Goodbye, Vickie Lynn
For all those horny teenagers who wanted to get inside Anna Nicole Smith for years, now’s your chance. The Smoking Gun recently published the autopsy report for the former starlet, which reveals that...
View ArticleThe Virginia Tech Killings
Some quick thoughts on the Virginia Tech massacre: I read Cho Seung-Hui’s play Richard McBeef. Yes, it sucks, but it’s not as sucky as I had been led to believe. It’s also quite disturbing, but...
View ArticleBe Vewwy Vewwy Quiet, It’s Gay Hunting Season
Am I really going to have to be the one to say I just don’t care that much that Senator Larry Craig (supposedly) solicited gay bathroom sex in a Minneapolis airport? Am I going to have to be the one...
View ArticleHave You Seen This (White) Woman?
I was browsing on Fox News’ website earlier today and noticed a story about a missing woman named Camille Cleverley. Apparently this woman, a 22-year-old white student from Brigham Young University,...
View ArticleOn Jewish Werewolves
The great 20th century novelist Bernard Malamud once said, “If you ever forget you’re a Jew, a Gentile will remind you.” Perhaps we can add to that what I’m going to call Edelman’s Corollary: “If you...
View ArticleAnn Coulter and "Perfect" Faith
It’s a lovely, blustery October day here in Washington, DC, and I am peering into my magic crystal ball which shows me the future. What are you discussing next week? What is every newspaper and TV news...
View ArticleWorld Fantasy Convention 2007, Days 3-4
Alas, all the late night boozin’ and schmoozin’ has caught up with me. I’m sick. As a dog is sick, so I, too, am sick. So I will complete my report here of the goings-on at World Fantasy by summarizing...
View ArticleHumanity’s Five Biggest Moral Challenges
Because I’m an especially broad-minded mood this morning, and because I haven’t been able to get my butt in gear to finish any of the other blog pieces I’ve been writing the past few weeks, I decided...
View ArticleAnthony Williams for President
It’s unlike me to settle on a candidate for President so early in the primary season, but I’ve made my choice. It’s this guy. Those of you outside the Washington, DC area may not know who Anthony...
View ArticleTim Russert: 1950-2008
Here’s how I’ll remember him. The evening of November 7, 2000. It’s three or four in the morning. Bush and Gore deadlocked, a passel of Florida voters separating them. Most of the regulars are starting...
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