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Why Jon Stewart should be hosting Meet the Press okay, it's from last week, but here is everything you need to know about the first ...

Ladies against women ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES tells us all about Mrs. Cheney and her "Ladies against Women" group is getting involv...

Cheney by name, dick by nature Rude Pundit has the right idea . Cheney is a professional weasle who turns everthing he touches to disas...

Vote early and vote often The new electronic ballot in Florida

Looping, loopy novel takes quantum leap into metafiction Kevin Wood / Daily Yomiuri Staff Writer Andrew Crumey has clearly taken the dic...

More media follies This time at the Wall Street Journal, where they spell suspension "l-o-n-g-v-a-c-a-t-i-o-n" (thanks to War ...

What is wrong with Amerika- part 57 When the posting of photos like these (warning -graphic depiction of consequences of 'pinpoint...

Evil or just plain stupid? A question I often ask myself when watching the antics of politicians and my media brethern at the FOX 'fai...

"Fruity, with overtones of Welch's, red Kool Aid and malt vinager. A delightfully pink wine that fits nicely into the paper bag and...

One badass hamster TOKYO — A man in his 40s from Saitama Prefecture fell into a coma after being bit on the finger by his pet hamster in...

Jillette socks it to readers Kevin Wood Daily Yomiuri Staff Writer Sock By Penn Jillette St. Martin's Griffin 228 pp, 12.95 dolla...

How to read a newspaper Between the lines BBC political editor Andrew Marr has spent a lifetime reading newspapers. In an extract from his...

The Dunce telling tales out of school http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/09/16/tsurumi/index.html

The Big Mac as spy novel Kevin Wood / Daily Yomiuri Staff Writer State of the Union By Brad Thor Atria, 335 pp, 25 dollars You can...

Surfing the web's tsunami Wrong way Dubya and the big Dick Good piece in Slate and a great picture of the always lovely and diploma...

Tom Tomorrow rules this modern world Down with the small cute dog!

'Twas Gimli and the slimy orcs Did battle and grumble in the way All flimsy were the Hornburg doors And in the end, they gave. - Lord of...

Roots of modern world twine through a gripping adventure Kevin Wood / Daily Yomiuri Staff Writer The Confusion: Volume Two of the Baroque ...

Scumwads of a feather feather their nest together Not that anyone should be surprised these two Great Men of Destiny (tm) were formally i...

We hope one day you'll join us A communique from the high command of the People Reluctant to Kill for an Abstraction. Viva la PRKA! ht...