Who Won the 1998
Time Person Of The Year

Three non-scandals: IRS, Bengahzi, AP
Columbia Daily Herald
Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear, when every jackleg news organization in Washington — that is, virtually all of them — was feeding out of Kenneth Starr's soft little hand like a Shetland pony. Having recently left the country ...

Despite Appearances, Media Are Not Getting Tough On Obama
Investor's Business Daily
Bill Clinton committed a crime — perjury — but that story quickly dissolved, replaced by an expose on GOP excesses in pursuit of a Puritanical agenda over the Lewinsky affair. Almost overnight, the media target became Ken Starr, not Bill Clinton ...

Should a special prosecutor investigate the IRS scandal?
Palm Beach Post (blog)
Ever since Kenneth Starr went after President Bill Clinton, specially appointed investigators haven't had such a good reputation. Mr. Starr produced a lot of tawdry material – much of it the fault of his target. But it didn't prove to be a very ...

Special Prosecutors: Be Careful What You Wish For
Wall Street Pit
From the left, Bill Keller in the New York Timesagrees: such an appointment would show the president truly takes any IRS wrongdoing seriously, he says, and “it's the surest way to get answers the public might trust.” But most crucially, and here he ...