President Obama uncharacteristically answered a very serious question today about marijuana legalization by laughing it off as a joke.
Andrew Sullivan responds:

The chuckle suggests a man of his generation. The dismissiveness toward the question of ending Prohibition as both a good in itself and a form of tax revenue is, however, depressing. His answer was a [...]

Yes! After a two week absence from the spotlight, Michael Steele is back on the airwaves! And he did not disappoint. After he claims his Limbaugh apology debacle was all part of a master plan, he mulls over–out loud–leveraging his one man comedy show into the Presidency. Just as long as God is on board, [...]

Mexico’s  violent drug war has been a major topic of discussion in news today. And there is no doubt the highlighting of the deteriorating situation will cause Lou Dobbs to throw a hissy fit about border security and dangerous Mexicans tonight. Thankfully, adults are in charge of the government now, and Hillary Clinton, in her [...]

Here are  two easy to read charts. Notice the giant spikes. Draw your own conclusions.

If you have not already watched Jon Stewart totally eviscerate CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Thursday’s Daily Show, please do. It is riveting television. Stewart relentlessly went after both Cramer and his parent network for furthering and masking our country’s financial problems by cheerleading bad stocks, ignoring fraudulent business practices and sucking up to lying CEOs, [...]

You can be a lot of things and still be the leader of the Republican party.
You can be an alcoholic for most of your life, an inarticulate public speaker, and generally incompetent (George Bush).
You can be corrupt, unethical, and an overall horrible human being (Tom Delay).
You can make a fool of yourself and your party [...]

Last Friday, a week shy of his 37th birthday, Shaquille O’Neal  abused All-Star big man Chris Bosh and the Toronto Raptors, scoring 45 points on 20 of 25 shooting. Afterward, O’Neal insisted he could do that every night if only he got more touches.
“I think I’m the only player who looks at each and every [...]