Archive - Too Close To Call

Gabbard, Bondi, Gaetz and Guilfoyle

As you await the BBB, read the GBG.

5 hrs ago •

Male friendship is a song without words

Eric Puchner's 'Dream State' attempts to pierce the cocoon of male friendship. But Garrett and Charlie end up emasculated and eclipsed by the female…

Jun 22 •

The reporter vs. the editor

The transition from writing to polishing, revising and pitching.

Jun 14 •

In the Mail📮

Don't call it "personal news" when it's ~professional~.

Jun 8 •

A lesson from leaving McClatchy

There's no more potent force in work and life than validation.

Jun 1 •

May 2025

Three Democrats traipse out of the wilderness🌲... and into 2028 🫏

Big Gretch whiffs, J.B. huffs and puffs and Mayor Pete sounds just right on the seminal political question of the second Trump administration.

May 20 •

First Lady fizzles in Florida

Casey DeSantis pulls back from governor's race amid scandal and Trump's snub.

May 14 •

Rubio's double duty is a tricky Trump test

The secretary tries to play statesman — without stepping on MAGA landmines.

May 6 •

The Trump permission structure for Kanye

Separating the art from the madness.

May 5 •

April 2025

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