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Defense Dept. Opposed Anti-Rape Rule for Contractors

But lefties ripped GOP senators for nay votes

Oct 20, 09 9:19 AM CDT

 Franken Gets 
 Funny Again 



Senator has crowd chuckling at Iowa fundraiser

Sep 14, 09 8:30 AM CDT

 Selleck For Congress: Poll 

US News readers want Selleck to run

Sep 3, 09 5:05 PM CDT

'Informed' Franken
Wows Lawmakers

Between Sotomayor and health care, comedian-turned-senator has been busy

Aug 1, 09 4:52 PM CDT
OPINION

Baldwin to CNN Anchor: I'll Run If I Want To

Would-be pol threatens to discuss hit-and-run bust...whoops

Jul 9, 09 3:56 PM CDT

 Franken Officially Sworn In 


Jul 7, 09 12:19 PM CDT
OPINION

 Franken Plays It So 
 Straight It's Funny 

But doggone it, people like him

Jul 7, 09 9:25 AM CDT
analysis

Franken Victory Could be Nightmare for Harry Reid

Majority leader faces 'a lot more pressure'

Jul 6, 09 8:29 AM CDT
analysis

 60 Votes 
 No Quick Fix 
 for Senate Dems 

Absences, diverse opinions could prove stumbling blocks

Jul 2, 09 9:52 AM CDT
Analysis

Chill Out, Democrats;
60 Votes Means Bupkis


Jul 1, 09 9:45 AM CDT
OPINION

Don't Expect Laughs From Sen. Franken

During campaign
he was wonky and
even a bit boring

Jul 1, 09 5:34 AM CDT

Coleman Could Be Mulling Gubernatorial Bid

Former Senator asking donors to wait on endorsing other candidates

Jul 1, 09 4:33 AM CDT


 Franken: 
 I Can't
 Wait to
 Start Work 

Senator-elect stresses loyalty to state, downplays Dem. supermajority

Jun 30, 09 5:06 PM CDT
updated

 Coleman Concedes to Franken 


Jun 30, 09 3:16 PM CDT

 Top Saturday Night Live Alums 

Stars who made it big after the show

Jun 5, 09 2:40 PM CDT

Unanimous Ruling Against Coleman Likely

The end may finally
be near in Minnesota Senate race

Jun 5, 09 10:04 AM CDT

Senate Recount Case Goes
to Minn. High Court Today 

But decision could take months

Jun 1, 09 10:24 AM CDT

 Coleman-Franken Fight 
 Heads to Minn.'s Top Court 

Ex-lawyer Coleman working case; Franken acting like senator

May 31, 09 9:40 AM CDT


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Off the Grid a Michael Wolff Newser Column

The Health-Care Wars Have Just Begun

10
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

16
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

7
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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