I was baffled when I first learned that Sen. Ted Stevens, the newly defeated seven-term incumbent Senator from Alaska, could continue to serve in the…
Via Broadsheet, this new Motrin ad targeting moms who tote around their babies in slings and carriers is causing a lot of, ahem, soreness in…
The infamous John Edwards has emerged, albeit quietly, from the Batcave. After making a public mockery of himself by admitting in August to having an…
Via Feministe, another milestone of this historic election occurred in New Hampshire, where women now make up more than half of the elected members of…
Give it a second, but this adapted Zoolander scene, via Feministe, is a lighthearted take on the weight of the moment:
Some people have discounted Luke Russert, speculating that his father’s unfortunate early death led some NBC higher-ups to offer him a job as a correspondent…
Via Feministing, The Daily Show’s Samantha Bee tells us, in so many words, about “the seedy underbelly of the women’s ‘health’ scam”:
Well, I’m “shocked.”…
Jezebel takes a cue from Michelle Obama’s appearance on The Tonight Show, hitting up JCrew.com to select potential election night and inauguration day outfits for…
Like Matt, I am rather infuriated by Robert J. Samuelson’s Washington Post op-ed today, in which he chastises young voters for “being played” by Barack…
Matthew Yglesias salutes CNN’s Campbell Brown for consistently calling out some of the idiocies of this election year. A few weeks ago, Brown challenged the…
MSNBC host Rachel Maddow recently appeared on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno. As a newbie to the “pundit world,” as she calls it, her…
Slate has a fascinating analysis of Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin’s, um, unique pattern of speech:
Since Sarah Palin was selected as the Republican…
Yesterday The Washington Post featured a story on the unique challenges faced by overweight Muslims during the spiritual fasting month of Ramadan. During Ramadan, practicing…
This article at Newsweek.com credits this election year with the revival of an ailing hip-hop culture. Although the article is full of interesting details about…
The United Nations is holding a summit on the status of the Millennium Development Goals this week. The MDGs are a set of eight goals…
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