Running Away From Rush
Matt Latimer is the author of the New York Times bestseller, SPEECH-LESS: Tales of a White House Survivor. He was deputy director of speechwriting for George W. Bush and chief speechwriter for Donald Rumsfeld.
Lately, GOP leaders are anxiously distancing themselves from Limbaugh and Beck. Bush speechwriter Matt Latimer reports his boss ignored the talk radio titans-and why that was a mistake.
The Other Lenos
Jon Caramanica writes about music for the New York Times. The former music editor of Vibe, he's written for the Los Angeles Times, Rolling Stone, and XXL.
Tonight, Jay Leno premieres his revamped talk show-but he's not the only game in town. From Alexa Chung to Tavis Smiley, Jon Caramanica goes in search of variations on the form.
Bill Maher: America is Stupid
Bill Maher took aim at the entire country Monday, calling the United States "stupid" and getting dumber by the day. Why? Because Sarah Palin could one day be president. CNN
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Turmoil in Iran may have commanded most of the attention this week, but there was plenty of lighter fare, too. Fox News went to war with Richard Simmons, Ben Stein reprised his Ferris Bueller role, and the leader of the free world swatted a fly.
On Friday's Real Time, host Bill Maher delivered an incisive critique of Obama's seeming reluctance to trade popularity for effectiveness. "Come on...
My Beef With Ann Coulter
Meghan McCain is a columnist for The Daily Beast. Originally from Phoenix, she graduated from Columbia University in 2007. She is a New York Times bestselling children's author, previously wrote for Newsweek magazine, and created the Web site mccainblogette.com.
As the pundit begins a series of national debates this week-including an event with Bill Maher last night-Meghan McCain says that having her as the face of the Republican Party is a recipe for disaster.
Maher: Ann Coulter is My Fault
Maher says he made the conservative queen famous and sees her socially, but no, they never had an affair. Clip above; visit CNN for more.
Bill Maher Takes on Obama, Cheney, and Hillary Clinton
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It's been a few months since Bill Maher has been on the air and a few things have happened in the meantime-including the inauguration of a new president. In an exclusive rant for The Daily Beast, Maher takes shots at his favorite targets: George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Hillary Clinton and yes, even the Obamas. He even offers a few "New Rules."
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.
Peter Beinart, senior political writer for The Daily Beast, is a professor of journalism and political science at City University of New York and a senior fellow at the New America Foundation.
Gerald Posner is The Daily Beast's Chief Investigative Reporter. He's the award-winning author of 10 investigative nonfiction bestsellers, ranging from political assassinations, to Nazi war criminals, to 9/11, to terrorism. His latest book, Miami Babylon: Crime, Wealth and Power—A Dispatch from the Beach, was published in October. He lives in Miami Beach with his wife, the author Trisha Posner.
Martin Jacques is the cofounder of the UK think tank Demos, writes a regular column for The Guardian, and is a visiting research fellow at the London School of Economics Asia Research Centre. His new book, When China Rules the World, is available now.
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