Author: Katharine Rust

5 Best Wednesday Columns

Bret Stephens on BP and Gadhafi, Steven Pearlstein on Obama and big business, and more

By Katharine Rust

May 27, 2010

Critics Destroy 'Sex and the City 2': 10 Takedowns

"As worn-out as your 1998 flip-flops"

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By Alex Eichler , Jared Keller and Katharine Rust

May 27, 2010

5 Best Thursday Columns

Joe Klein and Karl Rove play the oil spill blame game, the New York Times throws the book at the NFL, and more

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By Katharine Rust

May 26, 2010

NYC Superbowl: Who Cares About the Cold Weather?

How will the Big Apple's February forecast affect football's ultimate game?

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By Alex Eichler , Jared Keller and Katharine Rust

May 26, 2010

5 Best Wednesday Columns

Smartphones, synthetic cells, Elena Kagan, and the moral fog of war

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By Katharine Rust

May 25, 2010

By Alex Eichler , Jared Keller and Katharine Rust

May 25, 2010

5 Best Tuesday Colunms

David Brooks on two theories of change, Dana Milbank on replacing Summers, and more

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By Katharine Rust

May 24, 2010

Winners and Losers of the NFL Antitrust Ruling

The good news is, consumers come out on top

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By Katharine Rust

May 24, 2010

Who Loses After 'Law & Order' Shutters

The era of stellar detective work (and a whole lot of employment for New Yorkers ) ends tonight

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By Jared Keller and Katharine Rust

May 24, 2010

5 Best Monday Columns

E.J. Dionne on Mark Souder's downfall, L. Gordon Crovitz on Web privacy, and more

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By Alex Eichler , Jared Keller and Katharine Rust

May 20, 2010

5 Best Thursday Columns

David Ignatius on playing diplomatic chicken with Iran, Timothy Garton Ash on Europe sleepwalking to decline, and more

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By Alex Eichler , Jared Keller and Katharine Rust

May 19, 2010

5 Best Wednesday Columns

Larry Pressler on the "technicality generation," James McGregor on rethinking U.S.- China trade relations, and more

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By Katharine Rust

May 18, 2010

4 Reasons to Watch the NBA Draft Lottery

Not into basketball? It's still worth watching the NBA's weird draft system for sheer entertainment.

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By Alex Eichler , Jared Keller and Katharine Rust

May 18, 2010

5 Best Tuesday Columns

David Brooks on children of the '70s, Anne Applebaum on pirates, and more

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By Katharine Rust

Jan 7, 2010

5 Takes on the Texas-Alabama Matchup

The last teams standing close out a rough year for college football

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By Katharine Rust

Dec 17, 2009

By Katharine Rust

Dec 15, 2009

Good Question!

Did Tiger Cheat on the Golf Course Too?

Woods's doctor gets arrested for dealing illegal substances

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By Katharine Rust

Dec 10, 2009

Why Is Congress Meddling With College Football?

A House bill has pundits questioning the priorities of the legislative branch

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By Katharine Rust

Dec 8, 2009

Anyone But the Quarterbacks for This Year's Heisman

Sports nuts favor some unexpected candidates for best college football player of the year

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By Heather Horn and Katharine Rust

Dec 4, 2009

Live Reactions to the 2010 World Cup Draw

Livebloggers and Tweeters go hog-wild over America's felicitous grouping

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By Katharine Rust

Dec 3, 2009

Why the NFL's New Concussion Policy Doesn't Go Far Enough

The league is finally doing something about concussions, but is it enough?

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By Katharine Rust

Dec 1, 2009

Cheers And Jeers For Marion Jones's Comeback

The fallen track star returns ... to play basketball

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By Katharine Rust

Dec 1, 2009

Good Question!

Does 'Twilight' Endorse Domestic Abuse?

'Team Edward:' one-sided power play or every girl's fantasy?

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By Katharine Rust

Nov 30, 2009

What Charlie Weis's Firing Says About Notre Dame

The Fighting Irish lose a football coach, and all the blame is falling on the university

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By Katharine Rust

Nov 30, 2009

Is Serena Williams's Record-Setting Fine Too Harsh?

The tennis star gets handed punishment for her U.S. Open outburst.

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By Katharine Rust

Nov 24, 2009

3 Reasons to Avoid Thanksgiving Football, Though We Know You Won't

Whether in the backyard or on your TV, football may not be worth it this year.

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By Katharine Rust

Nov 23, 2009

Lightning Rod

Adam Lambert's AMA (or S&M?) Performance

American Idol alum gets racy at last night's American Music Awards

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By Katharine Rust

Nov 19, 2009

Big Plays and Takeaways From World Cup Qualifiers

For Americans, neophytes, and soccer lovers, a recap of an epic week in the world's biggest sport

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By Katharine Rust

Nov 13, 2009

Good Question!

Should Football Lose The Helmet?

The headgear may do more harm than good

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By Katharine Rust

Nov 5, 2009

Handing Out Credit for the Yankees' World Series Win

How did baseball's triumphant team make it back to the top?

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By Katharine Rust

Nov 4, 2009

Good Question!

Should Rodell Vereen Go To Jail?

Wendy Kaminer wants to know what's so bad about bestiality.

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By Katharine Rust

Nov 4, 2009

Sesame Street's 40th Anniversary: Looking Back

Sesame Street is about to pass a milestone. How much has it changed?

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By Katharine Rust

Nov 2, 2009

Lightning Rod

Alex Rodriguez's Centaur Self-Portrait

Twitter is abuzz about the Yankees slugger's two paintings

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By Katharine Rust

Nov 1, 2009

Favre Returns To Lambeau

Brett Favre is back to play at Green Bay

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By Katharine Rust

Oct 30, 2009

Congress Butts Heads With NFL Over Player Concussions

Recapping the NFL Commissioner's Congressional testimony on brain damage.

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By Katharine Rust

Oct 28, 2009

5 Reasons Why The Yankees Will Win The World Series

With 26 championships under their belt, here's why the winningest team in baseball is prepared to win...again

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By Katharine Rust

Oct 28, 2009

Screed

'Andre Agassi Was a Tweaker'

Sports writer Ray Ratto hates on tennis star's meth habit, athletes

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By Katharine Rust

Oct 27, 2009

Two Takes on the NBA's Age Limit

Basketball lovers offer solutions to the problems with professional basketball's age limit

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By Katharine Rust

Oct 22, 2009

Spatwatch

Public Schools Should Teach Gumption

Friedman gets his knuckles rapped for slamming American education

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By Katharine Rust

Sep 28, 2009

Good Question!

Is the F-Bomb No Longer Taboo?

Saturday Night Live's Jenny Slate accidentally said the F word--and no one really seems to mind

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By Katharine Rust

Sep 24, 2009

Lightning Rod

Gmail Tanks Again

Reactions from the Twitterverse over Gmail's second crash in a month

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By Katharine Rust

Sep 23, 2009

Good Question!

Why Won't the NRA Support Plaxico Burress?

The Giant receiver got two years for gun possession. Democratic Underground wonders where his defenders are.

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By Katharine Rust

Sep 22, 2009

Cliché Watch

Enough With the Health Care Saviors!

Pundits have been longing for someone to save health care from the moment it was introduced

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By Katharine Rust

Sep 18, 2009

Remembering NCAA President Myles Brand

He'll always be known as the man who fired Bobby Knight, but Myles Brand was a great reformer, too

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By Katharine Rust

Sep 16, 2009

Spatwatch

Are Bag Fees Losing Airlines Money?

Atrios: Bag Fees make flying terrible. Yglesias: Who cares, they're good for the environment.

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By Katharine Rust

Sep 15, 2009

Barack Obama, Kanye West and Media Responsibility

Obama curses, the statement gets tweeted and the world agrees, but is it the end of Twitter?

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