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Celebrities welcome Warren Buffett to Twitter

2013-05-03 00:00:00

The Oracle of Omaha has taken to Twitter. The notoriously tech-shy billionaire launched his @WarrenBuffett handle Thursday, where he quickly garnered more than 180,000 followers. He is the second-richest person with a verified Twitter account, after...

Warren Buffett: Women are key to America's prosperity

2013-05-02 08:28:00

Warren Buffett, the billionaire investor, urged corporate America in an essay published online Thursday to help develop women's workplace potential, arguing� women are the key to America's economic prosperity. The essay, written for the May 20 issue...

If only there were an Academy Award for best stunt hand

2013-02-21 01:37:00

In one episode of "Seinfeld," hapless George Costanza was hired as a stunt hand for a movie. Predictably, things went awry and poor George's hand never made a cinematic debut. In the days leading up to the 2013 Academy Awards ceremony, my own hand fared...

The Morning Fix: 'Breaking Dawn' still has bite. New NFL deals near.

2011-12-05 16:33:44

Washington Post launches Trove, a social-media news aggregation site

2011-04-20 16:36:05

L.A. Icon Otis Chandler Dies at 78

2006-02-27 11:58:00

Otis Chandler, whose vision and determination as publisher of the Los Angeles Times from 1960 to 1980 catapulted the paper from mediocrity into the front ranks of American journalism, died today of a degenerative illness called Lewy body disease. He was...

Bashing Bush with Greenspan

2007-09-18 00:00:00

'While there are significant long-term risks associated with such contractual arrangements, the well-informed actor, motivated by some historically recognized intangibilities -- maximization of regalement, binary association, et al -- finds that those...

The Democrats' feel-good guy

2007-12-11 00:00:00

Who would have guessed that running on the politics of hope was a smart move after all? From 2000 to 2006, Democrats enjoyed unprecedented party unity. Their combined outrage over the Florida recount, Ralph Nader's role as a spoiler, the Iraq war and...

A Lion of Journalism

2006-02-28 00:00:00

A Man of Many Passions Transformed The Times Had Otis Chandler never worked a single day, his would have been a memorable life. An Olympic-caliber athlete, a champion weightlifter, an accomplished race car driver, big game hunter, surfer, cyclist,...

Shoddy story, brilliant politics

2008-02-23 00:00:00

This week's New York Times expose on Sen. John McCain's alleged relationship with a telecommunications lobbyist nearly a decade ago was a shabby piece of journalism. The carefully planned and superbly executed riposte by the top-flight lobbyists with...

Mitochondrial politics

2007-09-20 00:00:00

Here's what to watch for at next week's GOP minority-issues presidential debate at a historically black college in Baltimore: empty chairs. All four top Republicans have "scheduling conflicts." Even Republicans get that this is a problem. "We sound...

Jonah Goldberg: The Dems' identity crisis

2006-10-26 00:00:00

NATIONAL REVIEW Editor Rich Lowry recently noted an explosion of "precriminations" among Republicans looking to assign blame for GOP losses in advance of election day. Blogger Glenn Reynolds offered a "pre-mortem" along similar lines. And the media have...

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2008-11-14 16:45:55

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2008-10-24 19:16:54

Jay Leno , on 'The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,' Oct. 15 "An article in the Washington Post today said that some medical experts believe Joe Biden may have had Botox. In fact, you know how they could tell? His expression didn't change when they asked him about his hair plugs.

2008-10-17 13:31:08