context based on the time of year. Sometimes it’s the simple things. Check it out below.

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My latest column in my university’s newspaper is up today, here at The Eagle. This week, I’m focusing on the performance of Democrats in the media and how to handle (or not handle) their messaging alongside that coming from Republicans. With the way Republicans have handled their message–Tea Party and all–my advice is pretty simple. Let ‘em keep on talking, the only people they’re going to hurt is themselves.

The full column is below the cut. Check it out and let me know what you think.

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My latest column in my university’s newspaper is up today, here at The Eagle. This week, I’m focusing on communications and Congress, dealing with their incredible PR crisis and communicating with their constituents. They’ve got a lot of problems–not least their abysmal polling data and poor chances for reelection, on both sides–but I came up with a few suggestions they could do to communicate better and, along the way, move toward a more open government.

The full column is below the cut. Check it out and let me know what you think.

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My latest column is out in the AU Eagle, and boy is it timely. My column is basically an extension of this post, which I had written back on January 20th. They focus on Press Secretary Robert Gibbs and how, honestly, I think he’s doing a pretty miserable job with the press right now. Today only exacerbates this, as esteemed ABC journalist Jake Tapper basically got into it in the pressroom. It’s kind of embarrassing, and it’s not serving the President well. Anyway, check out my column via the link above, or just click the “read more” to read it right here on my blog.

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So you may remember me writing a bit about how my first story as a reporter would be coming out in today’s edition of our university newspaper, The Eagle. Well that’s not happening.

Evidently–and I wish I’d known this before I spent several hours work into the article–columnists aren’t allowed to report for The Eagle too. It’s one or the other. Either/or. Pick one, not two, “you can’t have it both ways.” I had wondered, at first, because I knew that major publications often had similar restrictions. However, this being a little university newspaper–and the editor and staff not questioning my authority to write an article–I figured it must be alright, in this circumstance.

Not so. After researching, interviewing, writing and finally submitting my piece, I was called the next day to hear that my piece would not be run, since I’m a columnist, too. Honestly, I think it’s a stupid rule–the article was written perfectly objectively, in my humble opinion, and I’ve separated the views of my column clearly from the information conveyed in my article. But nonetheless, it’s not going to happen. Because it’s not going to happen, I’m going to publish my article here. It sure won’t get as many eyeballs here as it would have in a print edition of The Eagle, but it’s better than nothing. Read it, if you like, and let me know what you think in the comments. I always appreciate feedback. Check it out below the cut.

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