From Matt Taibbi's excellent Rolling Stone article on the Teabaggers (Tea and Crackers, 10/15):

A hall full of elderly white people in Medicare-paid scooters, railing against government spending and imagining themselves revolutionaries as they cheer on the vice-presidential puppet hand-picked…

Much of my 2010 has been consumed with the wedding of the century, that of my sister, Princess Di (a/k/a "Miss Monopoly") and brother-in-law Dennis (a/k/a "Dennis"), which finally took place on July 31, same day as Chelsea's. (If…

In August of 2009 - a scant seven months after President Obama's inauguration - White House Chief of Staff, Rahm Emanuel, in a closed-door session with progressive activist groups, reacted to news that they were considering launching attack ads against Blue Dog Democrats who were balking at supporting Obama's health care overhaul by stating flatly and colorfully "…

One thing I've noticed about myself lately after 5 years of being a Montclair parent is that I am now numb to many things that would have shocked/dismayed/irritated me a few years ago. Is it that the adaptation to my environment as per Darwin? Or is it the simple since I am getting older and have developed this was 'mature patience'? Maybe it's that I just don't give a s**t anymore thing? Perhaps they are one in the same.

I first noticed this at a large group playdate…

Oh, people. My heart is hurting and I am grinding my teeth to nubs.

(And before I get into this, let's admit now that I'm not nearly as creative as all you folks in giving my kids secret names online, and screw it, I've been writing about them for years, so...."

It's about Jacob. My eldest son. Born January 29, 2000, four and a half weeks early. Other than the timing, there was nothing obviously…

I don't know who managed to dig this out of the wayback machine, but it's a pretty amazing piece of audio tape (via The Donkey Edge):

As they note, although…