Screw-up at The Atlantic leads to inane corporate memo.

Perhaps you noticed the screw-up : The Atlantic ran an article promoting Scientology — "David Miscavige Leads Scientology to Milestone ...

100 years ago today: "Arthur Eldred, a 17-year-old Boy Scout from Long Island, became the first person to earn the Eagle Scout rank."

"Eldred's initial accomplishment was to complete the requirements for the rank of Eagle Scout only six months after that supreme aw...

Today at the Orpheum.

The State Street landmark has gone dark. One of 2 building permit signs in the window says: "Remove all components of Stage Door theate...

"Along with her new Catholic school, the 6-year-old daughter of Katie and ex-husband Tom Cruise will have a uniform..."

"... when she's in school, and 'normal kid' clothes when she's out and about." This is the 6-year-old "fashio...

"Nothing of importance happened today."

Wrote King George III in his diary, July 4, 1776. Not. He didn't even keep a diary. From a list of "10 Things You Didn't Know A...

What we learn about Scientology from the Katie Holmes/Tom Cruise divorce.

Holmes seeks sole custody of the couple's 6-year-old child Suri, who has supposedly been raised under principles of Scientology: Suri i...

Isaac Hayes has died.

RIP. Who's the black private dick That's a sex machine to all the chicks? (Shaft!) You're damn right Bio. We all loved him as Ch...

8 rules for writing a short story.

Found in this Wikipedia article about Kurt Vonnegut, whom I was thinking about because my commenter Bissage linked to a book of his here a...

"We welcome our nation's symphony of faith."

Mitt Romney gives his religion talk , emphasizing the value of diversity and the general good of religion and putting the discussion of part...

"At the nearby Trattoria del Castello, guests could order a 'Tom e Kat' - a basket of parmesan cheese with truffles and mushrooms."

So who's the truffle and who's the mushroom? I don't know, but I'm so relieved that now -- finally -- when the mushroomy/tr...

"South Park" -- "The Return of Chef!"

So? That ended awfully abruptly! Were you satisfied? Isaac Hayes is, I think, honored , and the hatred is directed at the organization that ...

Audible Althouse #41.

Here it is. The theme: food and sex... Sleep-eating, allegedly Ambien-induced... The dark sexual themes of "Oklahoma!" and the ma...

"Temporarily anozinizing our episode will NOT stop us from keeping Thetans forever trapped in your pitiful man-bodies."

Such is the statement to Daily Variety, signed "Trey Parker and Matt Stone, servants of the dark lord Xenu," addressing the myste...

Isaac Hayes quits "South Park."

He's upset about they way it disrespects religion. His religion? Scientology. "There is a place in this world for satire, but there...

Simulblogging the Oscars.

7 (Central Time). A slow-moving intro for Jon Stewart, showing Oscar hosts of the past declining to re-host. We see Billy Crystal and Chris ...

"Bloggers reacted quickly."

I've got to run and go shopping, but I don't want to disappoint readers who think I live to slam OSM . I wouldn't want to leave ...

Too far in mocking Tom Cruise? What about too far in mocking religion?

Here 's a CNN segment on the new episode of "South Park" that mocked Scientology and Tom Cruise. CNN jumbles a lot of things t...

''Matt, Matt, you don't even -- you're glib. You don't even know what Ritalin is."

Did you hear the Matt Lauer "Today Show" interview with Tom Cruise today? I happened to catch it on MSNBC radio this afternoon. C...