Sports and Culture
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When does ‘literally’ mean ‘figuratively’? Always, say today’s dictionaries
When is a door not a door? When it is ajar. Think on that while we get literally steamed over…
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Five phenomena of popular culture about which I am 100 percent clueless
Does it mean you are living a permanent “senior moment,” that you see more and more pop-culture references you can’t…
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Geek Squad worker pilfers coed’s nude photos from computer
Do you keep naked photographs of yourself on your personal electronic storage devices? If you don’t, you may be a…
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TN judge orders that baby's name be changed from 'Messiah'
What’s in a name? For a New Jersey couple who named their first-born Adolf Hitler, the answer was a loss of…
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Weiner’s first TV ad accuses ‘powerful voices’ of conspiring against him
Anthony Weiner’s campaign for New York City mayor released its first television commercial Monday. Politico notes that the spot doesn’t mention…
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Questions Jay Leno should have asked Obama
Despite a study at George Mason University that found that Barack Obama is no longer considered “too cool” to be off-limits as the…
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Weiner sexting pal Sydney Leathers bares all in porn flick
For those who didn’t get enough of Anthony Weiner sexting partner Sydney Leathers’s curves in her beach romp photo spread, the…
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Millions in U.S. farm subsidies go to dead farmers
It was either Mark Twain or Benjamin Franklin (or Daniel Defoe) who said, “Nothing is certain except for death and…
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Gitmo guerillas go ga-ga over 'Fifty Shades of Grey'
The sado-masochistic bestseller Fifty Shades of Grey has been described as explicit, extremely graphic, and disturbing. It’s also flying off…
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Secret sex tape emerges: Monica Lewinsky tells Bubba, ‘I could take my clothes off…’
Weinergate is a demonstration of the depths of depravity to which people in public office are capable of sinking. But…
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Facts and implications: Notes on Diana West’s American Betrayal
What are the implications of the extensively documented fact that agents of the Soviet government were employed in high positions…
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Weiner sexting partner in beach bikini photo spread
For those who doubt Jeff Dunetz’s assertion based on an interview with her ex that Anthony Weiner consort, Sidney Leathers,…
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Exclusive: Anthony Weiner's sexting partner's ex-boyfriend: She was a 'Fatal Attraction'
The last woman Drew Hanley dated before he met his wife was Anthony Wieners’ latest public sexting partner, Sidney Elaine…
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Pornographer to make Weiner film starring sexting partner
Politics makes for strange bedfellow, and when Anthony Weiner is inserted into the equation it just gets stranger by the…
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(Vigilante) Justice for Trayvon: Teachers threaten to teach that ‘FL kills black kids’
“The foundation of every state is the education of its youth,” Diogenes said. It would seem to follow logically that…
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Nursing student suspended for demanding that English be spoken in classroom
Let’s take a hypothetical: You are a nursing student. Much of your education entails collaborative classroom activities such as group…
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Workers laid off … via text message
Can the “pink tweet” (think pink slip) be far behind? Employees at a restaurant in Winter Park, Fla., say they…
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FL woman left young kids in car while attending rap concert
And we have another candidate for mother-of-the-year award. Following an earlier story of a mother who forced her 9-year-old to…
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Fat advocacy group protests Boy Scout Jamboree exclusion of obese scouts
If you thought the Boy Scouts of America was evil because up until two months they discriminated against gays, you don’t…
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Mom forces 9-year-old to pose nude for ‘porn shots’ to send to fiancé in jail
Apparently, an Indiana woman didn’t know how to bake or was fresh out of tools that would saw through metal…
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In case you missed 'Sharknado…
Count me among those who missed the epic high-quality Sharknado movie on SyFy. Not to worry, there’s a sequel — Ghost…
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Pranked CA TV station IDs pilots of doomed Asiana flight as ‘Wi Tu Lo,’ 'Ho Lee Fuk,' etc. (Updated)
Prank you, very much, “The Onion!” The satirical newspaper has spawned so many imitators that genuine purveyors of the news…
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