Ken Silverstein

Minnesota businessmen Nasser Kazeminy and John Goodman both back Norm Coleman and both serve on the board of Step into World Peace, a curious local nonprofit that Harper’s Ken Silverstein probes this week.

In the two weeks that have passed since the first public airing of claims that Sen. Norm Coleman received clothing from Neiman Marcus purchased by a wealthy friend named Nasser Kazeminy, we’ve heard  rumors that Star Tribune reporters Paul McEnroe and Tony Kennedy have looked into the story extensively.
One version of the rumor held that [...]

Ken Silverstein has a wonderfully acerbic Q & A with Chris Lehman about campaign coverage over at Harper’s. A senior editor at Congressional Quarterly and co-editor of Bookforum, Lehman mercilessly skewers the media for its horse-race coverage and fabricated storylines. Here’s his take on the incessant VP speculation:
Imagine if you were covering the baseball playoffs [...]