Palin vs. Palin
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The week in Palin from two sides: Michelle Goldberg argues she may suffer from narcissistic personality disorder while Lee Siegel says it's a liberal pile-on and she embodies our democracy.
Palin's Ego Trip
Michelle Goldberg is the author of The Means of Reproduction: Sex, Power and the Future of the World and Kingdom Coming: The Rise of Christian Nationalism. She is a senior correspondent for The American Prospect, and her work has appeared in The New Republic, The Nation, the Los Angeles Times, Glamour, and many other publications.
Does Sarah Palin suffer from narcissistic personality disorder? Michelle Goldberg puts America's hottest author on the couch.
The Week in Culture
Rachel Syme is culture editor of The Daily Beast.
This week, Obama mingles with Hollywood's A-list, Precious finally hits theaters, Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin team up, and more in art, music, theater, and film.
Trillion Is the New Billion
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Bush was a disaster at cutting spending, but under Obama the U.S. deficit is $1.8 trillion and the cost of health-care reform is $829 billion. These numbers are going to sink us, says Christopher Buckley. WATCH VIDEO.
Madonna and Lady Gaga's Racy 'SNL' Rehearsal
Madonna and Lady Gaga caused a stir last month when they appeared in a sexy SNL skit-but it turns out the show was holding back some of its best material. Saturday night, it aired this racier (and ...
Celebrity Homecoming Queens
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Dakota Fanning just earned her high school's crown. From Rosie O'Donnell to Meryl Streep, VIEW OUR GALLERY of teenage royals. Plus, homecoming kings-John Belushi and... Andy Dick?
Dakota Fanning became the latest starlet to wear a high-school tiara. The 15-year-old actress cheerleads for California's Campbell Hall Episcopal S...
Ghostbusters Is Real!
Benjamin Sarlin is a reporter for The Daily Beast. He previously covered New York City politics for The New York Sun and has worked for talkingpointsmemo.com.
Seriously. Just ask Dan Aykroyd and his father, Peter, whose real-life family history with the supernatural inspired Ghostbusters. The two talk to Benjamin Sarlin about the science behind the paranormal.
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.
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.
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.
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