The Senate voted today on a resolution expressing "unwavering commitment" to Israel and its actions, with all of the criticism placed on Hamas and none on Israel. As ThinkProgress notes, Democrats took the lead in drafting the legislation so they wouldn't be "out-hawked" by Republicans. This is a...

Two lady-killers and heads of state met last summer and it was a real laugh riot, apparently. Dracula Putin told Mnsr. Sarkozy that he wanted to hang the President of Georgia, Joe Saakashvili, by his balls. The entire blogosphere exploded in gleeful twitters when this news broke, in...

Asking David Brooks to be correct about anything at all is like standing in front of a mountain yelling, "jump goddammit!" It's just not going to happen. It is with that outlook that I approach Brooks' column from today, which is a mix of unreferenced, sweeping generalities, and...

I'm a pretty serious person, so I've been following the stock market for a total of about 22 days now. I've learned a fair amount about global finance in that time, which I present to you now, because you don't know any of it.

• The stock market is only interesting...

The past two weeks have seen the largest bank failures in American history, the destruction of financial legends, and the largest one day market drop in history, but there is a silver lining to be found in all this chaos. Your humble writer received a notification today of a new...

Being here in Minnesota for the RNC protests, it's easy to get discouraged when you see the police exercising almost limitless power over the demonstrators. But it's important to see the lighter side of things as well, which is why I present to you, LOLCops.

In what may be the least surprising news since "the sun rose this morning," a Bush appointed military court found Salim Hamdan guilty of providing material support to terrorists, proving once again that if you want something done right, ignore the constitution.

The verdict was in many ways...

John McCain finally launched an online outreach program to allow his 10 computer-literate supporters to find the nearest sausage house he will be speaking at and ask their grandkids to drive them there. This increases his chances of winning by 100% from 0% to 0%. Though...

For the second time in two days, presidential candidate and current affairs guru John McCain has referenced "Czechoslovakia" in a contemporary context. That country hasn't existed by that name for 15 years. Here are some of our predictions for how this historical place will keep popping up in...

The crowd roars as Obama takes the stage in a local town hall somewhere in middle America, where people know their neighbors, and the word "value" still means something other than a goddamn dollar sign. He is in rare form: eloquent, poised, truly transcendent. He addresses the roaring crowd.

Obama:...