President-elect Barack Obama will announce the final selections for his Cabinet today, naming Bill O'Reilly as Department of Satire Secretary. O'Reilly will be in Chicago to be formally announced.

The choice of O'Reilly came as a complete surprise to Washington insiders but indicates the president-elect's seriousness in not only promoting...

(h/t Buzzfeed)

Many of us were taken aback yesterday when word leaked that Sarah Palin was McCain's choice for VP. I had long ago written her off as someone he was vetting in order to add women to his short list and secure Alaska's three electoral votes. But no. He chose the...

Remember when conservatives got all up in arms over Hamas TV implying that our president was the anti-christ? Apparently, they don't care at all as much when CNN uses the same exact chyron for Barack Obama:

Also, I don't care how many ads McCain comes out...

We all know Harry Shearer can sing. What we didn't know is that he can sing, be funny, and hate the Bush administration all at the same time. (I hear he can also rub his belly and pat his head in unison, but this may just be...

Alan Alda really likes science. Like a lot. Who knew? I caught up with him electronically ahead of the World Science Festival to talk about loincloths, physicists and Paris Hilton.

1) Can I call you "Hawkeye"?
Sure. Just not to my face.

2) If I can't...

Morehouse College had its first white valedictorian this year, and that's the kind of story FOX News loves: The kind that exposes the past intolerance of the black establishment with the help of the impossibly-tan-yet-exceedingly-white Shepard Smith. Unfortunately, all that was really exposed was FOX's inability...

FOX News is trying very hard to give you the advice you need to win, Barack Hussein Obama, so heed their advice: flag pins...everywhere...no such thing as too many. Also, if you could figure out how to get the little spotlight they use here to follow your flag pin around,...

Dear 2008 Primaries,

I hate to do this, but we have to talk. When we first met it was exciting and new--you opened me up to so many new experiences with so many new people. (I'd never done this with a woman or a black man before--much...

Ed note: this was supposed to be a two person live blog, but one of the participants spent the whole movie sobbing and was therefore not useful.

1:25p Hungover liveblogger #2 (aka Nick) says he doesn't want to see this movie, I explain that no one does, but it is...