Watching Hillary's inspirational victory speech last night I immediately thought of Monty Python. And not because her campaign resembles a dead parrot. The happy talk performance reminded me of the Black Knight scene in Monty Python and the Holy Grail:

I'll start by saying I hope I'm wrong.

In modern American presidential politics, a dork can never beat a scamp. To clarify, let me first define the terms. A scamp is a person with a devil may care quality, a charming rogue who exudes positive, charged energy. Bugs Bunny is...

According to an item in the New York Daily News, Diana Sawyer's show about prostitution (aka the Hooker Special) is being removed from the ABC shelf, dusted off, and given an air date.

Thank-you ABC, for finally confirming that there is a great deal of prostitution in America,...

I never thought we missed much when America was denied the Vice-Presidency of Geraldine Ferraro, but now I know I was wrong. Recently, the feisty former New York City Congresswoman and Mondale running mate had this to say in an interview with the Daily Breeze: "If Obama was a white...

To paraphrase Sigmund Freud, Why does sex make everyone so crazy?

Today Governor Eliot Spitzer joined a long line of people in the public eye who have been caught keeping company with sex workers. Unlike Hugh Grant, he can't go on the Tonight Show and laugh it off --...

Much has been written recently about Hillary Clinton's ability to manage a crisis and she and her surrogates regularly tout her vast experience in this area. These bona fides were recently questioned in a Chicago Tribune piece. Here's what I learned when I read it: Yes, she was peripherally...

Dear Arianna,

Thanks very much for your invitation to join you and David Geffen on the yacht later this month. Unfortunately, I will have to decline as I am in an "ongoing program of recovery" right now. Yes, that's right. After drinking a family-sized bottle of Manischewitz, then getting...

Rachel Corrie was a pro-Palestinian American activist who died in Gaza. A play about her that was performed at the Royal Court Theatre in London was meant to open at the New York Theatre Workshop. It was then postponed due to, well, no one can really agree on why although...

Terrorists struck yesterday in Samarra, blowing up the Golden Mosque -- a Shiite shrine -- and not a single imam could be bothered to issue a fatwa.

Last week, the faithful were wreaking international havoc because of what they perceived to be the unspeakable blasphemy displayed in a series...

In the brouhaha over a testosterone-fuelled Dick Cheney filling his friend full of buckshot meant for little birds, a far larger story is being overlooked: according to an editorial in yesterday's Los Angeles Times, a group of Vatican theological advisors plan to recommend eliminating the concept of limbo and Pope...

The Cartoon Jihad is so insane I wish I had thought of it as a plot device. Truly, when you think the world can get no nuttier, suddenly it does. The risible headline on the MSNBC site right now is NATO TROOPS IN DEADLY CARTOON PROTEST. I never thought I...

I have recently been impressed by the enviable promotional skills of novelists Nicole Richie and Scooter Libby who, through their imaginative extra-literary endeavors, were able to bring more attention to their respective books than they otherwise might have received. But the impressive efforts of these two have now been utterly...

I have been stymied in my efforts to craft a memoir. Here is my problem: there is absolutely nothing interesting about me. So the news this week about authors James Frey and J.T. Leroy has me dancing on air. Frey, it turns out, just makes things up and says they're...

The following was obtained by perfectly legal surveillance of President Bush's personal e-mail account.

Dear Vice,

Thought you'd get a kick outta this. My New Year Year's Resolutions for 2006. Why don't I just declare 'em law! (Al Gonzales said I could!). Please note – these R just...

While sleepily making my way through breakfast yesterday morning, an item in the New York Times jumped out at me: the Federal Aviation Administration, in their infinite wisdom, is rescinding the prohibition of sharp objects on commercial flights just in time for the holiday travel rush. Merry Christmas!

While...

As a service to those who want to save time so they can watch more football this Thanksgiving, I have already included readers’ comments to this post:

While flying to Florida for the Miami Book Fair last week, I came down with a bad cold.

HateLibsHarry:...

To those who claim the novel is a dying form, I say this: behold Nicole Ritchie and her new book "The Truth About Diamonds". For all those who care about the future of American literature it was thrilling to see Ms. Ritchie occupying the hot seat on Larry King Live...

I wonder if at some point, while spending yet another dreary day with his boss the Vice-President at an undisclosed location, I. Lewis Libby’s mind wandered over what might have been. He had published a novel in 1996, and yearned for a literary career. But sales had been tepid, and...

Yesterday I commented on how many Bushbots are compelled to post comments on this site, and boy did I stir up a hornet's nest! Many supporters of our President, a man with whom I have had one or two differences, again felt the need to rise to his defense....

When I read the comments on the Huffington Post I’m always amazed at the ones by the Bushbots. It isn’t so much their vitriol that I find interesting, although its level is quite extraordinary (you can almost see the bulging veins in their foreheads and the flecks of spittle on...