Joe Lieberman on censoring pop culture and reporting "troublesome" young people.

On "Fox News Sunday," Chris Wallace got Connecticut Senator Joe Lieberman talking about the Sandy Hook massacre, specifically the...

"Even though it’s my job to be an actor, I have given my life to God."

"I am very comfortable and firm in that, but I still have to be on this show. It’s the No. 1 comedy, but it’s very inappropriate and th...

"Irving Berlin said, 'Popular music is popular because a lot of people like it.'"

"That doesn't mean it's good or bad – that's the equivalent of arguing the merits of hot dogs versus hamburgers. What the h...

The misguided attack on Sandra Fluke continues, displaying irritating ignorance about women law students.

Robert Stacy McCain, I'm looking at you. Rush Limbaugh has apologized, but McCain bullies on : Rather belatedly, we are becoming aware t...

The Houdini shop...

... outside of the "Houdini: Art and Magic" show .

Why did Mitch Daniels in Indiana get away with doing something more drastic than what Scott Walker did that set off the huge protests in Wisconsin?

Leon Fink (in Salon) wonders: In Wisconsin, the union presence seemed wedded to a deep sense of civic identity, including connection to a lo...

Fads.

We're talking about fads. It was my observation that the best fads were in the 1960s, but you might think that's a subjective percep...

I "toast or roast" Andrew Sullivan.

At Andrew Sullivan's blog, The Daily Dish. I'm one of a bunch of bloggers invited to "toast or roast" Sullivan's blog....

"Why do I want more haters? If someone had told me when I signed up I'd get half a million haters... It's all about the approval."

When do celebrities quit Twitting? When they don't get the love they sought. Aw. Poor celebrities!

The man who put the heads on the Pez dispenser.

Curtis Allina. A classic obituary , depicting a man you're only hearing about because he has died. He was 87. The heads went on the disp...

Worst pop culture curses.

Campbell's Chunky Soup? ADDED: I've fixed the link. And I'm still laughing at the complete wrongness of the accidental link , wh...

Compare New York graffiti.

These are all from SoHo, photographed last spring. Let's talk about the difference between New York graffiti and the California graffiti...

Hillary is smiling and Chelsea is such a good person.

The Daily News makes an article out of the fact that Hillary Clinton in smiling. At least it's a short article. The Washington Post mak...

"They're not of the world as we know it. You can't just thrust them into that and expect what we consider normal behavior."

How can the state of Texas possibly take proper care of the 437 children it has removed from the polygamist sect? Children's homes and ...

"I would rather be a cartoon than a genius!"

Says Dolly Parton , reacting to getting named #94 on a list of 100 Greatest Living Geniuses and asserting that "A cartoon character is ...

Two top 10 lists.

What is true about the persons on the first list is the opposite for those on the second list. Try to guess what it is before clicking on th...

"I assume there are dragons and griffins and werewolves and homosexual Frankensteins throughout these novels..."

"...but I honestly don't give a shit if my assumption is true or false." Chuck Klosterman is not reading the Harry Potter nove...

Because I know you want to talk about it, Part 2.

Britney Spears lost custody of her children today. She's 25 years old. As a young girl she was used to make money by adults who used he...

"Is it possible to extract the Summer of Love from the distorting filter of narcissism?"

Or is narcissism the essence of the Summer of Love? Anyway, take note. This year is a milestone. It was exactly 40 years ago. “Much about t...

What if we had to choose a President based on knowledge of pop culture?

What Stephen Bainbridge would want: Knows which wine to match with the foie gras-stuffed quail being served at a state dinner Won't wink...