The Great Liberal Blogger Pilgrimage
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.
Thousands of liberal bloggers converged on Pittsburgh this weekend to ask whether Obama was taking them for granted. Rebecca Dana reports from Netroots Nation, where Twitter-not Bill or the other A-list pols-was the star.
A Toast to Mandela
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.
Aretha Franklin and French first lady Carla Bruni celebrated Nelson Mandela's 91st birthday last night at Radio City Music Hall. View photos of the party for the former South African President.
The Week In Culture
Rachel Syme is culture editor of The Daily Beast.
This week, Tina Fey goes for Emmy gold, a new absurdist Jane Austen book, and more. View our gallery of the best of music, TV, film, and art.
Welcome Back, 1980s!
Alisa Gould-Simon is a Brooklyn-based freelance writer. She also covers fashion and culture for BlackBook, New York magazine, and PAPER among other publications.
From acid wash to neon prints to parachute pants, '80s trends have returned to the 2009 runways. A look at which clothes made it back to the future-and how to wear them now.
What to Watch on TV This Week
Nicole Ankowski writes about television, pop culture, and—on occasion—more frivolous matters. She lives in Brooklyn.
A quick and dirty rundown of what to watch: Mike Huckabee's new show, Grey's latest lesbian plot, and Gwyneth Paltrow's PBS travel show.
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.
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.
Rachel Kramer Bussel is the editor of Peep Show: Erotic Tales of Voyeurs and Exhibitionists, Bottoms Up and over 25 other erotica anthologies, and hosts and curates In The Flesh Reading Series.
Lynn Sherr is a former ABC News correspondent, author of Failure Is Impossible: Susan B. Anthony in Her Own Words and Tall Blondes, a book about giraffes. She is also co-editor of Peter Jennings: A Reporter's Life. Her most recent book, a memoir—Outside the Box: My Unscripted Life of Love, Loss and Television News—is out in paperback.
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.
Tunku Varadarajan is a national affairs correspondent and writer at large for The Daily Beast. He is also a research fellow at Stanford’s Hoover Institution and a professor at NYU’s Stern Business School. (Follow him on Twitter here.)
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