Nicole LaPorte is a West Coast reporter for The Daily Beast. A former film reporter for Variety, she has also written for The New Yorker, the Los Angeles Times Magazine, The New York Times, The New York Observer, and W.
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Palin vs. Palin
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The week in Palin from two sides: Michelle Goldberg argues she may suffer from narcissistic personality disorder while Lee Siegel says it's a liberal pile-on and she embodies our democracy.
Palin's Ego Trip
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Michelle Goldberg is the author of The Means of Reproduction: Sex, Power and the Future of the World and Kingdom Coming: The Rise of Christian Nationalism. She is a senior correspondent for The American Prospect, and her work has appeared in The New Republic, The Nation, the Los Angeles Times, Glamour, and many other publications.
Does Sarah Palin suffer from narcissistic personality disorder? Michelle Goldberg puts America's hottest author on the couch.
Breaking the Ice
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Jacob Bernstein is a senior reporter at The Daily Beast. Previously, he was a features writer at WWD and W Magazine. He has also written for New York magazine, Paper, and The Huffington Post.
Obama knew he had an uphill battle in winning over major gay activists Saturday night. He gives good speech. It was a start.
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This week: a summer sailing murder, an undercover spy novel by an undercover author, and a little soul-searching for the GOP.
Should the Press “Go Green?”
In his Friday sermon, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei denounced the country's demonstrations as the design of the "media belonging to Zionists, evil media.a Is the media (Zionist or not) really in the tank for Mir Hossein Mousavi and the demonstrators who support him? The Daily Beast breaks down the media's coverage of the turmoil in Tehran. Photo: Meisam Hosseini / AP Photo
Explosive Protest and Police Brutality Videos from Iran
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The Iranian government may have banned foreign journalists from covering protests, but that hasn't stopped a flood of user-generated videos-many quite disturbing-from hitting the Internet.
The Ethical Slut Returns
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Marty Beckerman is the author of Generation S.L.U.T. (MTV Books) and Dumbocracy (Disinformation). He has written for Playboy, Discover, Radar and Huffington Post. His website is www.MartyBeckerman.com.
Into threesomes? Foursomes? Moresomes? The co-author of a cult classic about open relationships talks sex communes, romantic one-night stands, and offering chicken soup to lovers.
How Oscars Ruin a Marriage
The Pure Greed of Obama's Phony Health-Care Reform
Michael Moore is an Academy Award-winning filmmaker and author. He directed and produced Roger & Me, Bowling for Columbine, Fahrenheit 9/11, and Sicko. He has also written seven books, most recently, Mike’s Election Guide 2008.
Are Hospitals the New Killing Fields?
Kent Sepkowitz is an infectious disease specialist in New York City. He has contributed to The New York Times, Slate, and, oh-so-briefly, O Magazine. He also writes academic medical articles that are at times pretty tough sledding.
March 20: The Week in Viral Videos
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What If Dad Had Lived?
Adam Clymer is a former Chief Washington Correspondent of the New York Times and author of Edward M. Kennedy: A Biography.
