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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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Obama Headed 
to Copenhagen 
for Climate Talks

He'll propose 17% cut in US emissions of greenhouse gases

Nov 25, 09 10:28 AM CST
Analysis

 Obama Is the Anti-Cowboy 

Slow decision on Afghanistan a contrast from Bush's gut checks

Nov 25, 09 9:26 AM CST
Michelle wore...

 The Skinny on the State Dinner 

Michelle Obama wore Naeem Khan, and other tidbits

Nov 25, 09 7:49 AM CST
first state visit

 Obama: US, India 
 Natural Allies 

Countries will have 'defining relationship' for 21st century

Nov 24, 09 1:25 PM CST
OPINION

 SNL a Right-Wing Mouthpiece 

Or latest sketch just a 'vehicle to make anal sex joke'

Nov 24, 09 1:14 PM CST
Golf well? No, he can't

What Happened to Our
Basketballer-in-Chief?

Obama has traded basketball for golf

Nov 24, 09 11:07 AM CST

 Fading Hope 
 T-Shirt Blasts 
 Obama 

Streetwear maven FreshJive says president hasn't lived up to hype

Nov 24, 09 10:45 AM CST
OPINION

 Race-Speech Obama Is MIA 

Prez's actions failing to match his clear rhetoric of past

Nov 24, 09 2:13 AM CST

 US Recruits Allies 
 for Afghan Surge 

White House is quietly looking for 3K to 7K NATO troops

Nov 21, 09 8:39 AM CST

 Obama's Stimulus Finally 
 Gets Some Respect 

Warring economists agree that it has helped—if not enough

Nov 21, 09 6:21 AM CST

 The Decade's Best Quotes 


Nov 21, 09 5:48 AM 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
men of the year

 Eastwood Is 
 Top 'Badass' 

Kobe Bryant, Chris Pine, Barack Obama make 2009's elite list

Nov 19, 09 7:33 PM CST

 America's 
 Best Political 
 Memoirs 

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

Nov 19, 09 4:38 PM 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

Disgruntled Dem Wants Geithner, Summers Sacked

Peter DeFazio says White House betrayed Main St. for Wall St.

Nov 19, 09 10:42 AM CST
NOT A KID ANYMORE


 Stress Takes 
 Its Toll on 
 Obama's 
 Face 

Gray hair, worry lines betray pressures of presidency

Nov 19, 09 8:40 AM CST

 Shirt's Message: 
 Pray for Obama's Death 

Verse reads, 'Let his days be few' and 'let his children be fatherless'

Nov 18, 09 5:50 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: 
 We Won't 
 Make Gitmo 
 Deadline 

Pres tells Fox's Major Garrett prison will close after Jan 2010

Nov 18, 09 5:40 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

 Great Wall of China 
 'Magical': Obama 

President visits landmark, heads to South Korea

Nov 18, 09 4:33 AM CST
Interview

 Clinton: I Didn't Want The Job 

Obama gave his secretary of state the hard sell

Nov 17, 09 3:48 PM CST


RSS

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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