The Best of the Beast, Sept 22-28: Eric Holder and the President’s Tow Truck Driver
Eric Holder chats with the Beast, the president’s tow truck driver meets his boss and religion doesn’t make you more moral. Here’s our best work from this week.
The President and the Tow Truck Driver
By Mike Daly
Clarence Baugh, who clears a path for all presidential motorcades through New York, has served every president since George H.W. Bush. But until this week, he’d never met one.
It’s Official: Religion Doesn’t Make You More Moral
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A recent study comparing views on morality of religious and non-religious people found something surprising: Religion doesn’t make our everyday lives more moral.
Gabby Giffords and the Problem with ‘Inspiration Porn’
Critics of retired Arizona Rep. Gabby Giffords call her anti-gun ads ‘mean.’ But Giffords isn’t mean—she’s just not doing what society expects (and accepts) of disabled people.
Eric Holder Exit Interview: Why He’ll Always Be an African American Icon
The outgoing attorney general talks to The Daily Beast about his ‘signature achievement,’ his vicious opponents, and why he isn’t done yet: ‘I don’t just want to give speeches.’
How to Get Away With Gayness: Shonda Rhimes Kills TV’s Sex Stereotypes
By Kevin Fallon
In Shondaland—where Scandal and How to Get Away With Murder live—gays are sexy, complicated, and flawed. How one ‘Angry Black Woman’ (ugh) revolutionized gay characters on TV.
The Secret Soviet Power Bunker—in Latvia, a Hiding Place for the Elite
Deep in the pine forests of the Baltic lurks a secret 1980s military bunker, intended as an escape for Russia’s political masters should there be a nuclear strike.
Leo, the Beard Has to Go: When a Man’s Facial Hair Reaches Crisis Point
By Tim Teeman
Is a family of raccoons living in Leonardo DiCaprio’s beard? Beards can look sexy and brooding. They can also look demented. Men should know when it’s time to prune.
London Laughs at Lindsay Lohan’s West End Debut
By Nico Hines
The Mean Girls actress-turned-tabloid fodder made her stage debut in David Mamet’s Speed-the-Plow in London. It was decidedly not fetch.
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