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 America's Top 
 Philanthropists 

Annual list tracks most generous of 2009; Bill and Melinda Gates are 3rd

Feb 8, 10 12:39 PM CST
UPDATED

White House Wants Justice to Consider Moving Terror Trials

Change follows further criticism from NY pols in 9/11 case

Jan 29, 10 5:35 AM CST

 Bloomberg Wants 
 Terror Trial Moved 

Mayor cites cost, disruption to downtown life

Jan 27, 10 4:15 PM CST
UPDATED

 Ford Defies Obama, Confirms 
 Senate Run 

But White House is backing Kirsten Gillibrand

Jan 12, 10 9:15 AM CST
interview


 On His Way Out, 
 Manhattan DA 
 Zings Bloomberg 

Robert Morgenthau, 90, leaves office this week

Dec 27, 09 3:10 PM CST

 Bloomberg 
 Spent $102M 
 to Win 3rd Term 

NYC mayor shatters record for spending own cash on campaign

Nov 28, 09 5:19 AM CST
GAIL COLLINS

 Votes 
 Weren't 
 About 
 Obama 

Prez shouldn't lose  sleep over defeated lackluster Dems

Nov 5, 09 1:50 AM CST

 Bloomberg Squeaker  
 Embarrasses Obama, Dems   

Many bemoan tepid support of Thompson

Nov 4, 09 9:56 AM CST
Nate Silver

 Blame Weak 
 Candidates, 
 Not Obama 

Polling guru gives a post-mortem on last night's elections

Nov 4, 09 8:36 AM CST
ELECTION DAY

 Bloomberg Wins 3rd NYC Term 

$100 million of own money keeps independent on top

Nov 3, 09 8:45 PM CST
it's good to be the king

 Bloomberg 
 Campaign 
 Spending 
 'Off the Charts' 

Mayor has doled out a record $85M, could hit $140M

Oct 24, 09 10:26 AM CDT
the imperial mayor

 In New York, No One 
 Matters But Bloomberg 

Political foes gone, power elite diminished, moneyed mayor calls all the shots

Oct 19, 09 11:14 AM CDT

 Obama to 
 Congress: 
 'Let's Finish Job' 
 on Health Reform 

Prez readies final push, noting bipartisan support

Oct 10, 09 8:23 AM CDT

 NYC Seeks Smoking Ban for Parks, Beaches

Smokers grumble over plan to make outdoors virtually smoke-free

Sep 15, 09 5:37 AM CDT
NYC MAYORAL ELECTION

 Bloomberg's Challenger: 
 Upstart Anti-Shopping Rev 

Sep 8, 09 2:03 PM CDT

 The 2009 Best-Dressed List 

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

Aug 4, 09 12:56 PM CDT

 NYC Buys Homeless 
 Tickets Out of Town 

Jul 29, 09 8:00 AM CDT

 NYC's Naked Cowboy 
 to Run for Mayor 

Jul 22, 09 2:33 PM CDT

Bloomberg Obsessed
With Golf...

...but not very good at it, despite lots of study, practice, expense

Jun 18, 09 11:30 AM CDT

 Lavish Bar Prison Bar Mitzvah 
 Leaves Mayor Fuming 

Dozens of guests allowed into jail for catered party; city sprang for overtime

Jun 12, 09 5:54 AM CDT


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Off the Grid a Michael Wolff Newser Column

It’s the Sex, Stupid   

8
Feb 9, 10 | 7:46 AM BY Michael Wolff

Stories about the sex lives of politicians are just about the hottest copy in the business. So hot, that the hottest story at the New York Times is the rumor of a story about the sex life of David Paterson, New York’s governor. We are all waiting for the great bombshell. Although it may be that we don’t even need an actual story, that having had so many stories about politicians' sex lives, we can all fill in the blanks. There are already reports... More »

For Me, Palin Scores

65
Feb 8, 10 | 7:10 AM BY Michael Wolff

Andrew Sullivan , the journalist and blogger, who flirted for many years with conservatism and the Republican party, has become the... More »

Politics Has Lost Its Power. That’s Why There’s Gridlock

28
Feb 5, 10 | 8:39 AM BY Michael Wolff

Everybody’s beating their breasts about Washington gridlock. Let’s defend gridlock for a moment. The opposite of gridlock... More »

Rupert Murdoch Is Mad as Hell

8
Feb 4, 10 | 8:07 AM BY Michael Wolff

Rupert is off the reservation again. This is always a possibility when News Corp.’s quarterly earnings reports are issued and... More »

Sarah Palin, Inc. Has a Problem

16
Feb 3, 10 | 8:00 AM BY Michael Wolff

Before this gets out of hand, I want to try to save the word “retarded,” which seems robust and meaningful and evocative... More »

Obama’s Deficit Faux-Hawk

12
Feb 2, 10 | 12:14 PM BY Kevin Spak

During his State of the Union address, Barack Obama promised to freeze government spending , not this year, but soon, and not on defense,... More »

Jenny Sanford, Andrew Young, Gayle Haggard Tell Everything You Always Want to Know About Sex—Other People's

9
Feb 2, 10 | 8:32 AM BY Michael Wolff

Maybe the problem is not so much with sex but with books. The great thing (I mean the really great thing) about books (good books... More »

James O’Keefe: What Did Glenn Beck Know, and When Did He Know It?

18
Feb 1, 10 | 8:12 AM BY Michael Wolff

I can offer some reasonable speculation about where this O’Keefe business is going. There are the perpetrators, the four... More »

JD Salinger, and His Way, Are Dead

38
Jan 29, 10 | 7:02 AM BY Michael Wolff

A number of months ago, when he roused himself to file yet another law suit against another writer who came too close to him, I wrote... More »

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