You would think with all of the hand wringing, shrieking, and bickering going on about Sonia Sotomayor, President Obama’s first Supreme Court nominee, her critics would be complaining about the only thing actually relevant to the discussion when critiquing candidates for the federal bench: their decisions. Somewhat curiously, the written opinions by Sotomayor have been [...]

The President’s moving speech was preceded by weeks of protest on and off Notre Dame’s campus in response to his pro-choice stance on abortion.
“It is clear that Notre Dame didn’t understand what it means to be Catholic when they issued this invitation,” said Cardinal Francis George, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB). [...]

At this point, how many of the Miss USA pageant contestants are cursing themselves for not having the luck of getting asked a controversial question, knowing how easily they could have given an ignorant answer? The number’s gotta be in the 40s. Especially the winner. She’s must be pissed.

While much of the media coverage in the coming week will focus on the first Obama-Netanyahu meeting and the United States’ new tougher  stance towards Israel, King Abdullah II of Jordan has been quietly laying the groundwork for a landmark peace deal and making a run at the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize. Just look at [...]

Someone had to say it. Truer words have never been spoken.

STOCKHOLM — Actor Stellan Skarsgard says he’s no big fan of Dan Brown’s writing and accepted a role in “Angels & Demons” only after reading the script based on Brown’s book.
“I think Dan Brown is a terribly bad writer, but he has cliffhangers after every [...]

Dick Cheney shows up on television almost daily it seems–slouching, halfway smiling, with his trademark smug yet somewhat perplexing aura of invincibility–repeating the same drivel he has felt obligated to say ever since he left the Office of the Vice Presidency in January: waterboarding was done only in extreme situations, it was needed to protect [...]

Malcolm Gladwell has a great piece in the latest edition of the New Yorker called “How David Beats Goliath.” Gladwell details why underdogs, under the right conditions, often have a great chance of winning even when faced with seemingly impossible odds.
In the Biblical story of David and Goliath, David initially put on a coat of [...]

A funny line, no doubt, from the always entertaining and sometimes outrageous Jesse Ventura, but the line takes on a certain seriousness considering the source. In this case, the former WWF star has more credibility on the subject than Dick Cheney himself.
Ventura explains that as a Navy SEAL he was waterboarded as part of their [...]

Following in the footsteps of “You Don’t Know Dick” and “Why Are You Such a Dick?,” the Daily Show unveils a new segment.

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What’s the over/under on how many Fox News commentators angrily call for the dismantling of the White House Correspondent’s Dinner tonight?
After expressing pleasure at the thought of Sean Hannity being warterboarded, Wanda Sykes said his torture breaking point  would be “sitting in the middle seat in coach.” So he can’t be too happy. Surely Greta [...]

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