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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2009
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 America's 
 Best Political 
 Memoirs 

Sarah Palin hasn't got anything on Ulysses S. Grant

Nov 19, 09 4:38 PM CST
HERODOTUS WAS RIGHT DEPT

 Vanished Persian Army 
 Turns Up in Sand 

Evidence of 50K doomed soldiers found in Egyptian desert

Nov 17, 09 2:21 PM CST
say what?

 Physicists: 
 Bird From the Future 
 Damaged Collider 

Theory says the universe is sabotaging the big experiment

Nov 11, 09 4:50 PM CST

Palin's Book
Will Settle Scores With McCain Aides

Details dribbling out;
5 'very long' chapters

Nov 11, 09 3:22 PM CST

 Meet the Man 
 Behind Elmo 

No, he didn't always have that voice, and more from behind-the-scenes

Nov 10, 09 12:37 PM CST
Joe Klein

 Tension Builds Between 
 Hillary, Obama 

Clinton a strong secretary, but not yet administration's voice

Nov 5, 09 6:50 PM CST

 Facebook Gives
 Death a Makeover

Gravestones are so 1.0, site spins; try memorializing your page

Oct 29, 09 2:08 PM CDT
aryn baker

 Karzai's Brother 
 a Bad Investment for CIA 

Alleged drug runner undermines US effort

Oct 28, 09 1:32 PM CDT

 Bartering Turns Into 
 $10B Recession-Buster 

More businesses signing on to trend of exchanging services

Oct 27, 09 1:19 PM CDT
interview

Plus-Size Model: Anorexia Felt Like 'the Flu Times 10'

Crystal Renn recalls battle back to good health

Oct 26, 09 5:56 PM CDT

Drug Makers' Big Spending Pays Off on Hill

Biologics debate shows how lobbyists shape health debate

Oct 22, 09 12:33 PM CDT

Obama Had Hand in Secret Talks With Iran

Worked out deal with France, Russia to process uranium

Oct 20, 09 10:22 AM CDT
OPINION

 Miss, Mrs., or Ms.— 
 'It's OK Not to Care' 

Nancy Gibbs reflects on women's freedom to choose title

Oct 19, 09 3:49 PM CDT
Joe Klein

Mideast Peace Would Justify Obama's Nobel

There's consensus on a deal; the president is the guy to get it done

Oct 16, 09 12:13 PM CDT
INTERVIEW

Tracy Morgan: 
Book Opened 'Old Wounds' 

Comedian talks 30 Rock, SNL, his memoir, and the first family

Oct 15, 09 2:51 PM CDT
opinion

Obama's Nobel Is the
'Not George W. Bush' Award

He's now the fourth recipient

Oct 9, 09 3:44 PM CDT
OPINION

Afghan Rift?
It's Just 'Smoke and Puffery'

McCain, others inflate controversy so Obama looks weak: Klein

Oct 8, 09 12:45 PM CDT


 CIA Knew of 
 'Secret' Iran 
 Facility: 
 Panetta  

Once agency was certain this spring, Obama kept info as leverage for talks

Oct 8, 09 11:20 AM CDT

 Why Women Have Sex 

Psychologist discusses female sexuality, and what men can do to get ahead

Oct 6, 09 4:50 PM CDT
around the dial

 Sitcoms Adapt to Find Success 

New comedies borrow from drama, reality TV

Oct 5, 09 4:23 PM CDT

 I'd Vote for Health Bill: Frist 

Obama's reforms are a step in the right direction, former Senate majority leader says

Oct 2, 09 6:14 PM CDT

 Kenya Feels Betrayed by 
 'Brother Barack' 

US practices diplomatic tough love

Oct 2, 09 2:52 PM CDT
VIral viDEO

 Watch 100 
 YouTube 
 Classics in 
 4 Minutes 

Thanks to a new mash-up, you can catch up on four years of pop culture in a jiffy

Oct 1, 09 3:30 PM CDT


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Off the Grid a Michael Wolff Newser Column

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, will happily kill women to save money. My colleague, Caroline Miller, Newser’s editor in chief, took umbrage in this space the other day about the new guidelines. She noted the obvious cold efficiencies involved with discouraging younger women from having a yearly mammogram, as well as the “patronizing” justification for... 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 women in their 40s don’t need to endure the annual indignity of baring their breasts to the radiologist after all. That’s because it’s hard to find a woman anywhere who believes that the federal panel changed its recommendation for her benefit. It’s not that the decision doesn’t make sense: It costs a lot to... 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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