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After a whirlwind singles stint in Miami (the radio show was nice, but bringing coke to work was not), Khloe Kardashian decides to give up the “drinking all-day” and “playing all-night” to settle down with Lamar Odom of the LA Lakers. Khloe, I gotta say, your wedding was cute—especially the part where Bruce got mad about your nine-day engagement, and then Kris got mad at him for screaming at you, and then Rob got mad at her for leaving Bruce out, and then...

Author: By Rachel A. Burns, Jeffrey W. Feldman, Ama R. Francis, Jessica R. Henderson, Joshua J. Kearney, Eunice Y. Kim, Chris R. Kingston, Ali R. Leskowitz, Beryl C.D. Lipton, Monica S. Liu, Ryan J. Meehan, Antonia M.R. Peacocke, Erika P. Pierson, Bram A. Strochlic, Mark A. VanMiddlesworth, and Denise J. Xu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Editor's Picks 2009 | 12/4/2009 | See Source »

...change bill written by Senator John Kerry and Senator Barbara Boxer have improved. The reason, no doubt, has been a compromise over nuclear power in which key Democrats have agreed to offer it as a concession to court the votes of Republicans, including John McCain, George Voinovich, Lisa Murkowski, Lamar Alexander, Richard Burr, and Lindsey Graham.Graham co-wrote on article in The New York Times Oct. 10 with Senator John Kerry endorsing a climate-change initiative in the Senate, and in the article both senators made clear their support for the inclusion of a nuclear component in their comprehensive climate...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: The Nuclear Option | 10/28/2009 | See Source »

...Reid, the federal government is picking up its tab for the next four years. Such benefits for his home state have not gone unnoticed, or uncriticized. "I saw in a morning newspaper that Nevada was somehow miraculously taken care of in the provisions for Medicaid expenses," Tennessee Republican Lamar Alexander remarked somewhat sarcastically on the Senate floor last week. "We have had governors, both Democrats and Republicans, here saying if you are going to expand on Medicaid in our state, pay for it. And somehow, amazingly, Nevada gets exactly that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Health Care Turns to Harry Reid After Key Vote | 10/14/2009 | See Source »

...Senate floor. McCain spent part of his summer vacation touring the country with minority leader Mitch McConnell, a longtime nemesis on campaign-finance reform, and the two men inveighed against the evils of Obamacare. "He's been constructive. He's been part of the team," says Senator Lamar Alexander of Tennessee. "He's provided the kind of adult, grownup leadership that we need in the Republican caucus." When asked for examples of McCain's maverick nature, Alexander flashes a smile, saying, "I can't think of any." Does that mean Republicans are at last falling in love with McCain? "John...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: John McCain: Can He Mend Fences with the Right? | 10/8/2009 | See Source »

...story among Republicans. To be sure, there are honorable conservatives, trying to do the right thing. There is a legitimate, if wildly improbable, fear that Obama's plan will start a process that will end with a health-care system entirely controlled by the government. There are conservatives - Senator Lamar Alexander, Representative Mike Pence, among many others - who make their arguments based on facts. But they have been overwhelmed by nihilists and hypocrites more interested in destroying the opposition and gaining power than in the public weal. The philosophically supple party that existed as recently as George H.W. Bush...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The GOP Has Become a Party of Nihilists | 8/20/2009 | See Source »

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