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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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 The Meaning of Caster Semenya 

Gender a more fluid concept than sports are prepared to handle

Nov 23, 09 1:43 PM CST
OPINION

 In Obama's Dover Trip, 
 Echoes of Nixon 

War kept both awake; Nixon's 4am walkabout more 'heartrending'

Oct 29, 09 9:00 PM CDT
GLOSSIES

 Cameron's 
 Avatar 
 May Be a 
 Revolution 

Director recalls drama of earlier films, inspiration for return to the big screen

Oct 19, 09 11:00 AM CDT
glossies

 Dog Fighting, Football 
 Share Brutal Similarities 

We despise one and love the other. But willful injury is inherent to both

Oct 13, 09 5:12 PM CDT
PROFILE

 Blogger Nikki Finke 
 Stays One Step Ahead 

Deadline Hollywood Daily is insiders' first call, for good or ill

Oct 5, 09 1:38 PM CDT
new release

Ralph Nader Pens Odd Utopian Novel

Super-rich save the world in 736-page 'fictional vision'

Sep 21, 09 6:52 PM CDT
OPINION

 Blago Memoir: 
 'I Didn't Do 
 Anything 
 Wrong' 

And he might move to New York, where no one has told him to 'F off' yet

Sep 21, 09 11:42 AM CDT
GLOSSIES

8 Days That Shook the Financial World

James Stewart on the week that Lehman failed, and meltdown loomed

Sep 16, 09 9:35 PM CDT

Cindy McCain Declares War
on Migraines

Launches public campaign on behalf of headache research

Sep 14, 09 11:30 AM CDT
OPINION

 5 Crazy Things 9/11 
 Conspiracists Must Think 

Plus: proof Nick Jonas believes the lie

Sep 2, 09 10:55 AM CDT
sunscreen overkill

 A Guide to SPFs, From 4 to 233 

Honestly, is 100+ really necessary?

Aug 3, 09 1:26 PM CDT
opinion

 Why the Kindle Stinks 


Jul 31, 09 10:34 AM CDT
GLOSSIES

 I Think, 
 Therefore 
 I Overeat 

New fleet of books tries to explain American obesity

Jul 18, 09 8:09 PM CDT


Torture Shrinks
Rehired by CIA,
Fired by Panetta

Contracts renewed
after inauguration,
then killed in April

Jun 15, 09 8:09 AM CDT
TV REVIEW

  Falco Makes 
 a Naughty, 
 Irresistible 
 Nurse Jackie 

Edie soars; script needs a doctor

Jun 8, 09 12:21 PM CDT
ANALYSIS

Why Corporate Boards
Seldom Do Their Jobs Well

Directors largely responsible for missteps, but keep their jobs

May 28, 09 2:42 AM CDT
Glossies

Savvy Slim Bets on NYT
Being a Monopoly


May 26, 09 6:55 PM CDT


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Off the Grid a Michael Wolff Newser Column

Murdoch and Microsoft: The Mice Are Trying to Roar

8
Nov 24, 09 | 10:10 AM BY Michael Wolff

Microsoft is a company that Rupert Murdoch understands. When he talks about the technology business or about the Internet or Google, which, on at least one occasion, I’ve heard him call Gadget, he invariably reverts to talking about Microsoft, which, on at least one occasion, I’ve heard him call IBM. What is Microsoft going to do? he asks, oddly echoing—indeed anticipating—Jeff Jarvis’ book, What Would Google Do? Murdoch’s question... More »

Books Are Bad for You

28
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... 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 »

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