At some point in their life, everyone thinks they should go to law school. You may in fact think you want to go to law school now.

You're wrong.

I don't know you, I have no idea what the facts of your life are, but that doesn't matter,...

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I was at dinner the other night, and got a question I get all the time:

"What was it like to play basketball with Obama every day? What's he like?"

Here we go again, another Obama basketball question.

First, let me explain how I even knew Barack Obama:

I...

Everyone is missing the point in the Adam Carolla controversy -- both the people hating him and those defending him. This isn't about whether or not women are funny; this is about how modern media creates fake controversy to manufacture rage and get eyeballs.

If you don't know about...

I'll never forget the moment I first heard the word "fratire." I was on the phone with Warren St. John answering some follow-up questions for his piece on me and Maddox that was to run in the NY Times Style Section. I am paraphrasing, but I think the conversation went...