Author: Jake Simpson

Media Diet

Ezra Klein: What I Read

Kevin Clark

The Washington Post blogger explains his Media Diet

By Jake Simpson

Mar 19, 2010

By Jake Simpson

Mar 18, 2010

Cartoon: March Madness in the Workplace

A mishap sports lovers can relate to

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By Alex Eichler , Jake Simpson and Jared Keller

Mar 18, 2010

5 Best Thursday Columns

Nicholas Kristof on health-care access, Michael Oren on U.S.-Israel relations, and more

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By Jake Simpson

Mar 17, 2010

114 March Madness Tips Boiled Down to 5

No guarantees you'll win

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By Jake Simpson

Mar 17, 2010

Morning Vid: Jon Stewart, America's Newest Corporation

With all the perks corporations have to offer

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By Alex Eichler , Jake Simpson and Jared Keller

Mar 17, 2010

5 Best Wednesday Columns

Dick Morris on No Child Left Behind, Thomas Cahill on the Roman alphabet, and more

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By Jake Simpson

Mar 16, 2010

Tuesday's Top Tweets

Glenn Greenwald on CNN's hiring of Erick Erickson, Markos Moulitsas on the "deem and pass" option, and more

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By Jake Simpson

Mar 16, 2010

CNN Hires Erick Erickson, Left Erupts

Bloggers reel off a litany of the RedState editor's sins

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By Jake Simpson

Mar 16, 2010

Morning Vid: Glenn Beck's U.S. History Fail

According to him, Congress can't grant people rights

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By Alex Eichler and Jake Simpson

Mar 16, 2010

5 Best Tuesday Columns

Jonah Goldberg on renaming the Tea Party, Fareed Zakaria on small victories in Pakistan, and more

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By Jake Simpson

Mar 15, 2010

Sportswriters Shrug at Beckham's Surgery

So he misses one World Cup--what's the cause for alarm?

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By Jake Simpson

Mar 15, 2010

Morning Vid: From 'Demon Sheep' to 'Boxer the Blimp'

Carly Fiorina unveils her latest over-the-top campaign ad

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By Alex Eichler , Jake Simpson and Jared Keller

Mar 15, 2010

5 Best Monday Columns

Paul Krugman on China's currency manipulation, Hendrik Hertzberg on nuclear's rising capital, and more

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By Jake Simpson

Mar 11, 2010

Thursday's Top Tweets

Ezra Klein on networking, Spencer Ackerman on Eric Holder, and more

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By Jake Simpson

Mar 11, 2010

Happy Hour Vid: Stephen Colbert Defends Eric Massa

Oh, so that's the difference between sexual and non-sexual groping!

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By Jake Simpson

Mar 11, 2010

Morning Vid: Hosts Mock Beck's Train-Wreck Interview

Jon Stewart and Lawrence O'Donnell chuckle over Beck's disastrous hour with Eric Massa

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By Alex Eichler , Jake Simpson and Jared Keller

Mar 11, 2010

5 Best Thursday Columns

Nicholas Kristof on "Teach for the World," E. J. Dionne and David Broder on the national debt, and more

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By Jake Simpson

Mar 10, 2010

Morning Vid: Stewart, Bush Speechwriter Lock Horns

The Daily Show host and former speechwriter Marc Thiessen spar over torture and the 'Al Qaeda 7'

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By Alex Eichler , Jake Simpson and Jared Keller

Mar 10, 2010

5 Best Wednesday Columns

Maureen Dowd on visiting Mecca, Kathleen Parker on health care reform's sweetheart deals, and more

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By Jake Simpson

Mar 9, 2010

Happy Hour Vid: Funny or Die Enlists Heidi Montag for Financial Reform

The reality TV star echoes the fake former presidents

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By Jake Simpson

Mar 9, 2010

Morning Vid: Colbert, Klein Talk Health Care

The Post blogger educates Colbert on reconciliation

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By Alex Eichler , Jake Simpson and Jared Keller

Mar 9, 2010

5 Best Tuesday Columns

Anne Applebaum on German impatience, Jonah Goldberg on global misogyny, and more

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By Alex Eichler , Jake Simpson and Jared Keller

Mar 8, 2010

5 Best Monday Columns

Paul Krugman on Ireland and the financial crisis, Dahlia Lithwick on the politics of disgust, and more

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By Jake Simpson

Mar 5, 2010

Best Tweets: Lefty Bloggers Blast Obama's KSM Flip-Flop

Glenn Greenwald and Matt Yglesias attack the president's rumored switch to a military tribunal

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By Jake Simpson

Mar 5, 2010

Morning Vid: Colbert's 'Heavily Edited Interview' of Hannity

The Comedy Central host becomes Hannity's pimp

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By Alex Eichler and Jake Simpson

Mar 4, 2010

5 Best Thursday Columns

Karl Rove on state elections, George Will on coddling teenagers, and more

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By Jake Simpson

Mar 3, 2010

Morning Vids: Palin vs. Romney on Late-Night Talk Shows

A pair of potential GOP 2012 candidates compete for ratings on Leno and Letterman

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By Alex Eichler , Jake Simpson and Jared Keller

Mar 3, 2010

5 Best Wednesday Columns

Ruth Marcus on the House Ethics Committee, a Times editorial on saving the sage grouse, and more

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By Jake Simpson

Mar 2, 2010

Happy Hour Vid: Roger Ebert Debuts New Voice on Oprah

The movie critic brings the blogosphere to tears

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By Jake Simpson

Mar 2, 2010

Op-ed Spotlight: Milton Friedman Saved Chile?

Bret Stephens thanks the Chicago Boys for softening a disaster

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By Alex Eichler , Jake Simpson and Jared Keller

Mar 2, 2010

5 Best Tuesday Columns

Richard Cohen on Israel and apartheid, Bob Herbert on troubling police tactics, and more

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By Jake Simpson

Mar 1, 2010

Right Kicks Nathan Deal Out the Door, Left Cautiously Optimistic

The Republican congressman's resignation drops heath care's magic number to 216

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By Jake Simpson

Mar 1, 2010

4 Takeaways From the Winter Olympics

Prepare for a winter-sport boom among kids

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By Jake Simpson

Mar 1, 2010

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