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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2009
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 Billboard Links Obama to Jihad 

Colo. car dealership wants this opinion heard

Nov 20, 09 8:42 PM CST

India Miffed By Obama's Bond With Beijing

Perceived slights complicate PM Singh's DC visit next week

Nov 20, 09 6:30 PM CST

Limbaugh's Wrong: Gallup's Obama Approval Below 50%

New survey is latest disappointment for President

Nov 20, 09 2:03 PM CST

Rush: Gallup Counting Too Many Blacks for Obama

That's why the president's approval ratings are above 50%, he says

Nov 20, 09 8:15 AM CST

Huckabee: Obama
Attacks 'Shameful'

Republican condemns
knee-jerk criticism

Nov 20, 09 3:32 AM CST

Obama to Cuban Blogger: Next Move Is Castro's

President sidesteps question on Castro government's legitimacy

Nov 19, 09 3:33 PM CST
OBAMA'S FREE RIDE

 Latest Undeserved 
 Honor: Black Belt 

Obama is now a master of tae kwon do, with 0 years practice

Nov 19, 09 2:07 PM CST
NATE SILVER & CO.

Senators See Upcoming Vote on Obama—Not Health

Eye constituents' votes in 2008, not polls on health care

Nov 19, 09 10:18 AM CST

 Obama: We Will Sanction Iran 

Obama ups pressure on Tehran, North Korea in South Korean speech

Nov 19, 09 7:12 AM CST

US, South Korea Offer North 'Grand Bargain' on Nukes

Obama's envoy heading to Pyongyang next month

Nov 18, 09 10:47 PM CST

 Decade's Best Live TV Moments 

From Barack Obama's victory speech to the tumbling of Saddam's statue

Nov 18, 09 1:02 PM CST

 Obama 
 Approval
 Rating Dips 
 Below 50% 

Americans sour on handling of economy, Afghanistan

Nov 18, 09 11:40 AM CST

 Dems: Use TARP Funds to 
 Aid Jobless, Homeowners 

White House wants to use balance to cut deficit

Nov 18, 09 7:44 AM CST
ANALYSIS

 Obama Tone in China 
 Reflects New Power Realities 


US needs China's help as never before

Nov 18, 09 5:20 AM CST

 GOP Reps. Pin 
 Fort Hood on Obama 

Hoekstra hints at administration missteps, wants probe

Nov 17, 09 9:07 PM CST
analysis

 Obama's China Visit 
 Achieves Little 

In fact, it just illustrates the 'yawning' economic differences

Nov 17, 09 4:48 PM CST
DETENTE?

 Fox News Lands 
 Obama Interview 

Prez will sit down with Garrett in Beijing

Nov 17, 09 12:57 PM CST
Analysis

In Afghanistan Debate, Obama Focuses on Exit

White House wants
to make sure surge
will enable handover

Nov 17, 09 8:15 AM CST

 Obama, Hu Begin 
 Bridging Divide 

Superpowers work to find common ground on nukes, climate, economy

Nov 17, 09 6:08 AM CST

Paterson Rips Obama for Putting 9/11 Trials in NYC

NY governor among few Dems to criticize move

Nov 16, 09 9:41 PM CST

 Obama: I Don't Really Do Twitter 

But the president wants the Chinese to be able to

Nov 16, 09 1:34 PM CST
etiquette lesson

Obama Bow: Right Idea, Wrong Bow

Even Nixon bowed to the Japanese emperor —but he did it better

Nov 16, 09 11:52 AM CST
LYNN SWEET

 Dems May 
 Lose Obama's 
 Old Senate Seat 

Illinois field isn't scaring GOP frontrunner Mark Kirk

Nov 16, 09 10:00 AM CST

Wanted: Economist to Trash Health Bill

Foes look for an
expert to prove that Obamacare kills jobs

Nov 16, 09 9:01 AM CST


RSS

Off the Grid a Michael Wolff Newser Column

The Health-Care Wars Have Just Begun

5
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

14
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

6
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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