FOX News political pundit Liz Trotta jokingly suggested this weekend that someone should assassinate an American presidential candidate. She had first "mistakenly" referred to Obama as "Osama" while discussing theories that Hillary Clinton's recent comments about the RFK assassination was in fact a suggestion that someone "knock off Osama." When...

He eats arugula. He looks great in a suit. He's not a good bowler. He asked for orange juice instead of coffee in that diner. He is educated, well-read, articulates himself brilliantly and doesn't lose his temper. What an arrogant prick this guy is.

If you're rejecting Obama because...

How is a lie like a fart? The only person laughing about it is the one who did it. (You can find that in the encyclopedia under, "whoever smelt it dealt it.")

If Hillary is like Rocky, as she keeps saying, then it must be because they both suffered brain...

"Scorched Earth" is a military term, a strategic, tactical and/or punitive act against an enemy whereby you completely destroy anything and everything in the pursuit of your goal.

This week Senator Clinton made an astonishing statement. She said, "I think you'll be able to imagine many things Senator...

She's run a sprawling national organization.
She's delegated responsibility and authority to experts to work on her behalf.
She's incorporated her husband into the organization and allowed him to use his legendary political skills to do her bidding.
She has run up against a...

When you were watching the debate this week did it feel a little like couples counseling? I thought i'd do a little edit...

Roseanne Barr makes an analogy about the democratic primaries in a recent post by saying that she doesn't want her airline pilot to inspire her; she just wants him (or her) to fly the plane well. I'd like to take a stab at proving her point...

The president of...

You remember the song? "Torn between two lovers, feelin' like a fool. Lovin' both of you is breakin' all the rules."

Seems particularly apt as we watch the reported inner turmoil John Edwards is having over the endorsement of his two former rivals. Is it just me or is...

Hillary said she found her voice in New Hampshire because she cried in public. Her audience applauded. But now it seems to the senator that having a voice is irrelevant because somehow having a voice is now the subject of ridicule in the new Clinton campaign.

The Clintons seem...

A producer once told me that when the writer is working, the script is the gun that holds everyone else hostage. When the writer stops typing, he hands the gun to the producer and director and immediately joins the other hostages against the wall.

On November 1, 2007, The Writers...

Today, John Ridley defended his decision to go Fi-Core in an Op-Ed for the Los Angeles Times. Both the tone and the content of Ridley's piece reek of a child taking his ball and going home. Of course, children learn very quickly that being alone with your ball sucks.

I read news today of Writers Guild member John Ridley's decision to go Financial-Core to protest the Writers Guild strike. I was angry and dismayed and my original post on the issue was full of that vitriol. I thought an edit was in order so as not to let the...

It's so easy to say, isn't it? "I'm for the troops!" You know why it's so easy? Because it doesn't require you to actually do anything. It's like saying, "I'm for those poor people in New Orleans." Of course you are. Now send them a check.

Mike Huckabee...

Read more strike coverage on the Huffington Post's writers' strike page.

There has never been a more galvanizing figure for the talent pool in Los Angeles than Nick Counter, the so-called chief negotiator for Big Media in the ongoing labor dispute with the Writers Guild of America. The collective...

"If you watch the clip, you can see Halle saying the word Jewish....[she] should be ashamed of herself!"

I'm not sure who is a bigger douche, the Leno audience member who said that, or Richard Johnson, who quoted her on Page Six, under the headline, "Berry Nose Better...

Okay, I admit, this is a regional story. So if you don't live in L.A, this might not be for you. But if you're thinking of coming here you might want to read on. Oh, and bring a generator and some ice. I'll provide the limes, the tequila, and the...

"Thomas Jefferson continues to capture our imagination because our country still echoes his ideals. In 1776 ... he drafted the Declaration of Independence ... and articulated the American creed. From that document was born a Nation with a message of hope that all men are created equal and meant to...

"Instead of seizing this moment, the administration has squandered it. We have seen a steady erosion of American power and an unsteady exercise of American influence.

Our generation has a chance to reclaim some essential values to show we have grown up before we grow old. When the moment for...

"Hey Torquemada, whaddaya say? I just got back from the Auto-de-fe. Auto de fe? Whats an Auto de fe? It's what you oughtn't do but you do anyway!" - Mel Brooks

Today was the beginning of a public burning at the stake of Mike Nifong for violating all the...

Yes, there was other news. Yes, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs. Yes, Guantanamo. Yes, Iraq. Yes, Albania (Albania?!). Yes, a lot of other "more important" stuff. But that doesn't mean our fixation on Paris Hilton was trivial.

We Americans like our morons. We love to...