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.
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Running for Her Life
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Stephen L. Carter is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law at Yale, where he has taught since 1982. His seven non-fiction books include God’s Name in Vain: The Wrongs and Rights of Religion in Politics and Civility: Manners, Morals, and the Etiquette of Democracy. His first novel, The Emperor of Ocean Park (2002), spent eleven weeks on the New York Times bestseller list. His fourth novel, Jericho’s Fall, will be published in July.
The "other woman" gets a starring role in Stephen Carter's new spy novel about a mentally ill CIA director. READ AN EXCERPT from the bestselling author and Yale law professor.
The Real World: The Presidents
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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.
Obama Meets the Presidents
After his meeting with President Bush today, the president-elect met with every living former president. Note Bill Clinton's odd remark about the rug at the end of the video.
Bush: The Lamest Duck
Unpopular, rejected, and ignored, Bush is counting the days before he can hand over the presidency to Obama. But with the financial crisis raging, there is still important business to be done. And Bush, though largely impotent, still has some powers with which he can upset the Democrats
An Evening of Bush Bashing with Scowcroft and Brzezinski
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Before joining the Daily Beast, Ross Goldberg worked as a staff reporter on the New York Sun's city desk, where he covered courts as well as general assignments. In college, he served as managing editor of the Yale Daily News.
Two of the country's most influential foreign policy experts on Iraq, McCain's "warts," and Obama's unknowns.
McCain at War with His Own Party
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Sidney Blumenthal, former assistant and senior adviser to President Bill Clinton, and senior adviser to Senator Hillary Clinton, is executive producer of the Oscar winning documentary, "Taxi to the Dark Side," and author most recently of "The Strange Death of Republican America."
Conservatives continue to distrust McCain, which is why they are looking forward to his defeat.
The Right Dumps Carrie
John Talks Joe
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.
Geithner's Stock Plummeting
Jeff Madrick is a contributor to the New York Review of Books and a former economics columnist for the New York Times. He is editor of Challenge Magazine, visiting professor of humanities at Cooper Union, and senior fellow at the New School's Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis. He is the author of Taking America, The End of Affluence (Random House) and The Case for Big Government.
Obama, the Un-decider
Lee Siegel has written about 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: Being Human in the Age of the Electronic Mob. In 2002, he received a National Magazine Award for reviews and criticism.
Week in Political Cartoons
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.
Oprah's Kremlinologist
Rebecca Dana is a culture correspondent for The Daily Beast. A former editor and reporter for the Wall Street Journal, she has also written for the New York Times, the New York Observer, Rolling Stone and Slate, among other publications.
