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Robert Gibbs, press-secretary-for-Obama-turned-cable-news-appearer, is not a fan of Maureen Dowd. On Morning Joe, Gibbs claimed not to read the New York Times columnist, since she's been writing the same thing for the past eight years. He might have a point.
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.
Pundits cite the media circus, the guest list, failures to apologize, and more.
Conservatives and others find a hero in Leszek Kolakowski.
For starters, no foreign suds and no sherry. But maybe go for a micro-brew.
David Paul Kuhn says the White House beer summit is about more than race.
Prominent black Americans on where Gates went wrong and what he should do the next time he's stopped by the police.
Getting annoyed at a report on blood links between Gates and the cop he feuded with.
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