'Maureen Dowd Is Sad'

The sissy-hating columnist is worried Obama is too masculine

By Heather Horn

Oct 28, 2009

Freakonomics to Women: Sell Sex!

Best-selling economists give advice on the world's oldest job

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By Heather Horn

Oct 28, 2009

Schwarzenegger to Lawmakers: F*** You

The California governor sends a not-so-secret message

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By Heather Horn

Oct 27, 2009

Nightline's Scientology Scuffle

Scientology spokesman Tommy Davis gets grilled

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By Heather Horn

Oct 26, 2009

Ross Douthat's Holy War

Bloggers don't take kindly to the NYT columnist's call to crusade

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By Heather Horn

Oct 26, 2009

Report Cards in a Court of Law

Journalism students have their grades subpoenaed

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By Carl Franzen

Oct 23, 2009

ESPN's Steve Phillips, Serial Philanderer

Not the first time sex has ruined the NY Mets' former manager, or ESPN

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By Mara Gay

Oct 22, 2009

The Republican Testosterone Freefall

McCain supporters lost vigor on election night, prompting hoots and jokes

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By John Hudson

Oct 22, 2009

Get Motivated By George W. Bush!

Critics lampoon the former president's latest gig

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By Carl Franzen

Oct 20, 2009

Washington Post Editor Back on the Hot Seat

Did Marcus Brauchli lie about the "salon dinner scandal"?

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By Mara Gay

Oct 20, 2009

Oprah Books Sarah Palin

One year after a snub, the ex-governor gets an invite to chat up her new book

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By John Hudson

Oct 20, 2009

Blagojevich's 'Celebrity Apprentice' Debut

Critics are delighted that the disgraced former governor will go face-to-face with Donald Trump

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By John Hudson

Oct 19, 2009

Lord Monckton's One-World Government

Within the conservative blogosphere, a climate skeptic's speech goes viral

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By John Hudson

Oct 14, 2009

Marge Simpson's Playboy Centerfold

Hugh Hefner corrupts a cartoon character in his latest effort to revive Playboy

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By Carl Franzen

Oct 14, 2009

Virtually Nude

Bloggers pile on a British airport's revealing "virtual strip search" machine

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By Heather Horn

Oct 13, 2009

Blowing Up Limbaugh's Head

Chris Matthews fantasizes about killing the talk radio host

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By Mara Gay

Oct 13, 2009

GOP.com's No Good, Very Bad Redesign

The Republican National Committee flubs its website revamp

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By Benjamin F. Carlson

Oct 12, 2009

Gay Activists on the 'Left Fringe'

An unnamed White House advisor sends out a poorly timed signal

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By Max Fisher

Oct 9, 2009

The Nobel's 'Affirmative Action Quota'

Erick Erickson suggests Obama won for his race

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By Heather Horn

Oct 8, 2009

'Spying on Sea Lions'

Senator Barrasso grumbles at a new CIA program, bloggers grumble at his grasp of intelligence

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By Carl Franzen

Oct 6, 2009

The Bible: Conservative Edition

A project to cut the Bible's liberal bias looses an avalanche of opprobrium

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By Heather Horn

Oct 5, 2009

James Bowman on Gays in the Military

An attempt to remake the case for "Don't ask, don't tell" looses an avalanche

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By Carl Franzen

Oct 2, 2009

The $25,000 Gandhi Pen

A luxury pen may not be the best way to commemorate Gandhi's birthday

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By Heather Horn

Oct 1, 2009

Bette Midler on the Rwandan Genocide

Midler compares Glenn Beck to instigators of genocide and conservatives cry foul, then return the favor

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By John Hudson

Sep 30, 2009

The Obama Assassination Pollster

An online poll asking, "Should Obama be killed?" triggers an avalanche of opprobrium

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By Mara Gay

Sep 30, 2009

The Military Coup Against Obama

Newsmax says a coup would fix the "Obama problem." Left and right agree: the lunacy has gone too far

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By Heather Horn

Sep 29, 2009

Washington Post's Blogospheric Blunder

Its search for "America's Next Great Pundit" finds ridicule

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By John Hudson

Sep 28, 2009

Berlusconi Calls Obama "Sun- Tanned." Again.

Move over Joe Wilson. The Italian PM draws contempt for his "unique" sense of humor

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By Benjamin F. Carlson

Sep 25, 2009

Fancy Toilet Paper

Enviros want to ban extra-soft TP; users won't take that sitting down

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By Carl Franzen

Sep 25, 2009

Bloomberg Starts a Food Fight

The press makes a quick feast of the Mayor's controversial new health mandates

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By Katharine Rust

Sep 24, 2009

Gmail Tanks Again

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

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By Mara Gay

Sep 23, 2009

Mr. Qaddafi's Neighborhood

The Libyan dictator wants to pitch a tent in New York. The Big Apple says no. Donald Trump says yes. Columnists say Qaddafi might fit in with his tony new neighbors.

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By Max Fisher

Sep 23, 2009

Conservatives Keep Beating on Beck

The controversial talk-show host draws more fire from the right

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By Max Fisher

Sep 22, 2009

Tom DeLay Dances, the Whole World Laughs

On "Dancing With The Stars," DeLay cements his legacy in all the wrong ways

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By Max Fisher

Sep 17, 2009

Race Rules All in Obama's America

Rush Limbaugh's race-baiting ignites the left and right

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By Carl Franzen and Heather Horn

Sep 17, 2009

Carter's Race Card Flops

The former president comes under heavy attack for saying Republican attacks are motivated by racism

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By Anup Kaphle

Sep 16, 2009

The Ex-President Who Loves to Wade In

Jimmy Carter pronounces the latest indifference towards President Obama as racism

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By Max Fisher

Sep 16, 2009

Hurry Up and Wait on Health Care

Max Baucus contradicts his own calls for patience and bipartisanship

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By Max Fisher

Sep 10, 2009

Obama's Heckler Draws Mockery, Loathing

Liberals make Joe Wilson an Internet meme

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By Katharine Rust

Sep 9, 2009

Worst Sports Column Ever?

A California journalist tries and fails to recap highlights from the last two decades

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By Mara Gay

Sep 9, 2009

Friedman Falls Flat

The NYT columnist faces scorn and ridicule for remarks about China's autocratic rule

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By Max Fisher

Sep 9, 2009

The Fringe-Fighting Pundit Who Fears Nothing

Republican strategist John Henke takes on extremists in both parties

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By Carl Franzen

Sep 8, 2009

"The Elders' View Of the Middle East"

Jimmy Carter offers a one-state solution under a headline inviting his critics

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