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The Curious Case of Meghan McCain

Fernanda Diaz | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics


Fernanda Diaz

When her father's campaign ended, her own kept going in an ambiguous and overexposed direction.

LettermanGate: One Week Later

Bruce Kluger | Posted 10.08.2009 | Media


Bruce Kluger

David Letterman successfully navigated his way through three explosive crises -- personal, professional and legal -- by simply telling the truth.

Beastly e-Books

The New York Times | MOTOKO RICH | Posted 09.28.2009 | Books


Having ramped up her metabolism from magazines to online journalism with The Daily Beast, Tina Brown now wants to speed up book publishing. In a join...

Renegade and Dreams of My Absent Father

Don McNay | Posted 09.08.2009 | Media


Don McNay

Obama's election was not only a door opener for people of color. It also showed that people with absent dads, or no dad at all, can grow up and live in the White House.

Raise Your Hand if You Think Media People Have a Future

Michael Wolff | Posted 09.07.2009 | Media


Michael Wolff

Media people are deeply nostalgic for the media -- for when it paid big money and was an exclusive sort of place.

Audra Shay and The New Ice Age of the Young Republicans

Michael Rowe | Posted 08.11.2009 | Politics


Michael Rowe

The GOP appears to be unable to put the genie of religion-based social intolerance, and racism, back in the bottle by calling it out, and distancing themselves from it in unambiguous terms once and for all.

Can Women Change The Course Of History In Iran?

Dr. Judith Rich | Posted 07.25.2009 | Living


Dr. Judith Rich

Writing my doctoral dissertation on "The Future of Feminism: Where Do We Go From Here?" in 1995, I never imagined the answer to that question would be found in the streets of Tehran.

Federal Benefits, OK. But Still No Gays in the Military. Why Not?

Blaise Zerega | Posted 07.19.2009 | Politics


Blaise Zerega

This provocative video report suggests that there has been some horse trading between gay rights groups and Capitol Hill

If You're So Rich, How Come You're Not Smart?

Michael Gross | Posted 06.21.2009 | Media


Michael Gross

Annette de la Renta may be rich, but like anyone who thinks they can stop the free flow of ideas, she may not be so smart.

Snarlin' Arlen: Rage-Filled Specter Berates Staff, Tapes Phone Calls

The Daily Beast | Posted 06.07.2009 | Politics


Just below the surface, Specter has a simmering rage that occasionally manifests itself in brutal abuse of underlings. It's not for nothing that he's ...

Far Right in Israel Sabotages Obama's Two-State Solution, But Possible Prisoner Release Offers Hope (Maybe)

Art Levine | Posted 04.15.2009 | World


Art Levine

The news that right-wing parties are forming a coalition likely dooms the prospects for Mideast peace any time soon.

Momentum at Slow-Boil

Andrew Sargus Klein | Posted 04.10.2009 | Politics


Andrew Sargus Klein

In a recent piece in The Daily Beast, Michael Lind offers a solid blueprint for a liberal nightmare...

Meghan McCain: Ann Coulter 'Offensive, Insulting, Confusing'

The Huffington Post | Megan Slack | Posted 04.09.2009 | Politics


Meghan McCain, self-styled Republican party critic and Daily Beast blogger, has a serious beef with Ann Coulter. I straight up don't understand this ...

Is the Future of Journalism Goop?

Vanessa Richmond | Posted 04.06.2009 | Media


Vanessa Richmond

Gwyneth Paltrow could be the future of journalism. Not as the subject of articles or magazines, but the writer and publisher of them.

Jason Linkins

Meghan McCain Overshares On Dating, Daddy Issues

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.02.2009 | Politics


You had to figure that it would be Meghan McCain that would turn the Daily Beast into LiveJournal.

Tina Brown to Columbia J School Students: Go to India!

Abi Wright | Posted 03.19.2009 | Media


Abi Wright

As magazines fall by the wayside, Brown explained, there would be a natural selection of sorts, which would force the surviving mags to be more inventive and thoughtful, "less formulaic."

Now Up For Auction: One Virginity

Carey Polis | Posted 02.27.2009 | Living


Carey Polis

By selling her virginity, Natalie Dylan is proving an already obvious point: virginity is still considered something of value, money aside.

Fred Armisen: Ultimate Aphrodisiac

Andrea Chalupa | Posted 01.15.2009 | Entertainment


Andrea Chalupa

Critics say he needs to go, but Armisen has finally secured my vote for playing Obama, and has he ever!

How Sexy is The Beast?

Ted Johnson, Maegan Carberry, Teresa Valdez Klein | Posted 01.10.2009 | Media


Ted Johnson, Maegan Carberry, Teresa Valdez Klein

Can Tina Brown salvage the dilapidated print news industry?

Jason Linkins

The Most Unlikely Bedfellows In Politics

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 01.05.2009 | Media


Ever since the Season of Transition began, it hasn't escaped the media's attention that President-Elect Barack Obama has been signing up his political...

Palin's Pal: A Feminist of Her Own

Adele Stan | Posted 11.28.2008 | Politics


Adele Stan

As a former Ms. staffer myself, I feel betrayed by Elaine Lafferty's stumping for Palin, who, taking advantage of an opening won by the efforts of feminists, would set back women's rights by decades.

Leather Up

Mauri Weakley | Posted 11.22.2008 | Style


Mauri Weakley

In light of this recent tailspin economy I marvel at the thought of designers having tapped into a dark foreboding when they sourced fabrications for their Fall 08 collections months ago.

David Gergen's Not-So-Secret Admirer, Blowing Him A Kiss On National Television

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 11.17.2008 | Media


"I'm In Love With David Gergen" professed a headline on yesterday's Daily Beast. The fetching, demure young woman in the photo beside the headline: co...

Jason Linkins

Christopher Buckley Resigns From National Review After Obama Endorsement

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.14.2008 | Media


Buckley's momentary wander off the reservation brought the same sort of hailstorm of oppobrium earned by Kathleen Parker when she criticized GOP vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin.

The Daily Beast: Tina Brown Launches Much-Awaited News Site

Financial Times | Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson | Posted 11.06.2008 | Media


The struggling US magazine industry is losing one of its biggest cheerleaders to the web as Tina Brown trades the glossy pages and lengthy essays of h...