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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2009
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 US Innovation 
 Stagnates: Survey  

Americans think China is winning—and China thinks we're on top

Ha. Ha.

 Hollywood's Least 
 Funny Comics 

These guys get no respect, and they deserve it

OPINION

TV's 'Loud and Proud' Gays Should Tone It Down

Outrageous characters may be hurting the cause

 10 Accidental 
 Celebrities 

None of them sought the spotlight—at first



 Meet Michelle's 
 'Body Woman' 

Kristen Jarvis came up in Obama's Senate office, and has proven stellar

Poll Numbers

 Unemployment  
 Hasn't Helped 
 Sarah Palin 

Poll numbers fall with her low profile

 Iran Releases 
 Newsweek
 
 Reporter 



Humanitarian considerations thought to have played role

PROFILE

 Joe Biden 
 Is Obama's 
 Best Gadfly, 
 'Truth-Teller' 


Hardly a joke, veep doesn't mind stirring the pot

OPINION

 Note to Angelina: 
 Zahara's Hair Needs Help 

Unlike Madonna, Jolie doesn't seem to get that black hair takes work

 Six People Irked by 
 Obama's Nobel Prize 

What do Sarkozy, Clinton and the Taliban have in common?

Big Bucks Elusive for
App Store Developers

'App Store Millionaires' few and far between

 Animal Cruelty Case 
 Hits Supreme Court 

Landmark case to decide 1st Amendment as it applies to cruelty

Today's Hot Topic in Syrian Blogosphere: Masturbation

Regime doesn't seem to mind as long as it doesn't challenge authority

pop culture

 'Cupcakists' Find 
 Happiness in 
 a Simple Pastry 

Cultural movement extols the virtues of butter and frosting

GLOSSIES

 Earth, Wind & Fire Flower 
 Again in Obama's America 

White House concert helps revive popularity

analysis

 Don't Let the 
 Recession 
 Rule Out 
 Retirement 

Save more, use 'catch-up' tax law provisions to turn things around

Hand-Washing Might Not
Help Much Against Flu

Some scientist say it's airborne, not spread by touch

 College Calorie Info 
 Could Be Backfiring 

From anorexics to obese students, information can spur 'disordered eating'

OPINION

 America 
 Needs to 
 Embrace 
 Death 

Lowering health care costs means cutting unnecessary end-of-life treatment

ANALYSIS

 Knox Trial 
 Is 'Poison' for 
 All Involved 

Fallout has ruined people's lives from Seattle to Perugia

OPINION

For Shame, Wilson: You Have Free Government Health Care

As a National Guard retiree, SC rep is set for life with TRICARE

Say Hello to Glenn Beck's Latest Target

Sunstein's stance on hunting puts him on Fox host's hit list

ANALYSIS

A Post-Racial Society? Your Toddler Would Beg to Differ

Kids learn racial difference early, and parents aren't helping



RSS

Off the Grid a Michael Wolff Newser Column

Books Are Bad for You

12
Nov 23, 09 | 8:41 AM BY Michael Wolff

A few years ago, writing about the book business and how dumbed down and craven books had become—and pathetic, designed only to sell and then not selling—I wrote the line “books suck,” subjecting me to much middlebrow opprobrium. I’d like to revise that line: Books are evil. They’re pernicious. They represent themselves as being one thing, when they’re insidiously the opposite. Sarah Palin, for instance, did not write her... More »

The Health-Care Wars Have Just Begun

11
Nov 20, 09 | 8:32 AM BY Michael Wolff

My 84-year-old mother was full of venomous indignation at dinner last night over the great mammogram take-back. Bureaucrats, in her view,... More »

Sarah Palin Deserves Some More Attention

17
Nov 19, 09 | 10:14 AM BY Michael Wolff

This is a phenomenon that just keeps giving. Its very lack of explanation, and ensuing incredulity and apoplexy, propel it. There... More »

And We Thought We Hated Mammograms

8
Nov 18, 09 | 2:40 PM BY Caroline Miller

No one likes to get a mammogram. Still, it’s hard to find a woman anywhere who was pleased to hear the new ruling that... More »

China and the Obese: The President Meets His Greatest Problems

12
Nov 18, 09 | 8:43 AM BY Michael Wolff

For all sorts of obvious reasons, it seems like a greatly unacceptable and possibly discriminatory thing to say that the obese are a lot... More »

Rupert Murdoch’s Guy Gets It

7
Nov 17, 09 | 6:50 AM BY Michael Wolff

If Arthur Miller were at it again, he’d call the play Death of a PR Guy. Gary Ginsberg, Murdoch’s PR guy who got... More »

Obama's Secret Weapon: The Hug

4
Nov 16, 09 | 12:30 PM BY Lewis Grossberger

President Obama needs to get the hell out of China as fast as he can, rush back to America and start hugging Republicans. This will... More »

The President Wants You to Know He’s Too Dopey to Use Twitter

19
Nov 16, 09 | 8:01 AM BY Michael Wolff

“First of all, let me say that I have never used Twitter. I notice that young people—you know, they’re very busy with... More »

Does Warren Buffett Know What He’s Talking About?

10
Nov 13, 09 | 6:55 AM BY Michael Wolff

Nobody I know who is smart and rich (albeit much less rich than they used to be) thinks the economy is patched up and ready to roll—except,... More »

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