When Wanda Sykes is talking, people listen. Maybe that's because her pointed tone, volume, and no-bullshit attitude make her impossible to ignore. Of course, when it comes to admonishment comedy, Sykes without a doubt ranks among the best. One can only hope that God has a sense of humor and...

On August 14th, comedian and storyteller Mike Birbiglia embarked on his third nationwide stand-up tour, "Comedy Central Live Starring Mike Birbiglia: I'm in the Future Also." Birbiglia isn't quite old enough not to be in the future, but, despite his young age, he's been on the...

NEW YORK -- The Associated Press released a statement yesterday informing the nation that Journalism, the beleaguered profession of news-gatherers and reporters, was 'sick and tired of being sick and tired' and has had it up to 'here' with y'all's 'bleep-ing bull-bleep.'

Of late, the traditional media in which Journalism...

BALTIMORE -- In a shocking admission of guilt, Michael Phelps, 14-time gold medalist and star of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, released a statement through his agent yesterday in which he admitted to and apologized for his criminal behavior. The confession came after a photograph emerged in British tabloids...

Cities have long been thought of as incubators of progress. In his Great Society speech in 1964, Lyndon Johnson reminded Americans of the growing importance of cities to national and societal development, calling them "the frontiers of imagination and innovation." A similar perspective, albeit five decades prior, was shared by...

Background: If you haven't seen the picture of Jon Favreau (Obama's head speechwriter) that emerged on Facebook of him and a friend groping a cardboard cutout of Hillary Clinton, see it here and read about the incident here.

Setting: Chicago, Obama's Basement, empty, dark, and threatening --...

Slate.com has just announced that it is welcoming a new columnist into the fold: former governor of New York, Eliot Spitzer. For those of you with amnesia, Mr. Spitzer resigned on March 12 of this year amidst allegations of providing "illicit loans" to a prostitution service, Emperors Club VIP....

I'm just as awe-struck as the next American by Barack Obama's unprecedented campaign and election, but in case you've been spelunking for the past year and haven't noticed, the country is in a bit of a "situation" right now. And like many Americans, I'm still a bit worried about the...

On Wednesday, with less than a day to digest the historic election of Barack Obama, another historic event occurred, albeit one that pales in comparison to the Presidential Election. For the first time in fifteen years, a scheduled guest was a no-show on Late Night with Conan O'Brien. The missing...