The mere sound of Dubya's voice makes my skin crawl at the best of times: the petulance in it, the nervous laugh that always accompanies the dopey statements he thinks should be self-evident, the lack of any statesmanlike timbre whatsoever. Whenever he opens his mouth to address an
The best part about this news story from the UK... Stripper Spanks Teen In Surprise Blunder A teenage schoolboy was pulled around his classroom on a lead and spanked by a stripper after a birthday surprise blunder. The pupil's mum had ordered an agency to give her son
Philadelphia Inquirer books editor Frank Wilson uses Cormac McCarthy as an excuse to peddle the rankest of bullshit in his column of yesterday: Of course, as D.H. Lawrence pointed out in the last book he wrote, Apocalypse, those who warn of apocalypse secretly crave it, the way puritans tend
Our favorite paper news digest, The Week, has published this week's issue on the web, for free, without a paper version: For one week only, The Week has published a full issue exclusively online, bringing a bonus issue to you at reduced impact to the environment. Not a
Here are a couple of fun little squibs from page 8 of this week's The Week: Bad week for...Mitt Romney, after the presidential candidate alienated an audience of Cuban Americans in Miami by quoting, in stumbling Spanish, the Communist slogan "Fatherland or death. We shall overcome!
I'm not sure which would be worse to receive—a head in a box, or, um, something else in a box.
Gawker is reporting a "huge explosion" at Times Square, in front of the Conde Nast Building. I hear sirens.
Holy shit! It's way too late, but Rummy has resigned. This is too much good news in 24 hours. I'm trying not to be giddy, because we're still deep in the weeds and liable to be there for quite a while. Thanks in no
Whoever told Lidle he couldn't hit the side of a building must be feeling awful this morning.
I love the United States. I hate what our government is doing to it. I hate that we're allowing it. I love Molly Ivins, who writes in "Why the Torture Bill Matters," in part: I'd like those supporting this evil bill to spare me
Strangely, just a few weeks ago I told █████ I'd be willing, if only it would help make the world a safer place, to make the same sacrifice Eric Schwartz proposes at the end of his new song: "Clinton Got a Blowjob" (mp3)
Hell, at night there's very little of anything in sight: Power Failure Lingers as Storm Slows Repairs The police presence in the neighborhood is very impressive. So are the ConEd work crews we've seen plowing through the roadbeds of many streets in Astoria. I saw a
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