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Politician Profiles

Politics Sex

The Unrepentant Whore

A profile of Canadian politician Jamie Lee Hamilton.

Michael Harris The Walrus Jun 2010 15min Permalink

Politics

Why Me?

A profile of the perpetually disappointed Alec Baldwin.

Ian Parker New Yorker Sep 2008 35min Permalink

Politics

Did Somebody Say "Fringe"?

Not long ago, Rand Paul, opthalmologist and son of Ron, would have been written off as a wacky extremist. Thanks to his Dad and the Tea Partiers, he’s poised to become the most radical member of the U.S Senate.

Jason Zengerle GQ Oct 2010 20min Permalink

Politics

The Salesman

A profile of Joe Biden, whose political stock has continued to rise even as his boss’s falls.

Mark Bowden The Atlantic Sep 2010 35min Permalink

Politics

Give ’Em What They Want

A profile of Rahm Emanuel, written during his first congressional campaign in Illinois. Emanuel was running to fill the seat vacated by Rod Blagojevich.

Ben Joravsky Chicago Reader Feb 2002 20min Permalink

Politics

The Sound and the Fury

The surreal world of Sarah Palin and her road show.

Michael Joseph Gross Vanity Fair Sep 2010 40min Permalink

Politics World

The Mussolini of Ass

How sex scandals have made Silvio Berlusconi even more powerful in Italy.

Devin Friedman GQ Jun 2010 25min Permalink

Politics World

After the Crackdown

A year after dozens died protesting his election and hundreds more were imprisoned, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad grants a rare interview to an American journalist.

John Lee Anderson New Yorker Aug 2010 30min Permalink

Best Article Politics Religion

The Christian with Four Aces

Pat Robertson was 29 years old, possessionless, and living in a Bed-Stuy brownstone when he announced that God had told him to buy a fledgling TV station in Virginia. Here’s what happened next.

Bill Sizemore The Virginia Quarterly Review 40min Permalink

Politics World Religion

D’Escoto Inferno

Sandinista, reverend, and president of the U.N. General Assembly.

James Verini The New Republic Jun 2009 Permalink

Arts Politics Media

Prodigal Son

Is Mike Huckabee the GOP’s best hope in 2012? Mike Huckabee’s not so sure.

Ariel Levy New Yorker Jun 2010 35min Permalink

Arts Politics

Regard the Scuttlebutt as True

The head of the Social Security Administration’s secret life as a respected poet.

Paul Mariani First Things Jun 2010 Permalink

Arts Politics Media

¿Qué Pasa, Lou?

According to Lou Dobbs, we’re wrong about his stance on illegal immigrants, wrong about why he quit CNN, and wrong about his presidential aspirations. Well, we might actually be right about that last thing.

Jeanne Marie Laskas GQ Apr 2010 25min Permalink

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