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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2009
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OPINION

 Help! We're Being 
 Killed by Cuteness 

This is what happened to Japan after WWII, and it's terrible

Nov 14, 09 6:17 AM CST

 How Reality TV 
 Ruins Everything 

James Wolcott takes on the TV trend that just won't die

Nov 11, 09 1:16 PM CST
GLOSSIES

 A Sex Predator Speaks 

Pa. man, convicted of soliciting child sex, says he was set up

Nov 4, 09 12:41 PM CST
GLOSSIES

 Twilight's Pattinson: 
 'I Look Like an Idiot' 

Twilight star tells mag he looks 'like an idiot,' denies romancing Stewart

Nov 2, 09 10:56 AM CST
Book Excerpt

 Omar bin Laden: Dad Beat Me 

Terrorist's fourth son describes his childhood in Growing Up bin Laden

Oct 28, 09 11:26 AM CDT
NELL SCOVELL

 Ex-Staffer: 
 Letterman 
 Environment 
 'Demeaning' 

But not just because of sexual politics: It's time to hire female writers

Oct 27, 09 9:50 AM CDT
THEY AREN'T GOING AWAY

 Why Jon and Kate 
 Are Everywhere 

You might not want to read about the Gosselins—but tabloid lovers do. Why?

Oct 19, 09 8:16 AM CDT
GLOSSIES

 Imprisoned 
 Ponzi Schemer: 
 It Happens to 
 the Best of Us 

Jailed Ponzi lawyer just wanted a beach house. $380 million later...

Sep 29, 09 3:32 PM CDT
INTERVIEW

 Penélope Cruz: 
 'I Can Fly and 
 Go Far' 

And no, she's not pregnant it seems—but she does have two major new films

Sep 28, 09 9:32 AM CDT
NEW POLL

Most Americans Favor 'Soak
the Rich' Tax

Populism is in, and half think Wal-Mart best symbolizes America

Sep 28, 09 5:47 AM CDT
APPRECIATION

 Swayze: Not Afraid to Laugh 
 at His Own Hunkiness 

Actor didn't want to be just another pretty face, made sure he wasn't

Sep 14, 09 9:01 PM CDT
GLOSSIES

 The Washington Post Is 
 Odds-On Fave to Survive 

Newspaper trimmed staff, and it's paid off: Wolff

Sep 4, 09 4:00 PM CDT
INTERVIEW

 Sarah Wanted to 
 Adopt My Kid: Levi 


Sep 2, 09 12:33 PM CDT
GLOSSIES

 'Craigslist Murder' 
 a New Internet 
 Phenomenon 

Real-world cops with computers tracked real-world cybercrime

Aug 31, 09 4:18 PM CDT
OBITUARY

 Writer Dominick 
 Dunne Dead at 83 


Aug 26, 09 7:08 PM CDT
GLOSSIES


 Designer 
 Cavalli 
 Defies the 
 Recession 

Designer talks beautiful women, fast cars

Aug 25, 09 1:20 PM CDT

 Haute Couture Alive, Kicking 

Though many fear its demise, it still has a few tricks up its sleeve

Aug 20, 09 3:00 PM CDT

 The 2009 Best-Dressed List 

2009 list also includes sports figures, politicians, royalty, entertainers, artists

Aug 4, 09 12:56 PM CDT
GLOSSIES

 Young MJ 
 'Talented, 
 Adorable' 

Vanity Fair writer recalls her long relationship with star

Aug 3, 09 10:39 AM CDT
GLOSSIES

 O'Neal: I Hit on My Own 
 Daughter at Farrah's Funeral 

Tatum, sadly, not surprised at this

Aug 3, 09 7:53 AM CDT
GLOSSIES

 Kindles, iPods Spell 
 Tragic End to Snobbery 

How can we show off taste when it's onscreen?

Jul 8, 09 2:40 PM CDT
GLOSSIES

 One Man to Blame at AIG 


Jul 7, 09 7:31 PM CDT


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Off the Grid a Michael Wolff Newser Column

Murdoch and Microsoft: The Mice Are Trying to Roar

10
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

29
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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