The Daily Beast Recommends
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.
This week: a coffeehouse satire, a football team that united a community, a not-so-short history of democracy, and the dark underworld of Chinatown.
Hillary Bashes Bush in Nigeria
Let's just say "diplomatic" won't be the first word that comes to mind as you watch this clip. Here's Hillary Clinton in Nigeria, bashing the Bush family and a certain recent presidential election.
The battle between pro-democracy activists and the hardline regime over President Ahmadinejad's disputed election victory is the culmination of years of tension between a variety of powerful leaders. Who are the major players in the standoff?
June 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.
Dianne Feinstein questions U.S. intelligence in Iran, John McCain gives Obama a thumbs up, and Monica Crowley takes on everyone. Watch the best moments from Sunday's talk shows.
Whose Side Is Obama on?
Reihan Salam is a fellow at the New America Foundation and the co-author of Grand New Party.
During the campaign, Obama pledged to meet any world leader "without preconditions." Now that Iran is in turmoil, he needs to go back on his word.
Why Many Chinese Don't Want Freedom
Richard Bernstein is a writer based in New York. He is a former China correspondent for Time Magazine and bureau chief of the New York Times in Paris and Berlin. His new book is The East, the West, and Sex: A History of Erotic Encounters.
Westerners wrongly assumed Chinese people were up in arms that Jackie Chan said they "need to be controlled." Richard Bernstein on why the "huge uproar" is a myth.
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.
Partner Sites: Expedia| Hotels| Hotwire| Urbanspoon| Vimeo
