Author: Heather Horn

Media Diet

Vanessa Grigoriadis: What I Read

A conversation with New YorkRolling Stone, and Vanity Fair contributing editor Vanessa Grigoriadis about how she consumes information.

By Heather Horn

Jan 11, 2010

Goldman's Bonus Backlash Solution: Give to Charity?

A less than enthusiastic reaction from bloggers. Will anything short of nixing bonuses appease critics?

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By Heather Horn

Jan 11, 2010

Daily Caller, 'Conservative Answer to The Huffington Post,' Gets Rough Welcome

Tucker Carlson's new Web start-up runs the gauntlet, getting slaps from bloggers on all sides

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By Heather Horn

Jan 11, 2010

Finding Truth in Reid's 'Negro' Remark

Race critics take a second look, say remark was insensitive, but held grains of truth

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By Heather Horn

Jan 11, 2010

Game Change: 5 Takeaways From the Tell-All du Jour

Everything you need to know about the book that's spreading scandal before it even hits the shelves

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By Heather Horn

Jan 9, 2010

Could Massachusetts Sink Health Care Reform?

The special election to fill Sen. Ted Kennedy's seat gets dicey, and liberals wonder if they might lose their filibuster-proof 60 votes

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By Heather Horn

Jan 8, 2010

Economists Agree the Jobs Report Is Startling, Disagree on Everything Else

Surprisingly high job losses portend a stabilizing economy to some, gloomy prospects to others

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By Heather Horn

Jan 8, 2010

Op-Ed Spotlight: More Proselytizing, Please

Michael Gerson defends Brit Hume's statement on Tiger Woods, says the real intolerance is in condemning proselytizing

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By Heather Horn

Jan 8, 2010

Malaysian Commentators Condemn Church Firebombing

Conflict over Christian use of the word "Allah" escalates after unidentified men firebombed three Malaysian churches

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By Heather Horn

Jan 7, 2010

Health Care Reform Will Not Be Televised: Should It Be?

Critics rip into President Obama for breaking a campaign promise, while minority points out television is bad for law-making anyway

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By Heather Horn

Jan 7, 2010

Can the Fed Stop Another Bubble Disaster? Can Anyone?

Econopundits hash out whether tactics to thwart another blow-up

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By Heather Horn

Jan 7, 2010

Palin to Head First Tea Party Convention

Is this a turning point for the Tea Party movement and Palin?

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By Heather Horn

Jan 6, 2010

Happy Hour Vid: Joan Rivers Rants About Airport Security

Ms. Rivers shows up on Larry King, and shows up mad

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By Heather Horn

Jan 6, 2010

Vice President Biden Breaks Silence to Praise Trains

Joe Biden writes an Amtrak magazine cover story extolling the virtues of--what else?--trains

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By Heather Horn

Jan 6, 2010

The Costs of National Profiling

Liberals argue that mandatory screenings for passengers from "terror-prone" countries could backfire

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By Heather Horn

Jan 6, 2010

Bloggers Quibble Over Whether Shorter Stories Could Save Newspapers

Michael Kinsley's call to cut, sharpen, and shorten news stories causes a multi-blogger pile-up

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By Heather Horn

Jan 5, 2010

How to Keep College Relevant

When it's all about jobs, jobs, jobs, what's a college degree worth?

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By Heather Horn

Jan 5, 2010

Transcript Breakdown: Michael Steele's Hannity Interview

Was it a trainwreck? Here, the highlights of a news-making interview that has the blogosphere buzzing.

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By Heather Horn

Jan 5, 2010

Could a Republican Win Massachusetts?

A new poll shows the Republican candidate for Ted Kennedy's Senate seat trailing by a mere 9 points

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By Heather Horn

Jan 4, 2010

Happy Hour Vid: Don Imus Sets the Record Straight on Buddhism

Amused by Brit Hume's call for Tiger Woods to convert, Imus corrects his ideas on forgiveness and redemption

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By Heather Horn

Jan 4, 2010

Takeaways from a Behind-the-Scenes Look at Obama's Terror Strategy

A NYT magazine cover story is published two weeks early to shed light on Obama's approach to counterterrorism

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By Heather Horn

Jan 4, 2010

The White House Iron Chef Recap

The show in three words: star-studded, organic, and...elitist?

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By Heather Horn

Jan 4, 2010

Economic Forecasts for 2010 and the Coming Decade

Many top economists see a rough road ahead before full recovery

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By Heather Horn

Jan 2, 2010

Condemning the Attack on Danish Cartoonist

Harsh reactions to an attempt on a controversial Muhammed cartoon author's life

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By Heather Horn

Dec 31, 2009

2009 Closes with Good News--A Fall in Unemployment Claims

Fall in jobless claims is good, but how good? Business bloggers debate

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By Heather Horn

Dec 31, 2009

Limbaugh Hospitalized, Spurring Bitter Partisan Fight

Bloggers on the right offer prayers and lash out at those lacking sympathy for the radio host

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By Heather Horn

Dec 30, 2009

New Year's Blue Moon: Grab Your Telescope and Vinyls

Parsing the portents of a rare astronomical event

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By Heather Horn

Dec 30, 2009

Are Body Scans Better Than Background Checks?

The Dutch are introducing body scanners to scan all U.S.-bound passengers. Should we follow suit?

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By Heather Horn

Dec 30, 2009

Screed

Locavores Are Like Racists

Ethan Epstein gets extra-specially contrarian

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By Heather Horn

Dec 30, 2009

Examining the Psyche of the Christmas Bomber

Inspecting Abdulmutallab's online trail, commentators search for clues about future would-be terrorists

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By Heather Horn

Dec 29, 2009

Happy Hour Vid: 'Worst Decade Ever'

Reason TV presents clips of political embarrassments from the 00's

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