On the morning of September 11, 2001, I was packing up to go to college in my childhood apartment on the Upper West Side when my mother came back from the supermarket with orange juice and the news that a plane had flown into the World Trade Center. I had...

The legendary director Roman Polanski was arrested Saturday in Switzerland, as he arrived to receive an award at the Zurich Film Festival. After hiding out in France for the last 30 years, he now faces extradition to the United States, where he would finally be forced to face the consequences...

Let's all wish Carrie Prejean a Happy Birthday. Miss California USA turns 22 today, and thanks to a garbled pageant answer on national television and the support of the National Organization for Marriage, she's poised to become the new Anita Bryant before she hits 23. God help us all.
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Thank god Arlen Specter went Democrat. Not only is it great for the Democratic Party (and yet another indication that the GOP continues to sink beneath the waves) but it finally pushed swine flu hysteria down the page. I've been in an absolute panic about the disease since Saturday, and...

In Asher Roth's hit single "I Love College", the 24 year-old rapper warns "Don't leave the house 'til the booze is gone/ And don't have sex if she's too gone ". Let's talk about alcoholism some other time. I found myself listening to this song approvingly the other day, and...