Jennifer Harper
Articles by Jennifer Harper
NPR executive who fired Williams resigns
Ellen Weiss, the NPR executive who fired senior news analyst Juan Williams for a comment about Muslims, resigned Thursday. Published January 6, 2011
NPR executive who fired Williams resigns
Ellen Weiss, the NPR executive who fired senior news analyst Juan Williams for a comment about Muslims, resigned Thursday. Published January 6, 2011
NPR executive who fired Williams resigns
Ellen Weiss, the NPR executive who fired senior news analyst Juan Williams for a comment about Muslims, resigned Thursday. Published January 6, 2011
NPR executive who fired Williams resigns
Ellen Weiss, the NPR executive who fired senior news analyst Juan Williams for a comment about Muslims, resigned Thursday. Published January 6, 2011
NPR executive who fired Williams resigns
Ellen Weiss, the NPR executive who fired senior news analyst Juan Williams for a comment about Muslims, resigned Thursday. Published January 6, 2011
Inside the Beltway
A Bush-era stalwart is about to re-emerge after a four-year absence, wielding a hefty book, and with news of Elvis. Former Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld's 832-page memoir, "Known and Unknown," is due on bookshelves Feb. 8. Published January 6, 2011
Inside the Beltway
A picture is worth a thousand words, sound bites, talking points. Published January 5, 2011
Inside the Beltway
Safety in numbers? Certainly not. Multiple alarming headlines warn: "National debt at $14 trillion." Published January 4, 2011
Inside the Beltway
A big, juicy debate with f-bombs and finger-pointing? Uh, no. The five hopefuls who gathered Monday to make their case for Republican National Committee chairmanship at the National Press Club were perfectly on message, delivering flawlessly timed talking points in dulcet tones. Their handlers must have been delighted. Published January 4, 2011
Inside the Beltway
It could turn into yet another midday TV soap opera. The RNC chairmanship debate at the National Press Club among six voracious hopefuls has been handicapped, poked at and speculated upon by journalists for a month — billed as allegory for the party itself. Oh, the drama. Published January 2, 2011
Inside the Beltway
Lose weight, stop smoking? Uh, no. Revere the U.S. Constitution and save money? You betcha. Published December 30, 2010
Inside the Beltway
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie caught cold criticism because he was on vacation in Florida when the storm dumped 30-plus inches of snow on the Garden State. Published December 29, 2010
Inside the Beltway
It's time to play "find the birth certificate," even as President Obama is presumably enjoying the carefree, balmy breezes of his Hawaii. Published December 28, 2010
Inside the Beltway
Interesting. Fox News hosts Glenn Beck, Bill O'Reilly and Mike Huckabee among the nation's most admired men? Published December 27, 2010
Inside the Beltway
As usual, news organizations are wallowing in melodramatic weather coverage to describe East Coast snowfall, employing descriptors right out of an Edward Bulwer-Lytton novel. Published December 26, 2010
Inside the Beltway
Have a Merry Christmas, but don't forget the most basic origins of the day, say several thousand billboards that show the glow of a fetal ultrasound, a halo above the infant. Published December 23, 2010
Inside the Beltway
And that would be Jan. 6, the second day that the bustling new Congress will be in session in the new year. Published December 22, 2010
Inside the Beltway
Three Democrats and a Republican need tender loving care and a nice soft Barcalounger. And cookies. Several journalists are casting their sympathy votes to President Obama, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Republican National Committee Chairman Michael S. Steele as the politicians who endured the worst turmoil this year. Published December 21, 2010
Inside the Beltway: Actor Jon Voight warns of START treaty
"Beware, America, of President Obama's dangerous START treaty," warns Academy Award-winning conservative actor Jon Voight in a telephone conversation with The Washington Times. Published December 20, 2010
Inside the Beltway
The discussion has begun. Former President Jimmy Carter says that the U.S. is ready for a gay president in the "near future," telling BigThink.com that "we have realized that this issue of homosexuality has the same adverse and progressive elements as when we dealt with the race issue 50 years ago." Published December 19, 2010
