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An Open Letter to TV Writers Who Enjoy the "Will They Or Won't They?" Game Too Much

Annie Stamell | Posted 10.21.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Fringe, Fangirls, Castle, The X-Files, Friends, The West Wing, Bones, Tv, Friday Night Lights, Alias, Entertainment News
Annie Stamell

I'm so incredibly sick of TV insiders talking about the "Moonlighting curse." People who are attracted to each other usually end up getting together. So let it happen!

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Friday Talking Points [92] -- The End Of Silly Season

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Sadly, Obama's speech to school children has become mired in manufactured controversy from the right, with typical sky-is-falling rhetoric about the evil, evil man who occupies the Oval Office.

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Racial Advancement on TV: Is the Progress Depicted Well-Intentioned Fantasy?

Michael Russnow | Posted 07.09.2009 | Media

Read More: Privileged, 90210, Myspace, Russnow, Heroes, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Ugly Betty, Cbs, Lipstick Jungle, Calista Flockhart, October Road, Eric Holder, Grey's Anatomy, Private Practice, Kings, Tom Berenger, One Tree Hill, Rob Lowe, u.s. Census Bureau, Gossip Girl, Roland Fryer Jr., Antwon Tanner, Barbara Alyn Woods, Dirty Sexy Money, Grant Show, Abc, House, Everwood, Er, Audra McDonald, Twitter, Nbc, Kate Walsh, Ram Productions International, Sally Field, Facebook, Boston Legal, Barack Obama, Cnn, The West Wing, Brothers and Sisters, Black History Month, Bones, Michael Russnow, Desperate Housewives, Fox News, Chuck, Cold Case, Vanessa Williams, Lost, Race Relations, Intermarriage, Racial Attitudes, Chicago-Illinois, Indonesia, Msnbc, Media News
Michael Russnow

I've been noticing over the past several years a tendency for the Media to depict racial togetherness in a manner that doesn't come close to representing reality.

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Why We Give to Animal Charities

Jackie Fuchs | Posted 06.13.2009 | Living

Read More: Dogs for the Deaf, Humane Society, PAWS/LA, Animal Welfare, Aaron Sorkin, Aspca, Hurricane Katrina, Charity Navigator, Sports Night, Charities, Noah's Ark, The West Wing, Pets, Living News
Jackie Fuchs

Animals have no safety net in society, no voices of their own, and very few rights under the law but they touch our hearts in deep and meaningful ways.

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West Wing Stars Campaigning For 'Card Check'

AP | Posted 05.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Efca, Employee Free Choice Act, Card Check, The West Wing, Labor, Labor Unions, Martin Sheen, Bradley Whitford, Richard Schiff, Buck Mckeon, American Rights at Work, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Labor leaders may have a friend in the White House, but they are turning to a fictional president to energize their push for a bill...

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Ron Silver: A Great Friend, A Great Actor

Lawrence O'Donnell | Posted 04.18.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Ron Silver Dies, Ron Silver Cancer, Ron Silver the West Wing, The West Wing, Lawrence O'Donnell, Ron Silver, Entertainment News
Lawrence O'Donnell

I'm one of the lucky ones who got to work with Ron. The West Wing was the perfect place for us to join forces professionally--a political operative got to write a political show and a political activist got to play a political operative.

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Michelle Obama and the Covert Influence of First Ladies

Carl Sferrazza Anthony | Posted 03.02.2009 | Politics

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Carl Sferrazza Anthony

As memories of Inauguration Day 2009 begin to fade in and the new administration ensues, speculation will only increase about how politically influential Michelle Obama will be as First Lady.

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A Model for Michelle in California

Daniel Zingale | Posted 03.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: First Ladies, Wives, Husbands, Michelle Obama, California, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Politicians, Hillary Rodham Clinton, West Coast, Argentina, Maria Shriver, Macbeth, Democrats, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Barack Obama, The West Wing, Hillary Clinton, Senator Clinton, Governors, Republicans, Politics News
Daniel Zingale

The un-written rules long dictated that first ladies stand by, stand behind, and, at best, stand-in for their elected spouse.

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"Misunderestimated"

Stu Kreisman | Posted 02.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Hurricane Katrina, Press Conference, Bush Legacy, Iraq, President Bush, Barack Obama, Economic Crisis, George W. Bush, The West Wing, Don Siegelman, George Bush, Misunderestimated, Politics News
Stu Kreisman

If the press conference today was any indication of what went on inside the Oval Office, there was never any reasoned debate regarding the issues.

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'Let Obama be Obama' (Barack Obama on The West Wing)

Scott Mendelson | Posted 02.07.2009 | Politics

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Scott Mendelson

Silly, but fun (and relatively well-edited). I can't wait to see the episode where Harry Reid either grows a spine or is replaced as Senate Majority...

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PRESIDENTS OBAMA AND PALMER

Eugene Linden | Posted 12.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: " Jimmy Smits, "The West Wing, President Obama, "24, Dennis Haysbert, Obama, 2008 Election, President David Palmer, " Politics, First Black President, Politics News
Eugene Linden

If ever there was a year for a Democratic president to be elected, this was it - a war without end, imploding economy, the most unpopular incumbent in...

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What's Next?

Richard Schiff | Posted 12.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: The West Wing, 2008 Election, Richard Schiff, New York City, New York, Barack Obama, Politics News
Richard Schiff

President Bartlett on The West Wing often said this. Usually at the end of an episode when a thing had been solved or resolved or lost or won and it was, whatever the case, time to move on.

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Jason Linkins

Ads Spoof McCain Inner Sanctum

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Campaign Ads, John McCain, The West Wing, Politics News

A few years ago, there was this show on the teevee called The West Wing, and before it descended into a miasma of besotted depressives, Ecstasy kidnap...

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Who Do You Want Running the West Wing?

Janet Ritz | Posted 09.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Politics, Campaign Style, John McCain, The West Wing, Hurricane Katrina, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Compentency, Politics News
Janet Ritz

A recent New York Times story paints a picture of a McCain campaign divided by competing interests and unclear leadership.

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John Edwards Belongs in a Jay McInerney Novel

Ariel Gonzalez | Posted 01.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: John Edwards, Rielle Hunter, The West Wing, Jay McInerney, Story of My Life, Politics News
Ariel Gonzalez

A surprising footnote to the Edwards affair is that Rielle Hunter turns out to be the prototype of the heroine of Jay McInerney's Story of My Lif...

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How Tim Russert Got His Start

Martin Nolan | Posted 06.24.2008 | Media

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Martin Nolan

For more than 30 years, my friendship with Tim was rooted in a shared Irish heritage and similar education, with minimal emphasis on self-expression and more on what Tom Brokaw calls "accountability."

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Why Boston Legal is One of Broadcast's Best

Ed Martin | Posted 05.31.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: William Shatner, Upfronts, David E. Kelley, James Gandolfini, Friday Night Lights, The Practice, Boston Legal, Jon Hamm, Abc, Mad Men, LA Law, The West Wing, The Sopranos, Candice Bergen, Entertainment News
Ed Martin

Many series just haven't been themselves since the strike, but Legal has rocked, with episodes so emotionally rich and resonant that they would seem to ensure Emmy nominations galore.

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'West Wing' Writer Lawrence O'Donnell Jr Imagines A Deadlocked Democratic National Convention

New York Magazine | Lawrence O’Donnell Jr. | Posted 04.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: Democratic National Convention, West Wing Writer, Dnc, 2008 Elections, The West Wing, Denver, Politics News

The Democratic Party is closer than it's ever been to a political nightmare--a deadlocked convention. Though the odds of its actually happening are st...

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