Mario Correa is a Washington, DC-based writer and commentator on politics and culture. He was DC correspondent for Fair Game with Faith Salie, the news and entertainment program from Public Radio International (PRI). He has written for The Denver Post, The Washington City Paper, and Travel Weekly, among other publications, and served as a writer on the television series Whoa! Sunday with Mo Rocca. Correa is a regular contributor to Us Weekly’s “Fashion Police”.

Blog Entries by Mario Correa

In Defense of Rod Blagojevich

Posted December 17, 2008 | 01:18 PM (EST)



Now that Rod Blagojevich has R. Kelly's lawyer in his corner, we can safely assume he'll be acquitted of any child porn charges. But if it's pay-to-play allegations he wants to answer, maybe the lug head should look to Hillary Clinton.

Like Blagojevich, Hillary was staring headlong...

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By Appointment Only: Blagojevich Mess Spotlights Inanity of Unelected Senators

2 Comments | Posted December 11, 2008 | 12:41 PM (EST)


Governor Rod Blagojevich's aborted attempt to ransom off Barack Obama's Senate seat is being held out as yet the latest example of Illinois' famously sleazy politics. But chalking up this fire sale to Chicago chicanery or even to the chutzpah of a Governor with kielbasa for brains misses a more...

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May the Best Hair Win

Posted February 1, 2007 | 04:23 PM (EST)


Forget those useless polls and windbag prognosticators -- there's only one sure way to predict America's next president: The hair.

That's right: In every presidential race since the dawn of television, voters have consistently chosen the nominee with the better (generally defined as more) hair. Maybe we find an...

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