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What's the Public Option, Again?

Oct 20, 2009
Yes, a new poll shows strong support for a health-care public option. But even the pollsters aren't sure what it is. Why Congress should ignore the survey and do the right thing. Advocates of including a "public option" in a proposed h...

The Best Deal the GOP Will Get

Oct 13, 2009
The Senate Finance Committee passed Obamacare on Tuesday. Matthew Yglesias says if this bill doesn't pass the whole Senate, the president's next offer will be a far more bitter pill. In Finland last December, where taxes are 43.6 percent of ...

Iranians to Obama: Hush

Jun 17, 2009
Lipstick Jihad author Azadeh Moaveni says protesters in Tehran have a surprising view on Obama's silence: Keep it up. Plus, read more insight on Iran's election from other Daily Beast writers. Even during subdued times, Iranians tend to h...

Can These Two Horses Save Racing?

Jun 4, 2009
On Saturday, Calvin Borel will attempt to become the first jockey ever to win the Triple Crown on multiple horses. The stories of those two animals, Mine That Bird and Rachel Alexandra, and the people who care for them, say something about horse...

Rourke Trashes Penn

Dec 29, 2008
In a private text message obtained by The Daily Beast, Mickey Rourke bashes Sean Penn-his chief rival in the Oscar race-as a "homophobe" and an "average" actor. Whistleblower has learned from several entertainment industry sources that...

Why Democrats Are Smiling

Nov 5, 2009
The elections may have been a mixed bag for the White House, but they certainly didn't signal a Republican renaissance. Far from it-the party's "grassroots patriots" are now headed for war against the moderate apostates. While the Democratic brand...

Will Cotton's Candy-Coated Dreams

Nov 4, 2009
The New York artist will transform his sumptuous paintings of eroticized sweets and desserts into a real-life bakery this month. VIEW OUR GALLERY of his confectionery fantasies. The candy cornucopias that Will Cotton paints with an Old Masters'...

Honor Killing on Main Street

Nov 4, 2009
The murder of a 20-year-old Muslim girl by her father in an Arizona parking lot is a reminder that, even in America, some women pay the ultimate price for Western freedoms. Asra Q. Nomani on the hateful strain of Islam that's thriving. When I heard...

Dream Houses for Charity

Nov 4, 2009
Diddy's has a helicopter on top. Ludacris has a Lexus outside of his. And Vera Wang's looks like a wedding dress. VIEW OUR GALLERY of mini-houses designed by celebrities to raise money for homeless families in NYC. The women who run Women in Need,...

Queen Rania: Stop Ignoring The Girls!

Nov 4, 2009
Global leaders are overlooking one of their most valuable weapons in the fight against everything from climate change to economic turmoil. Jordan's Queen Rania on the surprise solution to many of the world's most intractable problems. Use...


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