Women of the Year:
NEW YORK Even for a venue as grand as New York s Carnegie Hall, there was a pretty dazzling concentration of star power at Glamour magazine s Women of the Year awards. Pop star Rihanna was there, in the most body-hugging of gowns. Tennis star Seren...
 4.8K - Nov. 10, 2009; scored 130.0 Who will save the GOP?
Can South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham, former Congressman Joe Scarborough or former Senate Majority Leader Robert Dole save the GOP from itself? The Republican Party leadership handed the torch to those with the largest microphone right-wing conse...
3.2K - Oct. 20, 2009; scored 130.0 Attorney says Playgirl shoot next up for teenage father of Sarah Palin's grandson
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) Levi Johnston is going for the ultimate exposure the 19-year-old father of Sarah Palin s grandchild will pose nude for Playgirl, his attorney said Wednesday. To get ready for his close-up, Johnston is training three hours a...
1.1K - Oct. 8, 2009; scored 727.0 Morality, self-interest and your health
I can t tell you how many foreign leaders who are heads of center-right governments say to me, I don t understand why people would call you socialist. In my country, you d be considered a conservative. President Barack Obama, Sept. 20, 2009 There ...
4.3K - Oct. 7, 2009; scored 130.0 Change becomes an enemy
There s a lot of fear out there. That s the view of Rep. Carol Shea-Porter, a Democrat from New Hampshire, where President Obama held a town-hall meeting on health care recently. Her comment sums up the president s problem as he tries to sell his re...
3.2K - Aug. 17, 2009; scored 130.0 Cheers & Jeers
No shenanigans Cheers to the 1,200 South Coast residents who packed Rep. Peter DeFazio s town hall meeting on Thursday. It was an impressive example of civic discussion in a civil atmosphere. No shred of truth Shame on Sarah Palin for keeping alive t...
1.8K - Aug. 15, 2009; scored 168.0 Oregon lawmaker slams Palin on 'death panel' comment
WASHINGTON For more than decade in Congress, Oregon Rep. Earl Blumenauer has been known for his ever-present bow-tie and tireless advocacy of bikes. So it is something of a surprise to the Portland Democrat that he has earned a new measure of fame...
4.9K - Aug. 13, 2009; scored 935.0 Americans should demand reform
Obstructionists are doing whatever they can to block health care reform, scoring successes in Congress and in public opinion. Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., honestly stated the motive for his participation in the effort to block reform. If the GOP can kill...
1.7K - Aug. 3, 2009; scored 215.0 Reform is quietly coming
One of America s toughest problems is being solved right before our unseeing eyes. As Mark Sanford strayed, Michael Jackson departed and Sarah Palin quit, the Obama administration was quietly putting law, order and the national interest back into our...
3.0K - Jul. 21, 2009; scored 130.0 How the GOP should handle Sonia
Republicans have been given fair warning. Should GOP senators treat Sonia Sotomayor as contemptuously as Democrats treated Robert Bork, Clarence Thomas and Sam Alito, they should expect Hispanic hostility for a generation. The chutzpah of this Beltwa...
4.1K - Jul. 17, 2009; scored 130.0 Time to toughen up, Palin
Guest editorial People love Sarah Palin or they love to hate her. Now the lovers and the haters disagree on her future, since she s said she ll step down as governor of Alaska: Either she s finished in politics or she is shrewdly preparing for a come...
0.9K - Jul. 13, 2009; scored 195.0 Try to define lame ducks?
What s so bad about lame ducks? It s one of the many questions Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin raised when she stunned the political world with her announcement she would soon leave office. I thought about how much fun some governors have as lame ducks ... t...
3.3K - Jul. 13, 2009; scored 299.0 Palin gives few hints as she blasts media
JUNEAU, Alaska Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin didn t wait long to give some hint of what her political life might look like after she leaves office at the end of the month. After staying out of the public eye for most of Saturday, a day after abruptly ann...
7.4K - Jul. 6, 2009; scored 407.0 Palin quits office
WASILLA, Alaska Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin surprised supporters Friday and announced she is resigning from office at the end of the month, leaving open the possibility she would seek a run for the White House in 2012. The news rattles a Republican Par...
8.3K - Jul. 4, 2009; scored 1000.0 Palin resigning as Alaska governor
WASILLA, Alaska (AP) - Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin said Friday she is resigning from office at the end of the month, raising speculation that she would focus on a run for the White House in the 2012 race. The former Republican vice presidential candidate...
1.6K - Jul. 3, 2009; scored 693.0 Let s re-enlist God to active U.S. duty
The Statue of Liberty will be the most expensive tombstone in history for a people who traded their God and their heritage for comfort and all the evils that follow prosperity. The comfort zone that allows God to be dismissed from duty in the good ol...
0.9K - Jun. 24, 2009; scored 130.0 Even in disgrace, Blagojevich finds the spotlight
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich has been rejected by the people of his state, bounced out of office by legislators and indicted by federal prosecutors. But in the world of entertainment, he's a hit. Television, radio, theater...
5.4K - Jun. 17, 2009; scored 130.0 Letterman sort of apologizes about Palin wisecrack
NEW YORK (AP) David Letterman deftly played it both ways on Wednesday s Late Show as he apologized for wisecracks aimed earlier in the week at Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and one of her teenage daughters even as he milked the situation for more lau...
2.1K - Jun. 12, 2009; scored 958.0 The CDs of summer: Eminem among artists offering new releases
Every summer, some character from a past blockbuster comes back to entertain yet again. They tease with the notion that this time will be just as thrilling as the last but usually disappoint. Last year it was Indiana Jones. This year, it s Eminem s...
3.6K - May. 29, 2009; scored 130.0 Every mother's job
You have so much responsibility. It's just hard work all the time, said Bristol Palin, the new spokeswoman for the Candie's Foundation to prevent teen pregnancy, at an Event to Prevent town hall. I've got news for you, Bristol. It gets worse. Litt...
2.8K - May. 13, 2009; scored 352.0 | 
