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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2009
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 Palin Pulls in Big Bucks 
 —for Democrats 

'Going Rogue' boosts Dem fundraising to new high

India Miffed By Obama's Bond With Beijing

Perceived slights complicate PM Singh's DC visit next week

h1n1 outbreak

Swine Flu Mutation Worries Norway Scientists

CDC official says it's no cause for alarm

BLAGO FALLOUT


 Ethics Panel 
 Slaps Burris 
 on the Wrist 

'Letter of admonition' cites fibs surrounding Blagojevich

CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER

 KSM Trial 
 Will Be a 
 Perverse Farce 

It will be like rereleasing '9/11—the Director's Cut'

OPINION

Mammogram Backdown
Hurts Health Reform

Sebelius played politics, missed chance to show leadership

OPINION


 GOP Traffic-Jam Ploy 
 Is Snarling Senate 

Stalling tactics are making Democrats turn on each other

 Reid 'Optimistic' 
 About 60 Votes 

Majority leader thinks he's got the support to send bill to the floor



 Obama: 
 We Won't 
 Make Gitmo 
 Deadline 

Pres tells Fox's Major Garrett prison will close after Jan 2010

ANALYSIS

 Obama Tone in China 
 Reflects New Power Realities 


US needs China's help as never before

Millions Must Repay Part
of Stimulus Tax Credit

Withholding errors mean 15.4M will get smaller refund or owe money

Richard Cohen

We Need an Institute to Study Sarah Palin

And George W. Bush should be the
one to build it

 13 Assassinated 
 Outside Baghdad 

Al-Qaeda blamed for killing of Sunni politician and family

Wanted: Economist to Trash Health Bill

Foes look for an
expert to prove that Obamacare kills jobs

46 Bailed-Out Firms Behind on Repaying US

CIT bankruptcy will cost taxpayers $2.3B

 Hasan Wrote 
 Imam of  
 Anger 
 With US 

Link went beyond sermons; Aulaqi says Hasan 'trusted' him

 Boomers Enjoy 
 New 'Whatever' 
 'Tude on Pot 


Older tokers find they can be open about once-taboo habit

OPINION

 6 Myths About Trying 
 Mohammed in NYC 

US legal system is, in fact, up to this challenge

 New White House 
 Counsel Scares 
 GOP, Other 
 Lawyers 

Bauer is a skilled, controversial Democratic veteran

 9/11 Plotters Will 
 Face Death: Holder 

New York trial represents proper US tradition, AG says

UPDATED

 White House Counsel 
 Craig Stepping Down 

He's taken flak over Guantanamo Bay policy

DC, Catholic Church
in Gay Rights Standoff

Church to pull plug on social programs if marriage bill passes

US Ambassador Disagrees
on Afghan Troop Surge

Wants Karzai government to shape up first

 Hasan Didn't Try to Leave Army 

Fort Hood shooter didn't file paperwork



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Off the Grid a Michael Wolff Newser Column

Books Are Bad for You

16
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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