To a disinterested observer such as myself, the Obama administration looks particularly inept, foolish, petty, vindictive, and unprofessional. Even the adoring MSM has a hard time papering over all The One’s recent missteps. After making some spectacularly bad cabinet appointments and snubbing the...

mental_floss477:http://blogs.static.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/23372.html Henry Ross Perot isn’t a name you hear too often these days, but the 78-year-old Texas businessman is still kicking: He still makes an annual appearance on Forbes 400 Richest list (number 68 this year); he’s still as d...

Before I get started with Idol, I would like to get down on my knees and apologize to the King of America, Rush Limbaugh. I never actually meant what I said when I suggested that he should be late term aborted in the 225th trimester. I was just trying to say that he is the man, he is the leader, he ...

Filed under: Celebrities with Style Style Evolution: Michelle Obama The debate about the new First Lady's style choices continues with the release of her official White House portrait. Wearing a simple black dress and classic pearls would seem a safe bet except for the frock's lack of sleeves. Obama...

What could be more challenging for Cindy McCain than being interviewed by Meghan McCain? What with all that allowance money on the line. What was the worst hotel you ever stayed in? Ohh my, that's a really tough one. That one in Iowa that had the bathtub in the middle of the room was pretty bad. I h...

WALNUTS ruins everything again! His despised wife, Cindy, wanted to be on the popular teevee sitcom Dancing With The Stars, according to the very reliable Page Six. Gross! The anonymous source says that “she wanted it very badly,” but then this week John McCain “put the kibosh on i...

By Debbie Schlussel . Not much to rush to theaters for, this weekend: * " The Wrestler ": I had mixed feelings about this movie. It's one of the most depressing films ever. Plus, it features topless strippers, a gross sex scene (after lines of cocaine), shooting up steroids, etc. On the other hand, ...

New York Post, Jan. 8, 2009" New York Post, Jan. 8, 2009 Newseum Image January 8, 2009: An excerpt from a story in the New York Post : ALL PREZ-ENT & ACCOUNTED FOR By LUKAS I. ALPERT With the economy in the sewer, the country at war and the Middle East aflame, President-elect Obama met yesterday...

2008 was the year of living hormonally, the year of the prolonged and revisted adolescence. As 2007 wound down, clues were present. Voices were breaking, hairs were sprouting, pimples were erupting, rumor has it Norman Solomon finally got his first period. It was all so intense and heady, the 'kids'...

BREAKING: CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR 44TH PRESIDENT As we close out 2008, we're taking a moment to briefly revisit some of the articles that we published on Austinist this year. Whether poignant, sad, hilarious, or downright ludicrous, many of these stories probably affected your lives to some extent. C...