Erica, who writes Philadelphia Weekly's Style blog, went to Target this past Saturday to purchase some new tank tops. She and her boyfriend filled their cart with a lot of other stuff too—"Ready to stimulate the economy?" she joked to him on their way to the register—and they agreed to s...

In record-breaking time, to boot. The Dow Jones Industrial Average has fallen 20 percent since Inauguration Day, the fastest drop under a newly elected president in at least 90 years, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. “We are heading for total job losses of at least 7 million and an une...

It is not news that there are violent whack jobs on the fringe of the Republican Party. The last Presidential campaign gave us plenty of evidence, and we don’t really need Alexandra Pelosi’s film to tell us not only that there are extremist whack jobs out there on the Republican fringe, ...

Where is the "smart" diplomacy? Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama said theirs would be an administration that gets it right. So far, I'm afraid, it's been anything but. Today's gaffe was just the latest and stupidest example . GENEVA—Secretary of State Hillary Clinton opened her first extended talk...

Yesterday, in a piece that has become a media and right-wing favorite, Politico’s Jonathan Martin suggested that the White House hatched the strategy framing Rush Limbaugh as the face of the Republican party. Interviewed on Fox News yesterday, Karl Rove strongly objected to the recent focus on...

I’m thinking we need to change the name from “Whack Job of the Week.” They are all whack jobs. Maybe a different name every week, or something like that. For Bunning, a Hall of Fame baseball player and barely adequate human, I’m thinking “Bobblehead” works. I̵...

to me. Well, missed it by a few days, which is odd, in its way, to miss such a milestone. Maybe with Obama firmly in charge, one of my original impulses to blog has lessened (but we must never ever drop the ball again. Not ever, else they will creep back in with their evil ways.) The blogosphere has...

Barack Obama made a well-received speech to Congress last night. He appealed directly to the American people, whether they are hurt directly by the recession or know people who are. And Obama was positive about the character of the American people and how that character, with leadership by governmen...

. UNGRATEFUL IMMIGRANT SON SLAMS AMERICA, CASHES HER CHECKS REPUBLICANS SEND RADICAL RIGHT-WING RELIGIOUS NUT TO SABOTAGE RECOVERY YOUTUBE: "Gov. Bobby Jindals Republican Response To Obama's State of Union Address; Part 1/2, 02-24-09" I got mine, baby, SCREW you! Piyush "Bobby" Jindal Wants The U.S....

Here is your single's love horoscopefor Tuesday, February 24: You wake up feeling as if anything is possible -- and it is. Don't waste this awesome momentum. Instead, maximize it! Write down everything you want to accomplish before you die, and set out on a course of action. Make it real by sharing ...