Divya Gugnani is the CEO and founder of BehindtheBurner.com, an emerging culinary media brand that creates expert-based content about food, wine, mixology, and nutrition.
Tags
Harold Ford's Wall Street Problem
Info
Liz Goodwin is an assistant editor at The Daily Beast. She has written for the New York Sun, GothamSchools, the Tico Times, and Fodor's Travel Guides.
Merrill Lynch's Harold Ford Jr. is making inroads with Wall Street donors as he eyes a New York Senate run. But the wives of his banking buddies don't like his abortion views.
Specter Pulls a Kanye
It's not quite a Kanye-Swift moment, but close! Arlen Specter walked up on stage and interrupted Rep. Joe Sestak at a Pennsylvania Progressive forum this weekend, as TPM points out, after which he ...
Who Will Fall Next?
Info
Samuel P. Jacobs is a staff reporter at The Daily Beast. He has also written for The Boston Globe, The New York Observer, and The New Republic Online.
Scott Brown's upset win has Republicans licking their chops about this fall's midterms. A Daily Beast survey of the GOP's best bets for big pickups.
Our Gutless Turn-Tail Politics
Info
Lee Siegel is The Daily Beast's senior columnist. He publishes widely on culture and politics and is the author of three books: Falling Upwards: Essays in Defense of the Imagination; Not Remotely Controlled: Notes on Television; and, most recently, Against the Machine: How the Web Is Reshaping Culture And Commerce—And Why It Matters. In 2002, he received a National Magazine Award for reviews and criticism.
When the going gets tough, America's politicians increasingly switch parties or decide to retire. Lee Siegel on the current epidemic of political cowardice-and the death of the noble defeat.
How To Switch Parties
Info
Samuel P. Jacobs is a staff reporter at The Daily Beast. He has also written for The Boston Globe, The New York Observer, and The New Republic Online.
Alabama Democratic Rep. Parker Griffith joined the GOP, got trashed by the right-then lost his staff. The Daily Beast's primer on how to change teams a little more smoothly.
The 2009 Daily Beast Political Awards
Info
Samuel P. Jacobs is a staff reporter at The Daily Beast. He has also written for The Boston Globe, The New York Observer, and The New Republic Online.
From Gov. Sanford's overshare and Joe Wilson's outburst to Caroline Kennedy's immolation and Charlie Rangel's ethics, 2009 was a long, strange trip. Samuel P. Jacobs honors its heroes and villains.
The New Anti-War Right
Info
Reihan Salam is a policy advisor at e21 and a fellow at the New America Foundation.
If Obama thinks the left is rapidly abandoning him on Afghanistan, wait till he sees the Republican defectors.
Snowe Removal
Info
Samuel P. Jacobs is a staff reporter at The Daily Beast. He has also written for The Boston Globe, The New York Observer, and The New Republic Online.
The latest polls show Olympia Snowe's health-care vote hurts her with Republicans in Maine. The right is stepping up pressure. But the GOP's last moderate is a tough target.
October 24: The Week in Viral Videos
Info
The Daily Beast Video curates the most essential and entertaining video, and brings you original and exclusive productions from our talented contributors.
From a news anchor blunder to a hula-hooping first lady and a naked Russian show model, watch the buzziest viral videos of the week.
Ned Lamont, Meddler in Chief
Info
Samuel P. Jacobs is a staff reporter at The Daily Beast. He has also written for The Boston Globe, The New York Observer, and The New Republic Online.
He drove Joe Lieberman from the Democratic Party. Now, the Connecticut cable magnate is teaming up with the Navy admiral challenging Arlen Specter in Pennsylvania. Will the netroots follow?
10 Power Food Combos
How Obama Wins in 2012
As vice chairman of Public Strategies and president of Maverick Media, Mark McKinnon has helped meet strategic challenges for candidates, corporations and causes, including George W. Bush, John McCain, Governor Ann Richards, Charlie Wilson, Lance Armstrong, and Bono.
How Barack Beat Bibi
Peter Beinart, senior political writer for The Daily Beast, is associate professor of journalism and political science at City University of New York and a senior fellow at the New America Foundation. His new book, The Icarus Syndrome: A History of American Hubris, will be published by HarperCollins in June. Follow him on Twitter and Facebook.
March 21: 7 Best Moments from Sunday Talk
The Daily Beast Video curates the most essential and entertaining video, and brings you original and exclusive productions from our talented contributors.
How Close Is It?
The Daily Beast is dedicated to news and commentary, culture, and entertainment. We carefully curate the web’s most essential stories and bring you original must-reads from our talented contributors.
Heroine of the Hour
Sean Wilentz is a history professor at Princeton University whose books include The Rise of American Democracy: Jefferson to Lincoln and The Age of Reagan: A History, 1974-2008. He is a contributing editor at The New Republic, and historian-in residence at Bob Dylan's official website.
