Gayle Haggard, wife of New Life Church pastor Ted Haggard, is making the press rounds this week to promote her new book. On the Today Show Wednesday morning, Gayle said that she thinks that Ted has been cured of his homosexual urges, and that she believes that "sexuality is conditioned."

DoubleX editors Jessica Grose and Hanna Rosin and The New Yorker's Margaret Talbot discuss a Pew report called "The Rise of Wives", the gay marriage trial in California and whether Tina Fey can bring back the female mustache.

A punchy Peggy White steals the show with her SAG Lifetime Achievement Award.

Satirical newspaper The Onion reports on a new Arkansas law requiring women to name their unborn baby and paint a nursery for it before undergoing an abortion. One fatuous pundit notes that "it's just common sense that viewing an ultrasound image of a fetus and then painting a nursery either pink or blue helps give women the information they need to be sure they're making the right decision."

In anticipation of the Golden Globes, Abby Elliot did a statuette-worthy Meryl Streep impression on Saturday Night Live's "Weekend Update." The humility! The hummus!

In comments on his show, "The 700 Club", Tuesday, Pat Robertson claimed the devastating earthquake that hit Haiti was an act of God, a curse after a "pact with the devil".  Though not his first extreme comment, Rachel Maddow responded to his cruelty on her own program.

Emily Bazelon, Jessica Grose and Hanna Rosin discuss the portrayal of Elizabeth Edwards in the new book Game Change, Scott Roeder, the man on trial for killing Kansas abortion doctor George Tiller, and the Atlantic essay in which Caitlin Flanagan attacks the school garden movement in California.

Former Alaska Gov. and Vice Presidential candidate, Sarah Palin, made her debut Tuesday as a paid Fox News contributor on “The O’Reilly Factor." She refuted her unflattering portrayal in the new behind-the-scenes election book Game Change, although admitted to asking questions about Iraq's possible responsibility for 9/11. She allegedly has not read the book, but was critical of the its authors as well as Steven Schmidt, McCain's campaign manager who has criticized Palin in the press. She showed affection, however, for her new TV family. ’I'm so appreciative to be here with you today," she said, "and the team at Fox News for the fair and balanced news that voters of America deserve."

This week, Liz Cheney makes an enemy of herself by claiming liberals excuse racism.

The House and Senate have a series of tense negotiations ahead over healthcare, but the greater hostility on the Hill may be between Speaker Nancy Pelosi and  President Obama. Asked whether C-SPAN cameras would film the House-Senate talks, referring to an Obama campaign pledge, Pelosi responded: "There are a number of things he was for on the campaign trail."