Happy Birthday, Superman!

Action Comics No. 1 -- in which Superman made his first appearance -- was released on April 18, 1938, which makes the Man of Steel 75 years old on Thursday. --The New York Times

I feel old. Despite my Kryptonian physiology, times like this make...

Sometime in the 1980s: Billionaire playboy Tony Stark is vacationing in the south of England. Suddenly, he receives an urgent alarm -- some arch fiend is destroying Great Britain's social safety net. Donning his famous red and gold armor, he transforms into the invincible Iron Man! Then he flies to...

Banana Leaf is a Sri Lankan restaurant in Chelsea, just a few blocks from Madison Square Garden. Don't know what Sri Lankan cuisine is? Not even sure where Sri Lanka is on the map? (Hint: it used to be called Ceylon.) Don't worry. With Indian, Chinese, Portuguese, Dutch,...

I usually write for the Political Humor section. But the talented filmmakers at Haas Productions, Ed and Johanna Haas, have shot a video of me talking about one of my favorite subjects -- pigs' feet. Through the magic of editing, they have managed to make even me sound intelligent and...

Once upon a time, in a District called Columbia, lived an Obama named Barack. He was a halfling -- half white, half black. One day, he was visited by an old friend, the political wizard Nathan the Silver.

"Why so down?" Nathan the Silver asked.

The Obama gave a...

VENTURA: Welcome, fight fans, to another exciting episode of political wrestling! I'm your host, Jesse "The Body" Ventura...

ROVE: And I'm your color commentator, Karl "The Brain" Rove.

VENTURA: We've got a real slobberknocker for you tonight, folks -- the long awaited rematch between the heavyweight champion of the free...

Deep within the Amazonian rain forest, far from civilization, anthropologist/adventurer Wisconsin Ryan has made a startling discovery: the lost Golden-years Idol of Medicare!

To reach this treasure -- the crown jewel of entitlements programs -- Wisconsin Ryan has had to overcome innumerable obstacles: poisonous snakes, blowgun-toting headhunters, Democrats.

But...

My name is Philip K. Dick. I'm a science fiction writer. I'm the author of such sci-fi classics as Paycheck, The Minority Report, The Adjustment Team, A Scanner Darkly, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? and, of course, We Can Remember It For You Wholesale. That's the one about implanting...

Robin awoke with a start. Where was he? The last thing he remembered was being beaten unconscious by masked henchmen. Now he found himself tied spread-eagle to a fur-lined four-poster bed.

He fell back on Batman's training. The first thing to do was get his bearings. The room he found...

Welcome to TED. My name is Willard Mitt Romney IV. I'm the great grandson of the 45th President of the United States.

My great grandfather truly changed this country -- unlike his predecessor, what's his name. He wasn't even born in this country. My great grandfather took an old, outdated...

Before there was Avatar, before there was Star Wars, there was... Newt Gingrich!

My name is Newt Gingrich. I hail from the proud southern state of Georgia. I didn't actually fight on the side of the Confederacy, but I talk as if I did.

One night, after a particularly brutal...

Several months ago:

Newt Gingrich sat dejectedly in his study, surrounded by his hundreds of self-authored books and videotapes. His political campaign was dead; all of his expensive consultants had quit, claiming he was not a "serious" candidate. Now all he had to look forward to was long, lonely nights...

Space, the final frontier! To boldly go where no candidate has gone before! These are the voyages of the Republican party...

GUARDIAN: I am the Guardian of Forever! I protect all of eternity! Captain Kirk, Mr. Spock, I have summoned you here because I sense a great disruption in the...

The "Occupy" movement, whether displaying itself on Wall Street or in the streets of Oakland (which has, with unspeakable cowardice, embraced it) is anything but an exercise of our blessed First Amendment. "Occupy" is nothing but a pack of louts, thieves, and rapists, an unruly mob, fed by Woodstock-era nostalgia...

Video game developers receive such a rich assortment of incentives that even oil companies have questioned why the government should subsidize such a mature and profitable industry whose main contribution is to create amusing and sometimes antisocial entertainment. - theNew York Times.

AUDITOR: Name?

DOOM: Doom.

AUDITOR: First...

Hulk See Greed. Hulk Smash! -- the Wall Street Journal

"Don't make me angry. You wouldn't like me when I'm angry."

How many times have I said that? Over the years, I've become something of an expert on anger management, ever since my unfortunate gamma radiation incident.

(Pardon...

In the frozen wasteland of Antarctica, a political scientist makes a terrifying discovery:

ROMNEY: Hi, I'm Mitt Romney! When I was Governor of Massachusetts, one of the bluest states in the nation, I supported corporate taxes, abortion rights, gay rights, gun control, and universal health care. Now that I'm trying...

VENTURA: Good evening, fight fans! This is your host, Jesse "the Body" Ventura.

ROVE: And I'm your color commentator, Karl "the Brain" Rove.

VENTURA: We've got a real slobberknocker for you tonight! It's a three-way dance -- the Mighty Mitt Romney versus Rowdy Rick Perry versus Beautiful Michele Bachmann. The...

"We have to understand: barbarians need to be educated. They need to be disciplined. Just because someone feels it or thinks it doesn't mean that we are supposed to go down that road. " -- Marcus Bachmann

CONAN: I am Conan. I was born in the frozen wastelands of Cimmeria,...

In their secret underground headquarters, far beneath Capital Hill, the Super Congress gathers to deliberate:

FLASH: Sorry I'm late! That Beltway traffic is murder!

SUPERMAN: All right, let's come to order. As you know, Congress has abrogated its fiscal responsibilities, so it's up to us to identify $1.2 trillion in...