The governor turned author must fight what the pageant queen learned: Politics and hotness make strange bedfellows
By Gene Lyons Nov 25, 2009
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The pressure is on President Obama to act quickly in Afghanistan. But why?
By Gene Lyons
November 18, 2009
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After the disastrous Bush presidency the GOP had the option to go crazy or rethink. Guess which one they chose
By Gene Lyons
November 11, 2009
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Dick Cheney, David Brooks and others urge the president to man up. Why is foreign policy always about machismo?
By Gene Lyons
November 4, 2009
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Washington reporters know that Democrats complain, but Republicans get even
By Gene Lyons
October 28, 2009
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The country poses no threat to the U.S., but the war costs lives, drains the treasury and makes enemies
By Gene Lyons
October 21, 2009
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Want proof that journalism has devolved into entertainment? Watch "the communications arm of the Republican Party"
By Gene Lyons
October 15, 2009
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Adultery, even that of celebs like Letterman and Edwards, is a commonplace. But sex with underage girls is a crime
By Gene Lyons
October 8, 2009
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Asks the Beltway punditocracy, which treats foreign policy like a theater of machismo
By Gene Lyons
October 1, 2009
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Only Republicans really buy the anti-healthcare reform lies. So why are some Dems settling for such an awful bill?
By Gene Lyons
September 24, 2009
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Anybody shocked by nasty GOP attacks on Obama must have forgotten what happened to the last Democratic president
By Gene Lyons
September 17, 2009
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Even some Republicans said their party had gone overboard in criticizing Obama for giving a speech to schoolkids
By Gene Lyons
September 10, 2009
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President Obama has only himself to blame for the healthcare reform quagmire
By Gene Lyons
September 3, 2009
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Media sheep facing truth-hungry Internet wolves
By Gene Lyons
August 27, 2009
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Elite right-wing foes of healthcare reform are telling lies. The folks listening to them are mostly just scared
By Gene Lyons
August 20, 2009
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Conservatives may be acting crazy, but by yelling louder than anyone else, they're making sure they are heard
By Gene Lyons
August 13, 2009
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While Americans screamed insults at one another, Obama lost two weeks in the effort to pass healthcare reform
By Gene Lyons
August 6, 2009
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There's one person to blame for Henry Louis Gates Jr.'s arrest: Henry Louis Gates Jr.
By Gene Lyons
July 30, 2009
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The journalistic standards that Walter Cronkite and his contemporaries established have nearly disappeared
By Gene Lyons
July 23, 2009
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The Alaska governor embodies America's obsession with made-up facts, self-pity and celebrity
By Gene Lyons
July 16, 2009
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The White House allowed a mere commoner among the Beltway peerage -- how indecorous!
By Gene Lyons
July 9, 2009
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But it's Republicans who are prone to preaching about other people's intimate lives
By Gene Lyons
July 2, 2009
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Instead of belligerence, President Obama offers carefully chosen words to Iranians and quotes Martin Luther King
By Gene Lyons
June 25, 2009
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President Obama, ditch the rhetoric about bipartisanship and enact reform with or without the GOP and the AMA
By Gene Lyons
June 18, 2009
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Listen instead to the people giving testimonials to the doctor: His family, his patients, his colleagues.
By Gene Lyons
June 11, 2009
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The war industry's drums are beating
What were the Republicans smoking?
The Keyboard Commandos want Obama to be tough
Don't be surprised the media elite sided with Fox 
Why are we still in Afghanistan?
Fox News isn't even pretending anymore
There's a special place in hell for Roman Polanski
Is Obama man or mouse?
The public knows the GOP is fibbing
Obama gets the Clinton treatment
Is the GOP a cult?
A cake knife is useless in a gunfight
The media can't handle the truth
You won't win the healthcare debate by calling people stupid racists
Lunacy goes mainstream
The Gates-Crowley public sitcom
Black men, white cops and media mind readers
We won't see Cronkite's like again
Sarah Palin should just go home
Media elite vs. blogger peasants
Sex scandals are bipartisan
Iran's in turmoil. Good thing McCain's not president
Sickly talk about fixing healthcare
Why is Tiller's alleged killer doing press conferences?
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