With the national campaign now in full swing, John McCain is upgrading the Straight Talk Express (the funky mystery machine he drove around New Hampshire back when his campaign was hemorrhaging dollars and motor oil).

The bus has been replaced by a swank Straight Talk Express airliner...

I first heard George Carlin at John Oidtman's house in 1976 or thereabouts. I was 11. John's older brother had some Carlin on vinyl and we had to sneak downstairs to listen to it.

This was comedy you had to sneak.

I giggled over the Hippy-Dippy...

People Magazine has once again released its list of Hottest Celebrity Bachelors - and once again, I'm not on the list.

Back in 2002, 2003, I was more Zen about the whole thing. "Let it go," I reasoned. "It's political. Besides, you've got plenty more...

Curious new findings from the Phoenix Lander:
mysterious white stuff (!) has been discovered just beneath Mars' dusty red surface.

Scientists are weighing in--could be salt, say some. Could be ice, say others. Could be BORING, I say!

Ice? Salt? Clearly,...

Former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan has a new book coming out next month, accusing President Bush of purposely misleading the public about the war.

Now, reports the Chicago Tribune, a team of White House loyals are teaming up to denounce the book.

Yes, yes, Hilary has heard all the negative talk.

Obama has already won the majority of pledged delegates. And Mr. Big Shot also leads among the superdelegates.

But with landslide victories in the remaining primaries (political powerhouses Montana, South Dakota, and Puerto Rico),...

Important news today from the Vatican's chief astronomer (raise your hand if you knew the Vatican had a chief astronomer):

Aliens are most probably, could be sort of true!

"How can we rule out that life may have developed elsewhere?" says Rev. Jose Gabriel Funes, from his perch...

Congratulations to Danica Patrick, the first lady EVER to finish first in an IndyCar race! Way to steer! Nice job pressing the gas pedal, sister!

Danica's big win means more than a blow for women's athletics, according to Chicago Tribune columnist Melissa Isaacson. It also means she...

John McCain is picking up ground on Barack and Hillary these days, thanks in large part to the power of the McCain Brand ®.

"John McCain has an identity that's well established with the American people," McCain strategist Steve Schmidt told The Washington Post.
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Spoilsports in the Missouri legislature are trying to ban cage fighting among the state's young 'uns.

Hello, Representative No-Fun-Allowed? If kids can't cage-fight in Missouri, where else are they going to do it?

As those of us with cage-fighting children already...