The Cult of Larry Summers
Paras D. Bhayani is a senior at Harvard and the managing editor of the Harvard Crimson, the university's daily newspaper.
A star as Bill Clinton's Treasury secretary, then a pariah as president of Harvard, Summers is back in Washington, where the policy geeks value his brilliance rather than bridle at his abrasiveness
In Defense of Leon
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 critics grumbling that Leon Panetta isn't qualified to head the CIA are missing the point: Only an outsider can save Langley.
My Uncle Rahm Suggested I Write
Wonkette emerita, political junkie, self-hating journalist, and author of Dog Days. She has worked for Time, Mother Jones, Suck, and most recently, Radar. Follow her on Twitter.
The Obama transition team's collection of 300,000 resumes online is touted as a symbol of change. So why do so few candidates have a shot?
Yes, We Spam!
Mimi Swartz is executive editor of Texas Monthly, and the author, with Sherron Watkins, of Power Failure: The Inside Story of the Collapse of Enron. She has been a staff writer at Talk and the New Yorker.
A Dear John letter to David Plouffe, the architect of Barack Obama's email juggernaut.
Five Ways Obama Has Already Changed Washington
Wonkette emerita, political junkie, self-hating journalist, and author of Dog Days. She has worked for Time, Mother Jones, Suck, and most recently, Radar. Follow her on Twitter.
In a few short weeks, he has ended the score settling tradition, eased Congress' inferiority complex-and made Stephen Colbert welcome again.
Ms. Jarrett Goes To Washington
What makes Valerie Jarrett unusual in the Obama world is that she is a friend and confidant of both Michelle and Barack.
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.
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.
Christopher Buckley's books include Supreme Courtship, The White House Mess, Thank You for Smoking, Little Green Men, and Florence of Arabia. He was chief speechwriter for Vice President George H.W. Bush, and is editor-at-large of ForbesLife magazine. His new book is Losing Mum and Pup, a memoir. Buckley's Daily Beast column is the winner of an Online Journalism Award in the category of Online Commentary.
Jolie hunt is the global head of public relations for Thomson Reuters, appointed April 2008. Prior to that she served as global director of corporate and business affairs for IBM Corporation She was the director of PR for the Financial Times. She lives between New York and London.
John Barrasso is the junior senator from Wyoming.
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