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NYT: HAVE YOU SEEN JAMES CROWLEY, THE CAMBRIDGE POLICE SERGEANT WHO ARRESTED YOU SINCE YOU SAT DOWN WITH HIM AND THE PRESIDENT OVER BEERS? DR. GATES: YES. WE HAD A DRINK AT MY FAVORITE PUB IN CAMB

RECENTLY, I WROTE A COLUMN ASKING WHETHER ILLINOIS OR NEW YORK HAD THE MOST AWFUL POLITICAL CULTURE. ILLINOIS WON. OF COURSE, WE GOT MANY IRRITATED COMMENTS FROM RESIDENTS OF ILLINOIS, OFFENDED BY T

ALREADY I HAVE OFFENDED MANY, MANY READERS WHO BELIEVE THEIR STATE IS BEING UNFAIRLY OVERLOOKED. I SEE YOU WAVING YOUR HANDS, NEW JERSEY. IT WAS NOT EXACTLY THE FOUNDING FATHERS AT PHILADEPHIA. BU

There have been many "Single Ladies" parodies. Babies did it, zombies did it, and Jo Jonas did it. But they all pale in comparison to this adorable remix made by children at Hope Christian Schools in

THE SPOTLIGHT HAS BEEN BRIGHT BUT NOT NECESSARIILY KIND TO FORMER VICE-PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE SARAH PALIN. According to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll, 71% of Americans do not feel that Pali

A LARGE MAJORITY OF AMERICANS STILL WANT CONGRESS TO PASS HEALTH CARE REFORM, ACCORDING TO A WASHING POST-ABC NEWS POLL RELEASED ON TUESDAY. The study showed that Democrats were twice as likely t

“COME SENATORS, CONGRESSMEN, PLEASE HEED THE CALL,” HE RASPED. “DON’T STAND IN THE DOORWAY, DON’T’ BLOCK UP THE HALL.” AFTERWARD, BOB DYLAN STEPPED OFFSTAGE AND SHOOK PRESIDENT OBAMA’S HAND. IT W

SILICON VALLEY (The Borowitz Report) – A new social network is about to alter the playing field of the social media world, and it’s called PhoneBook. According to its creators, who invented the n

Jon Stewart took on Palin's appearance at the Tea Party Convention last night, mocking both the speech itself and of course, the notes she'd written on her hand. After recapping the familiar issues

“WE MUST NEVER FORGET THAT BLACK HISTORY IS AMERICAN HISTORY. I ENCOURAGE ALL AMERICANS TO TAKE TIME DURING THIS MONTH AND THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO REFLECT UPON THE MANY CONTRIBUTIONS AFRICAN AMERICANS

During a speech in which she mocked President Obama for his use of a teleprompter, Sarah Palin reveals several notes written on her left hand. The words "Energy", "Tax" and "Lift American Spirits" are

LAST WEEK HE PROVIDED A FASCINATING BIT OF POLITCAL THEATER BY TOYING WITH HOUSE REPUBLICANS AT THEIR OWN RETREAT, DISMANTLING THEIR ARGUMENTS AND DISARMING THEIR CHARGES. IT WAS IMPRESSIVE. Whe

“WE USED TO LAUGH ABOUT THAT ALL THE TIME,” SAID MIKE DILIBERTO, ONE OF BUDDY’S SONS. “LIKE, SEE WHAT YOU STARTED.” DILIBERTO WOULD LAUGH TOO. HE HATCHED THE BROWN BAG IDEA IN 1980, DECORATED IT WI

HARRIET JACOBS, BORN A SLAVE IN 1813, ESCAPED IN 1835 AND HID IN HER GRANDMOTHER’S ATTIC FOR SEVEN YEARS BEFORE SNEAKING ON A BOAT TO FREEDOM IN PHILADELPHIA. “WHO CAN BLAME SLAVES FOR BEING CUNNING

IF YOU WANT JUST ONE TASTE OF THE ESSENTIAL STUPIDITY OF THE POLITICIZATION OF THE ABDULMUTALLAB INVESTIGATION, YOU NEED ONLY LOOK AT TODAY’S “WASHINGTON POST” IN AN ARTICLE TITLED: “CRITICISM OF OBAM

Speaking Thursday morning at the National Prayer Breakfast, a conciliatory President Barack Obama urged attendees to bypass grievances in their efforts to push forward morally and socially responsible

ON HIS TV SHOW “HARDBALL” LAST NIGHT, HOST CHRIS MATTHEWS REVEALED THAT HE HAD SEEN THE OSCAR NOMINATED FILM “AVATAR” AND FOR AN HOUR HE SAID HE FORGOT THAT THE ALEN CHARACTERS, THE NA’VI, WERE BLUE.

FIFTY YEARS AFTER HENRIETTA LACKS DIED OF CERVICAL CANCER IN THE “COLORED” WARD AT JOHN HOPKINS HOSPITAL IN 1951, HER DAUGHTER FINALLY GOT A CHANCE TO SEE THE LEGACY SHE HAD UNKNOWINGLY LEFT TO SCIENC

CNN broadcast the entire event LIVE. MSNBC braodcast the entire event and replayed it again later ("with their pants down" said Jon Stewart). Fox News began broadcasting it but stopped when th

THE MUNDANE LUNCHEONETTE REMINDS US THAT A CATACLYSMIC SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION TOOK PLACE OVER THE RIGHT TO BE ORDINARY. IT WAS HERE, AT THIS LUNCHEONETTE COUNTER, THAT FOUR 17 YEAR OLD FRESHMEN AT THE

“THEY HEAR THE STORY OF MARTIN LUTHER KING AND ROSA PARKS. BUT THE IMMEDIACY OF IT, WHAT IT WOULD HAVE FELT LIKE, HOW HUMILIATING IT WAS, HOW UNFAIR IT WAS EVERY DAY, I THINK THE EMOTIONAL PART OF TH

“THE COOL THING ABOUT HIM IS THAT ANYBODY WHO HAS TREPIDATION ABOUT THE SUBJECT, HE IS INSTANTLY DISARMING, SO HE GETS PEOPLE TO OPEN UP A LOT ABOUT IT, THOUGH THEY NORMALLY WOULDN’T. THERE IS AN ASS