Top Stories from Newser (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
Sarah Palin's critics say she was unqualified to be vice president, but don't be too quick to label her the worst pick ever, writes Matthew Cooper. In the Atlantic , he runs down others since WWII who need to be part of the conversation: Spiro Agnew: Nixon's VP had to resign...
The Hankster (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
INDEPENDENT VOTERS What Independents Want (By DAVID BROOKS, NY Times) Independents, who are the largest group in the electorate, don’t have any of this. They don’t have institutional affiliations. They don’t look to certain activist lobbies for guidance. There aren’t many commentators who come from an independent perspective. Election message: Voters want results (USA Today)...
MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 14/10/2009
They may not have made the list, but they made the guest list. GQ editor Jim Nelson welcomed some of DC's official "Most Powerful" and some of DC's most powerful media types to 701 last night for good food, flowing wine and Orszag sightings. In attendance: the White House's Bill Burton , Jen Psaki , Ebs Burnough , CNN's Ed Henry , Suzanne Malveaux , Edie Emery , Megan Grant , ABC's Emily...
Market Wire (Free subscription) | 13/10/2009
BOSTON, MA, (MARKET WIRE) Imaginatik plc (AIM: IMTK), a provider of Collective Intelligence software and services, is announcing the appointment of Matthew Cooper as Non-Executive Chairman of the Board, replacing Howard Marshall who retires from the Board following three years with the Company. Marshall will join the Imaginatik Advisory Board, a body of senior industry individuals who informally advise...
22dropout.com (Free subscription) | 08/09/2009
Former All Black utility backs, Matthew Cooper and Jon Preston, have applauded the latest test inside backs combination. Much of the buildup to yesterday’s team announcement concentrated on speculation that Stephen Donald would…
Wonkette (Free subscription) | 27/08/2009
Poor Matthew Cooper! The former Time reporter and current Josh Marshall slave or Atlantic slave or whatever has made the mistake of comparing the atmosphere on Martha's Vineyard right now to that of New York City on 9/11. He will be apologizing on Twitter all day, so stop on by! ...
Marc Ambinder (Free subscription) | 20/08/2009
Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele is unfazed by the sometimes vitriolic debate over health care this August, sharing the opinion of other commentators that it's healthy to hash our differences out in public, even if it sometimes involves shouting--that this, basically, is democracy in action. Our own Matthew Cooper said as much , as did FreedomWorks spokesman Adam Brandon ("This...
Marc Ambinder (Free subscription) | 12/08/2009
The Atlantic twitters. Boy, do we Twitter! @marcambinde r is me, Mattizcoop is Matthew Cooper, @goldberg3000 is Jeff Goldberg, @1bobcohn is Bob Cohn, @jamesgibney is James Gibney, @jbennet is James Bennet, @SageStossel is Sage Stossel, SStossel is Scott Stossel, Ckummer is Corby Kummer, Gcaw is Graeme Wood, Clemtan is Clement Tan, and RecessionRoadie is Cristina Davidson
Marc Ambinder (Free subscription) | 08/08/2009
The Atlantic twitters. Boy, do we Twitter! @marcambinde r is me, Mattizcoop is Matthew Cooper, @goldberg3000 is Jeff Goldberg, @1bobcohn is Bob Cohn, @jamesgibney is James Gibney, @jbennet is James Bennet, @SageStossel is Sage Stossel, SStossel is Scott Stossel, Ckummer is Corby Kummer, Gcaw is Graeme Wood, Clemtan is Clement Tan, and RecessionRoadie is Cristina Davidson
The Daily Dish (Free subscription) | 06/08/2009
Matthew Cooper blogs a political eulogy: There's something comic and familiar, of course, about a Louisiana politician going to jail. We've come to expect colorful rogues in jumpsuit orange. There's something more tragic to the fall of William Jefferson. Maybe...
The Daily Dish (Free subscription) | 05/08/2009
Matthew Cooper imagines what Bill said to Kim Jong Il. Ackerman imagines Bill as a suicide bomber.
Don Surber (Free subscription) | 24/06/2009
Matthew Cooper of the Atlantic decried “The Crucifixion of Nico Pitney” after the poor dear was criticized for asking President Obama softball question.
Riehl World View (Free subscription) | 24/06/2009
Good grief - via Matthew Cooper, who apprently doesn't even know how to spell it: The Crucifixtion(sic) of Nico Pitney. Liberals should just start tattooing a "V" for victim on their foreheads in case the need ever arises. If this...
forward movement (Free subscription) | 24/06/2009
Matthew Cooper at The Atlantic mulls what today’s questions asked and unasked, re crises rampant and crises dormant, say about news and the presidency — Iran and health care’s hot, two wars and GM failure’s not. More proof of our national case of ADHD, at the highest levels. Cooper also remarks on the weirdness of some Obama utterances, like his [...]
Amspecblog (Free subscription) | 17/06/2009
I'd been meaning to take issue with Matthew Cooper for saying it is "total revisionism" to blame the Clintons' hardball tactics for sinking their own health care reform bill. Ramesh Ponnuru...
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