"Hanukkah Rocks": My Only Slightly Guilty Playlist for This Year's Festival of Lights

David Wild, 12.11.2009

TV Writer, Rolling Stone Contributing Editor and author of "He Is . . . I Say"

Here are some songs that will go down easy for just about anybody along with a few latkes and an extra serving of holiday spirit.

The Great Schlep 2: Health Care Edition

Craig Newmark, 12.05.2009

Founder of Craigslist

The co-founder of the Great Schlep, Ari Wallach, is rapidly building something similar for health insurance reform. I know he needs help in areas like web, video, content etc.

Top 10 Reasons This Woman Can't Write for Late Night Comedy Shows

Catie Lazarus, 11.18.2009

www.doctorlazarus.com

My lady sensibility is limited to menstruation (hilarious), babies (adorable), and unicorns mating (adorably hilarious).

Cutting-Edge Comics Shake Up Washington with Truths You Won't See on Cable Chat Shows

Art Levine, 11.02.2009

Contributing editor of The Washington Monthly

With the capital being torn apart by partisan fighting over everything from health care reform to Afghanistan, the last two weeks in D.C have seen a bonanza of comic talent descend on a laugh-starved city.

Getting Lost in the Land of Twitter

Meredith C. Carroll, 10.07.2009

Colorado Columnist

Twitter can now count me among its millions of users. What I'm really supposed to be doing on Twitter though, is still a bit of a mystery to me.

The Good, The Bad, The Barack Obama: Emmy Style Rundown

Zandile Blay, 11.20.2009

Fashion Market Editor at Paper Magazine in New York City

The Emmy's was so good it was bad. Both guys and gals were in rare form, wearing event, age, and body appropriate ensembles that were often flat out dazzling.

Joan Rivers: "I'm at a Good Moment"... and She's Back in Las Vegas

Ellen Sterling, 09.12.2009

Award-winning journalist and editor

Joan Rivers: "The networks are still very much an old boys club. They think women at night just want to watch men. I'd love to have my own late-night talk show and I think I could take them all."

The Webby Award Speech: the original Twitter

Ariston Anderson, 07.10.2009

Culture Writer

Last night Seth Myers hosted the 13th Annual Webby Awards at the Wall Street Cipriani, a location that symbolized one more example of how new media is...

The Weekend Horoscoop* for April 17-19, 2009 *I Dreamed A Dream Edition ~ Your Personal Guide to the Slings & Arrows of Outrageous Pop Culture

Holly Cara Price, 05.18.2009

Agent Provocateur

March 21 - April 19 Aries Whether you're a Ram or not, no matter what your Zodiac persuasion may be, if you're one of the three people on this earth w...

WGA Awards Fete Slumdog, Milk, Mad Men, 30 Rock

Jonathan Handel, 03.10.2009

Entertainment Attorney at TroyGould in Los Angeles

Writers are a more subdued bunch than actors, but the WGA Awards included a red carpet. Of course, the visiting actors attracted most of the attention.

George Carlin and "The Aristocrats": A Best Movie By Farr?

John Farr, 03.02.2009

Writer, editor and lecturer on timeless film

By focusing on the power of words to affect us, George Carlin may have done more to advance the Lenny Bruce legacy than anyone else, with the possible exception of Richard Pryor.

Fashion Alert: Cruelty is so Last Season!

Anne Sullivan, 02.22.2009

Lynne Cheney had a big fur collar on the coat she wore to the inauguration. Figures, with a husband who shoots at living creatures as a hobby (and I don't just mean ducks).

Obama's Inauguration: What You Didn't See On TV!

Ariston Anderson, 02.21.2009

Culture Writer

We can't remember Washington ever being so cool. What follows are our most unforgettable moments from the inauguration festivities.

Are You A Born Again American?

Andrea Chalupa, 02.19.2009

Editor at Walletpop

(Do Something reporter Ariston Anderson, Sarah Silverman, and yours truly giving my mirror-practiced hungry model face at the Declare Yourself "Rebirt...

Clint, Mon Amour

Kim Morgan, 02.09.2009

Film and culture writer

Robert Mitchum, Lee Marvin, Steve McQueen -- fantastic faces...

Kim Morgan's Top Ten Movies Of 2008

Kim Morgan, 01.30.2009

Film and culture writer

2008, the year of death, decay and the wisdom of the beautiful loser. The year movie stars examined their own mortality and fading beauty via their on-screen persona.

The 10 Least Appropriate Moments in Christmas Music History

Jason Notte, 01.12.2009

Editor-turned-freelance writer

These 10 [songs] show just how much of a jerk you can be around the holidays without anyone giving you hell for it.

An International Community Endorsement for Obama

Meghan Peters, 12.05.2008

When it comes down to it, Obama's success in foreign policy won't be measured by his experience, but by the world's perception of his ideals and integrity.

Obama and the Jews -- The Smear Campaign That Didn't Work

Marcia G. Yerman, 12.03.2008

New York based writer focusing on women's issues and the arts; Co-Founder of cultureID

Sources close to the Obama campaign told me that they have seen a "marked shift in the past month or so" from Jews who had questions about Obama. Those concerns have now been resolved.

You Couldn't Write Better Fiction, But Just What is the Story of These Times?

Lisa Dale Norton, 11.24.2008

Author and Story Expert

By shaping a story about your experience, about what it means to be human, you have the power to assign meaning to life events.

Jewish Seniors in South Florida Anxious About Obama But Still Support Him

Erik Gleibermann, 11.22.2008

South Florida's general population of Jewish elders roundly dislikes Palin, perhaps the most consistently shared view I encountered.