Author: Mara Gay

Celebrating The Princess and The Frog

What columnists say Disney's first movie to feature a black princess got right--mostly

By Mara Gay

Aug 18, 2009

Jenny Sanford as the Good Wife

Women commentators are made nauseous as Vogue paints a glowing portrait of Jenny Sanford.

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By Mara Gay

Aug 18, 2009

Is This the Best Idea in Health Care Reform?

Or is it just another distraction? Columnists are abuzz over David Goldhill's cover story in The Atlantic.

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By Mara Gay

Aug 18, 2009

Explaining the Angry Tone on Health Care

Columnists say the bitter battles over health care suggest that something is deeply amiss in our society

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By Mara Gay

Aug 18, 2009

Today's Columns: Catching Up on Op-Eds and Editorials

A round up of leading commentators on the debates we covered yesterday

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By Mara Gay

Aug 17, 2009

The Price of Engaging Tyrants

The pros and cons of two recent rescue missions to Myanmar and North Korea

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By Mara Gay

Aug 17, 2009

Today's Columns: Catching Up on Op-Eds and Editorials

A round up of leading commentators on the day's biggest debates

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By Mara Gay

Aug 7, 2009

The Wise Latina, Confirmed

A heated debate comes to a quiet but bitter end, with a warning to the GOP from the nation's largest Hispanic advocacy group.

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By Mara Gay

Aug 7, 2009

Soothing the Townhall

Columnists say the protesters are scared citizens, not Nazi wing-nuts. If the Democrats were smart, they'd explain their fears away.

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By Mara Gay

Aug 7, 2009

Today's Columns: Catching Up on Op-Eds and Editorials

A round up of leading commentators adding to debates that we covered yesterday on Atlantic Wire

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By Mara Gay

Aug 6, 2009

Hillary in Africa

Some hail her demands for accountability. But others say the continent is not the mess it once was.

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By Mara Gay

Aug 6, 2009

On Anniversary of A-Bomb, Calls for an End to Nukes

Remembering Hiroshima with promises of disarmament

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By Mara Gay

Aug 6, 2009

Round Up: Catching Up on the Morning's Columns

A round up of leading commentators adding to debates that we covered yesterday on Atlantic Wire

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By Mara Gay

Aug 5, 2009

Meanwhile, in Iran

Ahmadinejad is sworn in for a second term, and bloggers call for a harder line on rogue states

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By Mara Gay

Aug 5, 2009

How the Recession Could Transform Prisons

Federal judges order the release of 40,000 California inmates. What does it mean for the rest of us?

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By Mara Gay

Aug 5, 2009

Round Up: Catching Up on the Morning's Columns

A round up of leading commentators adding to debates that we covered yesterday on Atlantic Wire

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By Mara Gay

Aug 4, 2009

What About Hillary?

Bloggers swoon as Bill Clinton rescues two Americans from North Korean prison. But did he upstage a certain Secretary of State?

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By Mara Gay

Aug 4, 2009

Sacrificing Harry and Louise

Is it OK to cut health care costs by asking grandpa and grandma to die at home?

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By Mara Gay

Aug 3, 2009

Is the President Overexposed?

Or is the press too obsessed with the question?

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By Mara Gay

Aug 3, 2009

Lessons From Sarah Palin

As Sarah Palin resumes private life, contemplations of The Year of Palin are emerging

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By Mara Gay

Aug 3, 2009

Health Care: Taboo Thoughts

Two questions you're not allowed to ask about health care.

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By Mara Gay

Jul 31, 2009

Let's Talk About Sex

In the midst of obsession over health care, a side show about sex, contraception, and whether it's OK to impregnate a 60-year-old woman.

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By Mara Gay

Jul 31, 2009

Are Americans Confused About Health Care?

Columnists weigh in on this and other vexing questions in the health care debate.

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By Mara Gay

Jul 30, 2009

Is Obesity Political?

Atlantic bloggers take on the big, fat story.

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By Mara Gay

Jul 30, 2009

We're All Joe the Plumbers Now

David Paul Kuhn says the White House beer summit is about more than race.

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By Mara Gay

Jul 30, 2009

Why Obama Can't Land the Deal

The President's numbers on health care reform take a dive, and columnists wonder if he's the right salesman for the job.

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By Mara Gay

Jul 29, 2009

A Little Friendly Advice for the Good Professor

Prominent black Americans on where Gates went wrong and what he should do the next time he's stopped by the police.

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By Mara Gay

Jul 29, 2009

Cambridge Family Ties

Getting annoyed at a report on blood links between Gates and the cop he feuded with.

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Jul 29, 2009

Pulling Health Reform From the Brink

Commentators are offering fresh ideas aimed at helping Obama avoid the fate of the last major push for an overhaul.

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