Former President George W. Bush made a statement today from his Texas home on the controversy surrounding the recently declassified documents on torture.

My administration has been accused of torturing prisoners at the Guantánamo Naval detention center and at other sites throughout the world. I would like to clear up...

Only six short months ago, then Vice-Presidential candidate Joe Biden said, "It will not be six months before the world tests Barack Obama like they did John Kennedy . . . watch. We're going to have an international crisis, a generated crisis, to test the mettle of this guy." Wow,...

Just when the press had some downtime in covering the Madoff scandal, comes another story of financial misdeeds, this one involving the almost-mythical character of one "Sir" Robert Allen Stanford. Apparently, Mr. Stanford has swindled investors out of around $8 billion. Now, about the only thing the press loves...

Apparently the Republican Party has completely run out of ways in which to throw cold water on President Obama and the Democratic takeover of the federal government. Consider Tuesday's inaugural festivities. What's an emaciated political party—detritus, road-kill—to do when just about all networks from the Sci-Fi Channel to Weird Korean...

Most people who watched Mickey Rourke literally stumble onto the stage last night to accept a Golden Globe for his acting turn in The Wrestler were genuinely inspired by the once down-and-out actor's amazing comeback. How could anyone not get a bit misty-eyed when Rourke talked about his dogs, and...

As 2008 winds down, giving us a time to reflect on just how dreadful the past 12 months have been for everyone except Nate Silver, what better time to highlight the Top 10 Douchebags of 2008?

For those of you keeping score at home, a douchebag isn't simply a...