Exclusive Interview with Michael Phelps

Paul Krassner, 07.10.2009

Author

I was so busy getting treated like a horny Jesus that I forgot that there could possibly be a Judas in the room.

Miss California: The Morality Paradox

Tasha Gordon-Solmon, 06.13.2009

Playwright

Carrie Prejean made her comments while holding the title of Miss California. California is a state that keeps voting for Proposition 8. So really, everyone is criticizing her for doing her job and worse, for being a Californian.

Celebrities Hit Auction Block for Human Rights

Jeffrey Buchanan, 06.05.2009

The online auction will raise funds supporting the RFK Center's vital work around the globe.

Mired In Mea Culpas

Kathy McManus, 06.04.2009

Blog Editor for ResponsibilityProject.com

If love means never having to say you're sorry, does apologizing now mean you never have to accept responsibility?

IndyCar's Danica Patrick Makes Time's 100 Most Influential People

Steve Parker, 06.02.2009

Journalist/Broadcaster covering the auto industry and auto racing for 35 years.

Here's some good automotive news for a change: The Danica Patrick IndyCar racing juggernaut keeps rolling along. And just in time for the biggest auto race of the year.

Round 2 -- The Transformation of the Media and Entertainment Landscape

Kevin Morris and Glenn Altschuler, 05.31.2009

Entertainment lawyer; Professor of American Studies at Cornell

The era of "creative destruction" in media and entertainment is best thought of as a round-robin boxing match.

Bounce Back Faster from Painful Restrictions

Stefan Aschan, 05.13.2009

Proteolytic Enzymes is the secret to a quick bounce back from injury or to reduce chronic pain.

Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep: Celebtweets I'd Like to See

Holly Cara Price, 05.01.2009

Agent Provocateur

@Madonna (taking the kids to Kabbalah class; for the first time I'm thinking they're really not into it)

The High Rollers of Hypocrisy

Sam Greenfield, 04.17.2009

Phelps didn't do anything except smoke pot. Would anyone like to bet their house -- if you still have one -- that Lauer never smoked pot? Of course not.

Can I Get You Anything, Senator? Your Hat and Coat, Perhaps?

Leighann Lord, 03.26.2009

Comedian: VeryFunnyLady.com. ComicPerspective.com.

Presidents Lincoln and Obama notwithstanding, aren't we supposed to grade Illinois politicians on a curve? They get an asterisk next to their names like steroid-filled baseball players.

Michael Phelps Puts a Face to a Smoking Injustice

Marisa Treviño, 03.21.2009

When I saw that now-infamous picture of Phelps smoking marijuana, my first thought was how he was lucky he was a white, lanky likeable kid.

Advice For Businesses and Michael Phelps

Richard Laermer, 03.19.2009

Author "Punk Marketing"

Today we have all kinds of interesting things for your enjoyment. First up: three ways to improve corporate America.

Our Addiction to Fake Outrage

David Sirota, 03.16.2009

Political journalist, best-selling author and syndicated newspaper columnist

In a country where about half the population has smoked pot, we're expected to be ragingly angry that Phelps went to a party and hit his friend's bong. What a sad joke on so many levels.

Obama's New Drug Czar Couldn't Be Any Worse Than Bush's. Will He Be Any Better?

Norm Stamper, 03.14.2009

Retired Seattle police chief, member of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition

Current Seattle Police Chief Gil Kerlikowske will no doubt do a better job as the nation's "drug czar" than his predecessor, John Walters, who was a fanatic enemy of science and reason.

Phelps and Rodriguez Show It Pays to Take Drugs

Stanton Peele, 03.14.2009

addiction expert, psychologist, raconteur

Life preservation -- health and happiness -- are more basic instincts than the instinct to use or not use substances.

Show Your Love for Michael Phelps: Boycott Kellogg's

David Henry Sterry, 03.13.2009

Tell all your friends and family not to give Kellogg's one single penny, ruble, rupee or drachma of your money. Let's show Kellogg's what we think of them acting ugly towards our Michael Phelps.

Obama in the Era of Heroes and Fallen Angels

Stuart Whatley, 03.13.2009

Writer based in Virginia

Everyone must stay as individually dedicated to the collectively desired goal as the hero through whom we channel so much hope.

Would Legalizing Pot Help the Economy?

Andrea Chalupa, 03.13.2009

Editor at AOL Money & Finance

There is a chance, and it's a window that will last as long as Grapes of Wrath 2.0, to legalize marijuana in the name of industry and creating jobs.

Petition Against Sheriff Lott for Arrests Related to Michael Phelps

Lee Stranahan, 03.13.2009

Filmmaker, Writer, Photographer

Aside from you being a grandstanding douche with questionable genitals, we couldn't help noticing that you have lots of unsolved murders and sex criminals on the loose.

My Balls or My Bong...Hold on I'm Thinking!!!

Warren Holstein, 03.13.2009

A NYC Based Stand-Up Comedian and Writer

Marijuana Linked to Aggressive Testicular Cancer: Yet more bad news for young hot blunted American tokers this month.

"Greed sucks"

Michealene Cristini Risley, 03.13.2009

I hate when my children say the word suck. To me, just the pronunciation of the word, feels lousy. Yet, when I think about the damage being wrought ...