By • Aug 26,2008

What’s Your Story?: Amy Alkon

This advice columnist doesn’t care if she hurts your feelings. Every week in a column syndicated in over 100 papers across America, Amy Alkon delivers hilariously hard-nosed counsel to thousands...

By • Aug 25,2008

'An Alfresco Oral Sex Contest'

The Bad News Britons are taking their binge-and-vomit tour on the road, debasing themselves and threatening the public decency wherever they go. So says Sarah Lyall in the NYT: They...

By • Aug 25,2008

Olympics roundup

The Olympics have drawn to a close; I think it’s time for a roundup. According to the medal counter I subscribe to(3 points for a gold, two for a silver,...

By • Aug 25,2008

Yushchenko Weighs In

At The Washington Post. It’s remarkable — though understandable — how sober and controlled the language of the Ukrainian president appears beside that of the US’s most nominally pro-Ukrainian commentators....

By • Aug 25,2008

Protesting capitalism

Am I the only one who read this story about the kid arrested for “protesting capitalism” in Denver and thought of this South Park clip?

By • Aug 25,2008

Biden For VP. Woot.

If you’ve noticed, I haven’t commented on the pick of Joe Biden as Obama’s VP. You know why I haven’t commented? Because I don’t give a flip, and neither should...