by Rosebud Journalism Awards | Jan 16, 2026 | Opinions & Critical Reviews
JANUARY 2026 – It’s in its second year, but Frank Bruni’s year-end “Best Sentences” column is getting legs – that is, folks are liking and sharing, a lot. And for good reason: the column, a compendium of passages from (mostly) news...
by Rosebud Journalism Awards | Dec 11, 2025 | Opinions & Critical Reviews
DECEMBER 2025 – Many may remember Barton Swaim from his 2015 book The Speechwriter, which chronicles his experience on the staff of South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford. Even NYT reviewers came away saying the book was witty and insightful. It contained, too, a...
by Rosebud Journalism Awards | Dec 3, 2025 | Opinions & Critical Reviews
NOVEMBER 2025 – Thanks largely to Trump’s daily turpitude, there’s been a surge of moral clarity among opinion writers – especially those with no allegiance to Democrats. Take yesterday’s column by DC legend George Will, headlined...
by Rosebud Journalism Awards | Nov 11, 2025 | Opinions & Critical Reviews
NOVEMBER 2025 – The NYT has never been known for loudly proclaiming its military-related patriotism – it has almost no service veterans on its staff, after all. But the news site today, Veterans Day, published a powerful, poignant and timely essay about...
by Rosebud Journalism Awards | Nov 11, 2025 | Opinions & Critical Reviews
NOVEMBER 2025 – Longtime US District Court Judge Mark L. Wolf didn’t have to prepare a thoughtful public commentary about his resignation, but this weekend he did – in The Atlantic, of all places. And his statement was picked up widely by the press,...
by Rosebud Journalism Awards | Oct 30, 2025 | Opinions & Critical Reviews
OCTOBER 2025 – The NYT’s indomitable Maureen Dowd weighed in last week on Trump’s latest real-estate project – which began with his unchecked demolition of a wing of a dwelling that doesn’t even belong to him. Her essay covers much of the...