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Multiple excerpts from articles from 2010.Newsweek.com are presented including "The Future of the Party," by U.S. Senator John Kerry, "Election 2000's Silver Lining," by Denis Leary, and "Shedding Light on the Steroids Era," by Buster Olney.

A chart is presented that rates current events on a scale from mildly tacky to utterly shameless, including the television variety show hosted by comedian Rosie O'Donnell, the refusal of Stephon Marbury of the National Basketball Association (NBA) team the New York Knicks to play in a game, and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi referring to 2008 U.S. President-elect Barack Obama as tanned.

The article presents an editorial retrospective on notable events from 2007. The author comments on such events as the Democrats assuming control of the U.S. Congress, radio host Don Imus being fired for making comments that were no more tasteless than those he had been making for years, and Juan Carlos I, the King of Spain, telling Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez to "shut up."

Offers quotations and cartoons related to current news events as of September 18, 2000. Announcement of Texas Governor George W. Bush to campaign among voters in intimate settings; Suggestion of United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan that the U.N. needs to improve its peacekeeping efforts; Comments by Alabama Senator Richard Shelby in regard to Firestone's response to their defective tires.

Presents various quotations and cartoons related to current events as of July 10, 2000. United States President Bill Clinton on the completion of the human-genome map; Happiness of Juan Miguel Gonzalez on the end of the custody battle over his son, Elian; Comment of actor John Malkovich on the aspects of American culture which he retains in his home in France.