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Anne Applebaum's Freaking Car Explodes

Hamilton Nolan · 12/07/09 09:22AM

Washington Post columnist Anne Applebaum is A) married to a high-ranking Polish politician, and B) critical of Russia's shady government, which makes it—in the most general way—kind of alarming that her car blew up yesterday. [Update: She's okay!]

Dancing DeLay Makes MoDo Feel Funny

Pareene · 09/23/09 10:15AM

His nickname was literally "The Hammer." He was a thuggish, corrupt former exterminator who ran the House of Representatives like it was an organized crime family.. He loved wars and tax cutting and gerrymandering and fucking over opponents. He is Maureen Dowd's dream man.