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WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 2009

OPINION

CIA Assassin Squads:
Who Is It OK to Kill?

Cheney's secret killers likely to wind up on wrong side of history

OPINION

 To Fix Health Care,  
 Fix Malpractice Mess 

But that requires ignoring special interests—an unlikely scenario

OPINION

Obama's Health Czar Brings
God Into Lab

Choice of geneticist a breakthrough for evangelicals: Gerson

MARKET open

Rattner May Have Quit Over Pay-to-Play Settlement

New York AG targets ex-car czar's company

OPINION

 Palin's Platform: Victimhood 

She revels in acting insulted

OPINION

Be Very Afraid: Goldman Sachs Is Smiling

High-risk model hasn't changed, could lead to new crisis, says Reich

Episcopal Church Lifts
Ban on Gay Bishops

Deeper rift with conservatives looms

Dozen Mangled Mexican Bodies Were Feds

Agents tortured, killed
in revenge for drug trafficker's arrest

UPDATED

7 Busted in Slaying of Couple Who Took in Disabled Kids

Men trained for military-style assault on parents of 17



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Off the Grid a Michael Wolff Newser Column

What Happened to Steve Rattner?

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Jul 14, 09 | 9:32 AM BY Michael Wolff

It is, so far, the strange case of Steven Rattner and his abrupt and unexplained exit from Washington and the Obama administration—but insiders assume that this story of the ultimate (or would-be ultimate) insider will, rather sooner than later, come clear. Rattner is the self-styled, politically-savvy, fabulously well-connected financier who went to Washington as the almost-car czar. That is, he was supposed to be the car czar but by some sleight of hand he was... More »

Journal Deals Quadruple Whammy to Families

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Jul 14, 09 | 10:13 AM BY Jim Impoco

With the economy a total horror show, this might seem to be a good time for some women to take time off to raise a child or two. Just ride this thing out. Jack Welch, who used to run General Electric and is arguably the nation’s last great Imperial CEO, thinks that’s a really bad idea if you happen to be an ambitious woman who has not ruled out the “C,” or Corner Suite, as a future goal. Yes, Welch’s legacy was a bit tarred by his bitter... More »

Sarah Palin Has Captured Our Imagination

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Jul 13, 09 | 9:15 AM BY Michael Wolff

Americans can’t get enough of Sarah Palin. It doesn’t matter which side of the Sarah Palin argument you’re on. Awe... More »

Could Murdoch’s Love of Gossip Doom His Family?

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Jul 10, 09 | 9:33 AM BY Michael Wolff

Gossip was one of the consistent themes in my conversations with Murdoch when I interviewed him over nine months last year. If I brought... More »

The CIA and Murdoch Will Get Away With It

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Jul 9, 09 | 9:49 AM BY Michael Wolff

The CIA tells lies to the rest of the American government. Rupert Murdoch’s tabloids engage in nefarious means, including illegal... More »

Michael Jackson Is the New America

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Jul 8, 09 | 9:36 AM BY Michael Wolff

On cue, the white guys, Peter King, a famously moronic congressman from New York, and Fox’s Bill O’Reilly, possibly after... More »

Did Rupert Bed Jackie?

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Jul 7, 09 | 9:27 AM BY Michael Wolff

Is it really possible to have had as much sex as the Kennedys had? Well, anyway, thank God for it. The Kennedy sex saga is really the... More »

Sarah Palin Is a Long Distance Runner, Not a Train Wreck

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Jul 6, 09 | 9:57 AM BY Michael Wolff

Sarah Palin clearly believes that she has been wronged and that she is under concerted attack. She has decided not to relent, or curry... More »

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