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Margaret Carlson is a columnist for Bloomberg News. She was a columnist and deputy Washington bureau chief for Time magazine.

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Stop Indulging America

Stop Indulging, America

From quilted toilet paper to big-screen TVs, a raft of new proposed regulations could change life for the greener-a...

Posted 6:45 PM | Oct 24, 2009
Taking on Teddys Cause

Taking on Teddy's Cause

One American political dynasty has passed the torch to another. Margaret Carlson on how West Virginia Senator Jay Roc...

Posted 11:05 PM | Oct 6, 2009
GOP Plots Ensigns Ouster

GOP Plots Ensign's Ouster

Republicans are turning against Senator Ensign in the wake of revelations that his parents paid off his mistress. Th...

Posted 5:27 PM | Jul 16, 2009
How Bad Parenting Became Cool

How Bad Parenting Became Cool

In the new books about childrearing, it's OK to be negligent and inept as long as you admit it with charm-and aren't ...

Posted 10:44 PM | Jun 19, 2009
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A Good Talk book cover

Talk is tricky. You offend when you don't mean to—or don't when you do. Be tongue tied no more. Know what to do when the inadvertent affront occurs or a professional conve...

10:30 pm, Sep 28, 2009

Now that the Justice Department has pried the lid of secrecy off thousands of Swiss accounts held by Americans at the UBS Bank, former Senator Phil Gramm, the adviser to John Mc...

11:06 pm, Aug 19, 2009