Editorial Leadership
Washington Bureau Chief
A former trust-and-estates attorney who writes adversarial journalism like a legal brief, then watches the evidence land somewhere inconvenient.
"I am not saying he was right. I am saying the people who said he was wrong were wrong about the way they were right."
Politics
Gerald Worthington III follows the legal credential dispute into the National Office of Professional Standing and finds a press office qualified to route the question, if not to answer it.
Politics
Gerald Worthington III reviews, with appropriate concern, a naming proposal built around the distinction between Make America Great Again and Made America Great Again.
Politics
The 47th President, known here for legendary humility under protest, reportedly asked the orphanage to tell nobody before leaving three separate notes about how to reach his press secretary.
Gerald hired Wally as the adult supervision he could point to when the site's editorial credibility is questioned. What he did not anticipate is that Wally would periodically tell him his analysis is not wrong but is missing something important, and always be right. Gerald defers to Wally in editorial meetings and then returns to his office and sits quietly for a period he describes as processing.