The Ultimate Power Women's Dinner
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.
Hundreds of the world's most powerful women-from Queen Rania to Martha Stewart-gathered Wednesday night to spotlight the plight of poor and deprived women. View our gallery.
Behind Rove's Latest Lies
James C. Moore is a communications consultant living in Austin, Texas and the author of the best-seller, “Bush’s Brain: How Karl Rove Made George W. Bush Presidential,” along with two other critical books on the Bush administration. He writes regularly at www.moorethink.com.
As Rove discounts new proof of his influence in the firing of U.S. attorneys, Rove biographer James Moore explains how "Bush's Brain" has manipulated hard evidence for decades.
George Bush, one-and-a-half years old, is shown in this undated photo at the family summer home in Kennebunkport, Maine.
The Real World: The Presidents
The Daily Beast Video curates the most essential and entertaining video, and brings you original and exclusive productions from our talented contributors.
Is the Obama White House the coolest place on Earth? You might think so after watching NBC's Inside the Obama White House-and looking at some clips from older versions of the special, one of which features a rather creepy moment of Richard Nixon and his dog.
The Ultimate Ladies Lunch
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.
Danielle Friedman has worked as a nonfiction book editor for Hudson Street Press and Plume, two imprints of Penguin Group. Her writing has been published in the Miami Herald, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer and on CNN.com. She is a graduate of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
Michelle Obama hosted Nancy Reagan for lunch at The White House today. VIEW OUR GALLERY of first lady friends and frenemies, past and present.
The two met for lunch today and were expected to talk about life in the White House, and how Michelle should use her role as First Lady. Reagan fel...
My Other Mom and Pop
Christopher Buckley's books include Supreme Courtship, The White House Mess, Thank You for Smoking, Little Green Men, and Florence of Arabia. He was chief speechwriter for Vice President George H.W. Bush, and is editor-at-large of ForbesLife magazine. His new book is Losing Mum and Pup, a memoir. Buckley's Daily Beast column is the winner of an Online Journalism Award in the category of Online Commentary.
For this posting, I was going to write some well-reasoned gibberish about the First 100 Days, but instead I'm going to tell you about my new adoptive parents: George (H.W.) and Barbara Bush.
From O.J. to the Pope: 13 Embarrassing Yawns and Naps
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.
White House economics guru Larry Summers made headlines this week by falling asleep during a meeting with Barack Obama. He has some formidable company, from Tony Blair to Pope John Paul II. Is fame and power that tiring? VIEW OUR GALLERY of other narcoleptics who could have used some caffeine.
Lloyd Grove is editor at large for The Daily Beast. He is also a frequent contributor to New York magazine and was a contributing editor for Condé Nast Portfolio. He wrote a gossip column for the New York Daily News from 2003 to 2006. Prior to that, he wrote the Reliable Source column for the Washington Post, where he spent 23 years covering politics, the media, and other subjects.
Leslie H. Gelb, a former New York Times columnist and senior government official, is author of Power Rules: How Common Sense Can Rescue American Foreign Policy (HarperCollins 2009), a book that shows how to think about and use power in the 21st century. He is president emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Lloyd Grove is editor at large for The Daily Beast. He is also a frequent contributor to New York magazine and was a contributing editor for Condé Nast Portfolio. He wrote a gossip column for the New York Daily News from 2003 to 2006. Prior to that, he wrote the Reliable Source column for the Washington Post, where he spent 23 years covering politics, the media, and other subjects.
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.
Partner Sites: Expedia| Hotels| Hotwire| Urbanspoon| Vimeo
