Kyle Brazil

Robert Novak’s 600 some-odd paged memoir, The Price of Darkness, gives a fascinating look behind the scenes of doing business in Washington. While his personal views were a bit too far to the right for my liking, the perspective he provided as a political journalist for fifty years was incredibly insightful. One of the most astounding takeaways from the book is the amount of back room dealing that takes place not just between the politicians themselves but with the reporters they deal with. It gives a whole new meaning to seeing the words “top level aide” or a “senior administration official” who is speaking “on the condition of anonymity.”  Chances are those sources are extremely high ranking Senators, Congressmen/women, or cabinet members. Sometimes the information comes directly from the President himself through one of those people.

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