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Greg Pierce

gpierce@washingtontimes.com

Greg Pierce grew up in Indiana and Illinois, and graduated from Illinois State University, where he was editor of the student newspaper. He worked at newspapers in Indiana, Florida and Connecticut before coming to The Washington Times in 1984. Before compiling "Inside Politics," he covered federal agencies for the newspaper. Mr. Pierce also compiles "Washington in Five Minutes" and edits the weekly history page, "America at War."

Articles by Greg Pierce

Inside Politics

Joseph R. Biden Jr. is destined for the typical fate of vice presidents not named Dick Cheney, Philip Terzian writes in the Weekly Standard.

January 8, 2009

Inside Politics

Some in the news media have been comparing the daunting challenges Barack Obama faces in his presidency to those of Franklin D. Roosevelt in the Great Depression, a comparison that the president-elect's critics consider far-fetched.

January 7, 2009

Inside Politics

"Expectations that Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine will be installed as chairman of the Democratic National Committee by President-elect Barack Obama suggest strongly that the party headquarters will continue the move by outgoing Chairman Howard Dean to expand the party beyond its old 18-state model," Paul Bedard writes in the Washington Whispers column at www.usnews.com.

January 6, 2009

Inside Politics

"Since he was federally charged with trying to sell President-elect Barack Obama's Senate seat to the highest bidder, Gov. Rod Blagojevich has been wrongly caricatured as some kind of hapless jester prancing on the edge of madness," Chicago Tribune columnist John Kass writes.

January 1, 2009

Inside Politics

"Barack Obama is an awfully good politician but not much of an economist," Fred Barnes writes in the Weekly Standard.

December 29, 2008

Inside Politics

"Mr. Obama's troops palpitate with excitement at the prospect of $1 trillion in 'stimulus,' though any net benefit to the economy likely will be incidental," Wall Street Journal business columnist Holman W. Jenkins Jr. writes.

December 26, 2008

Inside Politics

"The Sarah Palin backlash — or comeback — is under way," Paul Bedard writes in the Washington Whispers column at www.usnews.com.

December 24, 2008

Inside Politics

"Political pros know that the best time of the year in which to bury a scandal is Christmas week. People are busy. Reporters are on vacation. Almost no one is watching the news," Howard Fineman writes at www.newsweek.com.

December 18, 2008