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Obamacare Has Your Guns in its Sights!

One of the most fascinating aspects of the health-care reform debate are the creative, highly targeted arguments that outside groups are marshalling to try and kill it. My current favorite is from the Gun Owners of America. (If you think the NRA is a ...

From MICHELLE COTTLE, The New Republic,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: National Rifle Association,  Kathleen Sebelius,  Ron Paul

And Now a Word About the Cervix

Wow. Big week for women: How often do both our boobs and our cervices hit the front page of the NYT?  The newly released recommendations regarding cervical-cancer screening really should not provoke anywhere near the angst and anger of the mammography ...

From MICHELLE COTTLE, The New Republic,  20 Nov 2009

Oprah Packs Up Her Toys

No need for women--or the book publishing industry--to panic. The assumption is that Oprah will move some version of her gab fest to her soon-to-be-launched, modestly named cable channel, the Oprah Winfrey Network (aka OWN). But Oprah's impending move ...

From MICHELLE COTTLE, The New Republic,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Oprah Winfrey

The Great Boob Debate

I fully expect to die of breast cancer before I'm very old. It's not a wholly rational fear, I grant you. I'm thin enough, I exercise, I eat low on the food chain, I'm not taking any kind of estrogen, and (heavy sigh) my once formidable ...

From MICHELLE COTTLE, The New Republic,  18 Nov 2009

Palin Came off Looking … Pretty Good

Well, it wasn’t exactly must-see TV—which was probably good news for both of the women involved as they work to rebuild (a public image in one case, ratings in the other). There was no Tom Cruise-esque couch-jumping moment. No one wept or cursed or ...

From MICHELLE COTTLE, The New Republic,  16 Nov 2009

Related Topics: John McCain,  Tom Cruise,  Katie Couric,  Joe Biden,  Sarah Palin

Sexism! Charges Liz Cheney

So I'm scrolling through NRO's "Rogue" blog, and I run across an outtake from Chris Wallace's Sunday panel chat about Palin, in which Liz Cheney actually asserts that sexism is the only possible reason to suggest that Palin wouldn't be a serious ...

From MICHELLE COTTLE, The New Republic,  16 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Chris Wallace,  Dick Cheney

I'ts Not Women Who Are "Drawn to" Palin

Welcome to Sarah Palin week! Don't try to fight it; you'll only strain something. Best to just sit back and pray for a speedy end. Scanning the weekend chit-chatter about the ex-gov, I noticed that the Note pulled this observation from PBS's Gwenn ...

From MICHELLE COTTLE, The New Republic,  16 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Sarah Palin,  PBS

Getting to Know Thune

Today, we are presented with David Brooks's even more glowing "Meet John Thune" column in the NYT. Hmmm. Smells like somebody has a new PR push underway. Intellectual rigor. Honest reporting. Influential analysis. Don't miss another issue of the ...

From MICHELLE COTTLE, The New Republic,  13 Nov 2009

Related Topics: David Brooks

Our Lady of Alaska

In the Palinpalooza revival we're seeing in the run-up to next week's release of "Going Rogue," one line from today's WaPo piece caught my eye: "Her volume already sits near the top of online bestseller lists, based on pre-sales alone, and HarperColins' ...

From MICHELLE COTTLE, The New Republic,  13 Nov 2009

Less Money, More Penis Cream

Speaking of recession-era money-making schemes, I've noticed of late that my spam filter is catching waaaaay more penis-enhancement ads than usual. (My favorite come-on of the day: "Power Pack Your Tool in Your Pants.") So I got to wondering about the ...

From MICHELLE COTTLE, The New Republic,  11 Nov 2009

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