Passover

From The Room: A Passover of the Week

April 27, 2008 - Hillary Clinton said this week she is ahead in the popular vote because she counts the results of the Florida primary, where neither she nor Obama campaigned, and the Michig...

From The Room: Matzah: Because It Had to Be Written About, Didn't It?

April 25, 2008 - I'm hungry, and matzah will no longer cut it. Maybe you're a goy. Maybe you think of matzah and say to yourself, "Stale crackers! Mmmm! Those Jews sure make a tasty piece of unleavened bread!" In that case, you have never eaten matzah for an entire week. More...

From The Room: Ask Me About My Banking Services

April 18, 2008 - Why is it that a notary public is trusted to look at my license and then provide assurance that I am who I claim to be, yet my doorman, who's been giving me my mail and pizza deliveries for years, isn't allowed to vouch for my identity? The...

From The Room: Our Assholes Need to Be Treated Better

April 17, 2008 - I'm not in New York City right now. I'm at my parents' house. Upstate. Where it's cold. Because it's Passover, assholes, that's why. Don't you fucking judge me. And look, unlike most of your reprobates, I've got a good relationship with my parents...

From The Room: A Hillary Clinton Passover in One Act

April 14, 2008 - SETTING: Hillary Clinton at a Passover seder. RABBI And on this night, why do we eat these bitter herbs? FAMILY To remind us of... HILLARY I wouldn't say they're bitte...

From The Room: Brother John McCain Explains It All for You

March 21, 2008 - The following is an excerpt from a chapter on world religions from John McCain's upcoming book: I Spent Five and a Half Years in a Vietnamese Prison Camp and My Mind is as Sharp as a...Ooh, look, a Birdie! Published by Harper Collins. P...