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May 29, 2000
The Insiders

Two clever old-media guys just launched Inside.com, which has everybody in the business asking, "Does this change everything?" While they wonder, will they pay?

March 5, 2001
Sullivan's Travels

Ambitious and self-absorbed, ex-pat Andrew Sullivan has made a career out of his personal and political contradictions -- and pissing people off.

April 21, 2003
My Big Fat Question

While the war was raging elsewhere, I was stuck at CENTCOM, where I was supposed to be lobbing softball questions at generals. Naturally, I did the opposite. (Cue hate mail from Rush Limbaugh fans.)

February 18, 2002
Sumner Squall

The recent ridiculousness at Viacom -- 78-year-old chairman Sumner Redstone attempting to push out his successor, Mel Karmazin -- is just par for the course in the egomaniacal realm of moguldom.

September 28, 1998
Something About Bill

The talking heads are collectively outraged, but somebody needs to let them in on this dirty little secret: Bill Clinton's sex life is deeply (and appallingly) normal.

March 18, 2002
Peace Pipe

Tom Friedman says he was merely the conduit for the Saudi peace plan, but the Times columnist has quietly, purposefully turned himself into our leading ink-stained statesman.

July 17, 2000
The Gigawits

A couple of old vaudevillians are poised to become electronic publishers and turn the book business on its ear. That is, if they can get anyone to take them seriously.

March 10, 2003
Bush Family Values

How do you cover a war that’s a rerun (complete with another surreal Dan Rather–Saddam interview)—a war that’s all about a son trying to recapture his dad’s fleeting glory days?

November 13, 2000
The Kidder King

Dave Eggers is the new media hero as anti-media hero, complete with acolytes. Is he the voice of his generation, or is he just mixing the Kool-Aid?

October 30, 2000
Wasps or Wonks

Voters are about to get hitched to a man who will set the tone of the times. Whom do you want to see each morning at breakfast?

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