The New Yorker article about Rahm Emanuel was fascinating, but as with most things, my favorite parts are about our president. Obama's managerial instincts tend toward a looser operation, with lots of staff and outside input. ... [But] early in......

Despite the protestations of Barack Obama during the joint session of congress we do still torture and he has signed off on it. Even with his executive order to end Guantanamo Bay, prisoner abuse has increased, according to among many sources the Pentagon itself. But Guantanamo is not the only one p...

(Before I begin: Lane casually spoils the film, so do not click on that link if you want a virginal viewing experience.) Anthony Lane would forestall serious criticism of his Watchmen review by characterizing defenders of the genre as "masonically loyal, prickling with a defensiveness and an ardor t...

Oh, Twitter! Even senators say the darnedest things on the dynamic compendium of Internet users' stupidest thoughts. "How does one manage a beaver?" asked John McCain mid-pork tirade. More tweets that left us speechless: Senator John McCain, in the course of criticizing wasteful spending, admitted h...

Let’s turn an eye toward the New Yorker, a popular New York-based magazine that sometimes has a passable amount to do with DC and politics, making it a-okay for this, “the DC gossip.” Plus, as you may have heard, certain New Yorker staff writers have been turning a bemonocoled eye ...

CNN looks at one convicted murderer's life after DNA vindication. The Obamas announced what kind of puppy they're going to get. My, they are drawing this out like a Stephen King serial novel, aren't they? High School Fight Club didn't turn out to be as funny as the movie. A New Jerse...

The discussion about micro-payments and "pay to read" goes round and round because it ignores a basic fact. Most people, most of the time, do not read newspapers. They view, scan and search newspapers. Selling words to viewers, scanners and searchers is hard, but since viewers and scanners are alway...

Right Wingers apparently are more interested in teaching hypocrisy then the realities of the world. This was on display with Sarah Palin who is proud of her values, and yet failed as a parent with a child who has a child before she could vote for her mom. Another child who was forced to go to war in...

Filed under: Food and Drink, North America, United States, Video, News Leave it to New Yorkers to be picky and demanding. Whether it's upscale meals or obscure vodka brands, we want what we want, and if you don't carry it, you're somehow "lesser." Cupcakes are no different. From my window, I can see...

Have you read the controversial New Yorker profile of Rahm Emanuel? It's controversial because it uses that word, in describing Rahm, a bunch of times, and also it pissed off some liberals. Of course liberals are notoriously easy to piss off, and the people most able to piss them off are, strangely,...