Tuesday was a historic day for our country, and the Post-Dispatch needed a headline this morning that captured the significance of the election of America’s first black president.

We considered dozens of headlines suggested by copy editors and other staffers at…

Friday morning’s Post-Dispatch carried three disturbing paragraphs about brutalized effigies of Barack Obama and Sarah Palin — and two readers told me they detected political bias in the editing of those 61 words.

The Post-Dispatch item on the effigies appeared as…

John McCain has received more press attention since the political conventions ended — but most of that coverage has been negative, a study by the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism finds.

The Pew report says:

“….coverage of McCain has…

The Knoxville News Sentinel in Tennessee is asking its readers that question. On its website, knoxnews.com, readers are asked to vote yeah or nay on whether the paper should endorse a presidential candidate. The editors say they won’t be bound by…

Washington Bureau Chief Bill Lambrecht writes that tonight’s third and final presidential debate offers the “best chance this season for a spirited and even dramatic debate.”

There were similar hopes for the second debate, Lambrecht says, but — perhaps because moderator Tom…

Fighting words were uttered at recent campaign rallies for John McCain and Sarah Palin. Not by the candidates, but by some of their supporters in the crowd.

“Terrorist” and “off with his head” were shouts directed at Barack Obama, in response…

Which debate were you watching? It probably has a lot to do with point of view — figuratively and literally — but reporters and analysts were all over the place on whether John McCain was at ease or stiff in…

Washington Bureau Chief Bill Lambrecht wrote an insightful preview of tonight’s presidential debate.

Lambrecht is a seasoned political reporter who has covered many presidential campaigns and debates in his 30 years with the Post-Dispatch.  His take on tonight’s debate was summarized by…

“They hit their marks” read the biggest words on today’s front page of the Post-Dispatch, indicating that Joe Biden and Sarah Palin both achieved what they sought in last night’s debate. (No blunders, no gaffes, no hurting the top person on…

One of our staffers reports that he’s had three phone calls complaining about our story today on VP debate moderator Gwen Ifill.

“All the callers wanted to know why we didn’t include a mention about the following book she wrote that…