Bring On the Death Panels!
Eric Pape has reported on Europe and the Mediterranean region for Newsweek Magazine since 2003. He is co-author of the graphic novel Shake Girl, which was inspired by one of his articles. He has written for the Los Angeles Times magazine, Spin, Vibe, Le Courrier International, Salon, Los Angeles and others. He is based in Paris.
As Obama readies his health-care speech tonight, Sarah Palin is on the offensive again, railing against "death panels." Eric Pape on tens of millions of people who think that's a good thing.
D-MT Health and insurance cash 2003 - 2008: $3.75 million The Senate Finance chairman, Baucus has been leading the effort to forge a compromi...
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Pelosi Is Wrong
Reihan Salam is a fellow at the New America Foundation and the co-author of Grand New Party.
Democrats tried to turn around the health-care debate this weekend, with Obama criticizing opponents and Pelosi labeling them "un-American." But Reihan Salam says the protests will only grow.
As the health-care debate gets under way, a replay of Sicko is worthwhile. It's preposterous that there still isn't affordable health care in this country. Moore's approach to filmmaking is the theatrical equivalent of Artaud; he just wa...
Liev Schreiber is an Emmy and Golden Globe-nominated actor, director, and screenwriter. His film credits include The Scream Trilogy, Hamlet, The Hurricane, The Sum of All Fears, The Manchurian Candidate, and The Omen. Schreiber has appeared on stage in Cymbeline, Hamlet, Henry V, Macbeth, and won a Tony Award for his performance in Glengarry Glen Ross. He made his debut as a film director and writer with Everything Is Illuminated, based on the novel of the same name.
Obama's Secret High Court Diversion
Richard Wolffe is Daily Beast columnist and an award-winning journalist, and senior strategist at Public Strategies. He covered the entire length of Barack Obama's presidential campaign for Newsweek magazine. His book, Renegade: The Making of a President, was published by Crown in June.
The president will reawaken his dormant grassroots network to push his imminent High Court pick, The Daily Beast's Richard Wolffe reports-a plan designed to divert attention away from his real summer agenda.
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.
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