Author: Jake Simpson

Media Diet

Ezra Klein: What I Read

Kevin Clark

The Washington Post blogger explains his Media Diet

By Jake Simpson

May 13, 2010

Thursday's Top Tweets: Cougar Edition

A woman calls Obama "a hottie with a smokin' little body," Twitter explodes

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By Jake Simpson

May 13, 2010

Is This the End of LeBron James in Cleveland?

Sportswriters line up to debate his future

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By Alex Eichler , Jake Simpson and Jared Keller

May 13, 2010

5 Best Thursday Columns

Nicholas Kristof on Pakistan and Times Square, Doug Glanville on outspoken athletes, and more

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By Jake Simpson and Jared Keller

May 12, 2010

5 Best Wednesday Columns

Maureen Dowd on Hamid Karzai, Steven Pearlstein's deficit-reduction plan, and more

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By Jake Simpson

May 11, 2010

Happy Hour Vid: Ann Althouse on Catholics, Jews, and SCOTUS

Trying not to "say too much," she says a lot

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By Jake Simpson

May 11, 2010

Morning Vid: Colbert Catalogues Bizarre Oil Spill Remedies, Adds His Own

Introducing the Oil Containment Solution Randomizer

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By Alex Eichler , Jake Simpson and Jared Keller

May 11, 2010

5 Best Tuesday Columns

Kagan, Karzai, oil, and Greece

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By Jake Simpson

May 10, 2010

Monday's Top Tweets: Twitter Blackout Edition

No followers? I can say whatever I want?! Here we go...

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By Jake Simpson

May 10, 2010

Sportswriters Fawn Over Ex-Dropout's Perfect Game

The mantle of redemption is eagerly awarded to Dallas Braden

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By Jake Simpson

May 10, 2010

Morning Vid: Will Calls Foiled Terrorists 'Staggeringly Incompetent"

The Christmas Bomber and Times Square suspect are 'minor league figures'

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By Alex Eichler , Jake Simpson and Jared Keller

May 10, 2010

5 Best Monday Columns

Paul Krugman on sex, drugs, and the oil spill, Susie Orbach on male-mannequin emaciation, and more

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By Jake Simpson

May 7, 2010

Top Tweets: Times Square Cooler Scare Edition

Since there was no bomb, it's OK to joke

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By Jake Simpson

May 7, 2010

Morning Vid: O'Reilly Hammers Rove on Border Security

Papa Bear puts "The Architect" on the defensive

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By Jake Simpson

May 6, 2010

Lunchtime Vid: Colbert Gives Rekers 'Alpha Dog' Status

That's what happens when you campaign against gay rights one day, and hire a male prostitute the next

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By Alex Eichler , Jake Simpson and Jared Keller

May 6, 2010

5 Best Thursday Columns

Cancer, guns, nuclear meltdowns -- this may be the scariest roundup yet

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By Jake Simpson

May 5, 2010

Best Tweets: Revoking Citizenship Edition

It's lonely being Joe Lieberman

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By Jake Simpson

May 5, 2010

Morning Vid: Olbermann Eviscerates John McCain

The MSNBC host has enough of McCain's pandering to the "lunatic fringe"

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By Alex Eichler , Jake Simpson and Jared Keller

May 5, 2010

5 Best Wednesday Columns

Nanjala Nyabola gives an African view of the Rhodes, Kathleen Parker ponders GOP-Tea Party dynamics, and more

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By Jake Simpson

May 4, 2010

Morning Vid: O'Reilly Pummels AZ Immigration Critics

The media's "dishonest," and Washington's "cowardly"

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By Alex Eichler , Jake Simpson and Jared Keller

May 4, 2010

5 Best Tuesday Columns

David Brooks on the limits of policy, Marc Cooper on an atheist justice, and more

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By Alex Eichler , Jake Simpson and Jared Keller

May 3, 2010

5 Best Monday Columns

Paul Krugman on voguish environmentalism, James Carroll on the PowerPoint letdown, and more

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By Jake Simpson

Apr 30, 2010

By Jake Simpson

Apr 30, 2010

Morning Vid: Colbert's Slow Reveal of the Oil Spill's Scope

It's not that bad...oh wait, it is

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By Alex Eichler and Jake Simpson

Apr 30, 2010

5 Best Friday Columns

David Brooks on energy innovation, Paul Krugman on Europe's financial mess, and more

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By Alex Eichler , Jake Simpson and Jared Keller

Apr 29, 2010

5 Best Thursday Columns

Jennifer McCreight on 'Boobquake' data, E.J. Dionne on saving capitalism, and more

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By Jake Simpson

Apr 28, 2010

Oil Spill Spurs Calls to Roll Back Drilling Plan

An environmental catastrophe raises fears about Obama's commitment to offshore drilling

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By Alex Eichler , Jake Simpson and Jared Keller

Apr 28, 2010

5 Best Wednesday Columns

Jimmy Carter on Sudan's elections, Joel Moskowitz on cell-phone perils, and more

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