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2010 In Review

2010 In Review : Best Column
The BP oil disaster inspired "a combination of photo opportunities, lawsuits and tweeting," says Dave Barry in The Washington Post.

Dave Barry: 2010 was the 'worst year ever'

The humor columnist reviews the last year, month by (awfully funny) month

 
2010 In Review : Flashback
The world stopped to watch as Chelsea Clinton married Marc Mezvinsky in July of this year.

TheWeek.com's 5 most popular stories of the year

From Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin to big weddings and sleep science, these articles resonated most with our readers in 2010

 
2010 In Review : The Bullpen
Robert Shrum

Robert Shrum: The Pelosi and McCain Awards

Shrum's first annual honors to the courageous and cowardly in American politics

 
2010 In Review : Instant Guide
Dogs may make you laugh (which is good), but they also reportedly caused eight times more injuries to their owners than cats did.

What was healthy (and not so healthy) in 2010

This year, researchers reached new conclusions about what is good and bad for us. Sadly, egg nog and fried latkes were not among the new "healthy" discoveries

 
2010 In Review : The List
Kanye West's "magnificent" album seems to have cut through a year of the rapper's media noise.

5 best albums of the year

The most critically acclaimed albums released this year, according to the nation's top pop authorities

 
2010 In Review : Fact Sheet
Bigger breasts mean bigger tips, and other "scientific" studies from 2010.

Duh! 7 of 2010's most obvious scientific discoveries

There were some startling, groundbreaking scientific findings mades this year... and some pretty obvious ones too

 
2010 In Review : Best Column
The blame for the BP oil spill was not Obama's, said Robert F. Kennedy in the "Huffington Post," but more accurately "the Bush Administration's."

The 7 most memorable columns of 2010

Frank Rich on health care reform, Roger Simon on Obama, and Fareed Zakaria on how the U.S. overreacted to 9/11. Here, some of 2010's most unforgettable commentary

 
2010 In Review : Analysis
Long after her death, Henrietta Lacks has contributed to critical scientific discoveries including the polio vaccine.

5 best non-fiction books of the year

Critics hailed these authoritative histories and true-life tales as the most outstanding of 2010

 
2010 In Review : Review of Reviews
"Freedom" is a "work of total genius," says Sam Anderson in "New York."

5 best novels of the year

These stories — packed with family dysfunction, engaging generational portraits, and cultural critiques — were picked by the nation's top critics as the best fiction of 2010

 
2010 In Review : Instant Guide
Republican Senator Scott Brown, backed by Tea Party support, took the Democratic seat in Massachusetts long held by the late Ted Kennedy.

Top 8 new political stars of 2010

It was a banner year for the creation of political heroes and villains. Here are eight who rose from obscurity to stardom 

 
2010 In Review : Wit
Christine O'Donnell's "I am not a witch" TV ad inspired a SNL spoof that even the one-time Delaware Senate candidate admitted was funny.

The 7 most memorable political quotes of 2010

From denials of witchcraft to calls for armed revolt, the phrases that will stay with us from this year

 
2010 In Review : The List
After the media-frenzied NPR firing of Juan Williams, Fox News handed the journalist a three-year contract worth nearly $2 million.

The 7 most overplayed media stories of 2010

Plenty of monumental news stories broke this past year. These aren't among them

 
2010 In Review : Timeline
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange rose to prominence in 2010 after engineering the disclosure of thousands of secret U.S. government cables.

The biggest controversies of 2010

A month-by-month review of the battles, scandals, debates, and disputes that drove opinion in 2010

 
2010 In Review : Pollwatch
Three out of four Americans found actress Betty White diverting during an otherwise unsatisfying year.

Pollwatch: The way we were in 2010

According to polls, Americans felt unsatisfied, angry, and unsafe this year — despite an enduring belief in the comfort of cooking, the internet, and Betty White

 
2010 In Review : Slangwatch
Sarah Palin's "refudiate" bridges the gap between "refuse" and "repudiate" and is the Oxford American Dictionary's pick for word of the year.

Word of the year: 5 contenders

One dictionary says it's "austerity." Another picks "refudiate." What was the real "Word of the Year" in 2010?

 

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