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Book: John Edwards and Bill Clinton are Cheaters; Harry Reid is a Racist; Sarah Palin is Not Smart

The 2008 U.S. presidential election is over and done with, but a new book called Game Change by New York Magazine ‘s John Heilemann and Time ‘s Mark Halperin has stirred up a lot of interesting gossip about the most recent White House race. While not providing that much truly new or startling, the book has offered tremendous fodder for national political conversation.

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Book: John Edwards and Bill Clinton are Cheaters; Harry Reid is a Racist; Sarah Palin is Not Smart

Sarah Palin’s Greatest Challenge Yet: Live TV

Sarah Palin ‘s debut as Fox celebupunditician ? Tonight’s O’Reilly Factor. Bill will be very nice to her and make her comfortable, and it will probably not be that embarrassing

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Sarah Palin’s Greatest Challenge Yet: Live TV

Investigation: Is Nerd Casanova Peter Orszag’s Hair Really a Toupée?

Peter Orszag was not always the Orszagasm-inducing double-timing hotshot we know, envy, and lust for now. As recently as his appointment to the Office of Management and Budget , Orszag was wearing a hideous toupée— or was he

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Investigation: Is Nerd Casanova Peter Orszag’s Hair Really a Toupée?

Finally, an Obama Musical that Gives Sarah Palin a Decent Set of Go-Go Dancers

After London’s smallish Obama on My Mind and Kenya’s amateurish Obama: The Musical , Germany has finally created a true Barack Obama musical extravaganza, HOPE: Einer Neuen Generation . Palin has skanky back-up dancers and Reverend Wright sings angry gospel. There are few international phenomena more fascinating to the American eye than foreign cultures’ interpretations of us

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Finally, an Obama Musical that Gives Sarah Palin a Decent Set of Go-Go Dancers

Twitter beef finally gets someone killed

It started as a simple Twitter beef, 140-character spurts of anger by two young men who grew up together. But the tough talk exploded out of cyberspace and onto the streets of Harlem, where a college student was gunned down feet from Gov. Paterson's home

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Twitter beef finally gets someone killed

President Obama plays down military role in Yemen

President Obama said he has “no intention of sending U.S. boots on the ground” to Yemen and Somalia amid mounting concern about terrorist cells in those countries. In excerpts of an interview with People magazine released on Sunday, Mr.

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President Obama plays down military role in Yemen

Are Hollywood remakes of foreign classics ever a good idea?

Let the Right One In was one of the greatest films of 2008. It's being remade by Hollywood and looks like a bad idea

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Are Hollywood remakes of foreign classics ever a good idea?

E.P.A. announces strict new health standards for smog

WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency proposed a stricter new standard for smog-causing pollutants on Thursday that, if adopted, will impose large costs on industry and local governments but will also bring substantial health benefits to millions of Americans. The proposed standard would replace one set by the Bush administration in March 2008, which has been challenged in court by environmental advocates as too weak to adequately protect human health and the environment

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Obama Hotties 2010 Update: Who Is Still Standing, and Hot?

Last year, the incoming Barack Obama administration promised to be… a whole bunch of “hotties” who would impress us with their stylish dress as they solved all our problems. Many of these hotties just had a bad year.

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Obama Hotties 2010 Update: Who Is Still Standing, and Hot?

No, Chris Matthews, You Don’t Get to Attack Politico

We’re on the record with our firm belief that Politico is a malevolent force that must be stopped . That said, we’re glad they published Dick Cheney ‘s latest reactionary ramblings, and Chris Matthews—of all people!—should shut up about it. Matthews is one of the nation’s chief practitioners of the narrative-constructing outrage-bait political journalism that Politico has perfected into a foul art, and he is one of the nation’s chief distributors of its wares

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No, Chris Matthews, You Don’t Get to Attack Politico