With all the challenges facing the next pope, the last things he needs to do is worry about selecting his regnal name. That’s why we’ve done the work for him (click to enlarge); selecting the best papal names of all time through the highly…
Aww, how cute! Turns out Canada has its own get-together of conservative activists. It’s a lot like America’s CPAC, except it’s called the Manning Networking Conference and there is approximately 180 percent more apologizing. Best of all, instead of…
The Harlem Shake, born in 1981 as a dance that involves pivoting the shoulder in weird directions, was murdered today. It was 32. Having enjoyed a recent surge in popularity on YouTube, the meme was killed by the campaign of Sen. Mitch McConnell…
If you have never seen Glenn Beck in action, he’s done you the favor of creating a segment that captures his je ne sais crazy so perfectly that you need never watch another episode again. There are tears. An imaginary Lady Liberty. And: mouth to…
Every freedom-loving American knows the only defense against a big, overreaching government is guns. Lots and lots of guns.
Imagine you’re a Seattle cyclist merrily commuting to work on your bike, a thermos of fair trade coffee in hand and a hemp messenger bag slung over your shoulder. You’d think you were Gaea’s gift to environmentalism, right? WRONG! You are a…
Say you’re an Oklahoma state senator, busy with important Oklahoma state business like keeping the s-word (science!) away from children, when you’re approached by a cardiologist and “natural family planning expert” with an exciting theory for you to…
After Bob Woodward revealed that a White House official told him he would “regret” saying Barack Obama is negotiating the sequester in bad faith, the internet rage-o-sphere demanded to know the identity of this goon and the nature of his threat. Now we know: the thug in question is Director of the National Economic Council Gene Sperling, and his vicious email to Woodward begins: “I apologize for raising my voice in our conversation today.”
The feud between World Wrestling Entertainment and Glenn Beck is shaping up to be the hardcore battle royale of the decade. In one corner stands a caricature with a monomaniacal determination to remain in character as he entertains an audience…
Last night’s Academy Awards featured a surprise appearance by Michelle Obama, who spoke via satellite from Washington, D.C. to announce the Best Picture winner, Argo. You will be shocked — shocked, I tell youâ — to learn that a Hollywood ceremony featuring Michelle Obama and honoring a movie that celebrates a successful moment in Jimmy Carter’s presidency made conservatives mad.
As their presidential campaign continues, Jordan mans the office while Jared…
It’s not often that I feel sympathy for our nation’s too-big-to-fail…
Today Former White House Press Secretary Bill Burton attempted to start a…
Barack Obama will be Jon Stewart’s guest on The Daily Show this upcoming…
Oh, you know Obama had something to say about this. And you know Obama’s…
Our storybook farewell to Newt Gingrich’s campaign, which we’ll always…
4. Jon Huntsman inaugurated his 2012 campaign with an event at the Statue of…
As someone who’s been pretty obsessed lately with both HBO’s Game…
Few things have impacted the advancement of civilization more so than the…
We live in the land of the free, which means we’re free to ban just about…
The books that will move you, inspire you, make you cry, make you think, make…
It should be its own food group.
The weird tan lines will totally be worth it.
