In his inaugural address, President Obama seemed to listen to members of the press.
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Sometimes a Sophoclean melodrama is just a flowerpot
Did Deep Throat ever make Ben Bradlee uncomfortable? A new biography says yes. Bob Woodward protests.
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Why Sarah Palin Is a Better Feminist Than Nancy Pelosi
On the Daily Beast today, Amy Siskind decries Nancy Pelosi as a “feminist nightmare.” Why so serious? Because “the House Speaker pushed the Stupak amendment through—then moved to block the woman bidding for Ted Kennedy’s Senate seat.” That first point makes sense—feminist women were thrown under the bus in order to pass the health care […]
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You might want to take it up with your boss
Ian Shapira’s Washington Post lament about how Gawker ripped off his story is getting a lot of attention, and will be the subject of an online chat this week. I wonder what his publisher thinks… oh, wait: Unlike some of her peers at other papers, [Katharine] Weymouth doesn’t disparage online aggregators like Huffington Post, started […]
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Christopher Buckley quits the National Review
Christopher Buckley gets the message at the National Review after endorsing Obama.