The Week That Perished

SPECIAL EDITION: A BAD WEEK FOR OBAMA (Disclaimer: Please disregard all of the following, because the mainstream media and America’s social-sciences community have already established beyond all doubt that anyone who criticizes, or even dares to think bad thoughts about, America’s 44th ...

The Week That Perished

Last Week's Most Captivating and Infuriating News Stories OBAMA-LAMA-DING-DONG! America’s 44th president says he’s comfortable with the fact that the morning-after pill has been approved for over-the-counter sales for anyone over 15, which means his daughter Malia will be eligible to ...

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev

Portrait of the Week

HOME Two bombs exploded at the Boston Marathon. A female restaurant manager, a Chinese graduate student, and an 8-year-old boy were killed, and nearly 200 others were injured. Federal agents pieced together that a black bag and pressure cooker were used to create the explosives. The FBI released ...

Ashley Judd

Portrait of the Week

HOME The City of New York agreed to pay Occupy Wall Street $365K for stomping all over its book tent when the NYPD raided Zuccotti Park in November 2011. ... Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell asked the FBI to investigate how Mother Jones obtained an audio device that secretly recorded one of ...

Portrait of the Week

HOME Film critic Roger Ebert announced Tuesday that he would be taking a leave of absence, adding, “I am not going away.” He died on Thursday. ... Two young girls called 911 after witnessing the abduction of a couple in Manhattan. Witnesses claimed that masked men forced the couple into ...

Rep. Yvonne Davis

Portrait of the Week

HOME Hopper Penn, the 19-year old son of Milk actor Sean Penn, tackled a photographer whom he subsequently called a “faggot.” Noticing the man was black, Hopper called him a "€œfucking nigger.” ... An eBay user tried to sell his autographed picture of Jim Carrey to raise money ...

Hillary Clinton

Portrait of the Week

HOME NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg introduced legislation requiring stores to hide tobacco products inside cabinets or under counters where customers can’t see them. ... The Government Accountability Office said it will not allow the cash-strapped US Postal Service to cease Saturday deliveries. ...

Michael Bloomberg

Portrait of the Week

HOME A judge smacked down Mayor Michael Bloomberg"€˜s soda ban in New York City. Bloomberg vowed to appeal the decision, calling it "€œirresponsible not to try to do everything we can to save lives."€ ... The US Department of Agriculture might buy 400,000 tons of sugar to prop up the ...

Hugo Chavez

Remembering Hugo

You will be missed, Hugo Chavez. The world has lost a man who was larger than life, and we don"€™t only mean your Body Mass Index. We will always love and admire you, even though you are now technically dead. Because we absorb most of our political insight from people who"€™ve done nothing ...

“€˜O”€™ Predicts the Future, Scotland Burns & Roses Bloom on Park Ave

Plus, Jane Fonda blogs, a Beatlemaniac opens his own museum, and actors celebrate ...