“I’m not allowed to drive anything. It’s the one thing I hate about this job. I’m serious.”
— VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN, in an interview with Car and Driver, on his love for cars and his frustration that the Secret …
Politics
Cashing in on Crime: Arizona Prisons Charging to Visit Inmates
Call it adding insult to injury or simply a worthwhile tax to help pay for their missteps, but first-in-the-nation legislation allows a one-time $25 fee on visitors to the Arizona Department of Corrections.
Meet the Godfather: Wendi Deng Reveals Just How Close Tony Blair Is to the Murdochs
From a tiger-wife stint to a TMI interview, Wendi Deng has certainly been making headlines recently.
‘Survivor’ Star Rupert Boneham Mulls a Run for Indiana Governor
From voted off the island to voted into office?
Watch: Daryl Hannah Arrested After Protesting in Front of White House
The moment Daryl Hannah was actually arrested on Tuesday for refusing to move from a sit-in staged in front of the White House actually seems a trifle anti-climactic.
Thanks, Steve Jobs: Americans Rate Computer Industry Best, Government Worst
It’s not really a fair fight when one sector is tasked with fixing the economy while the other’s job is to make iPads more fun.
Michele Bachmann’s Hair: Supported by Both Red and Blue States
Liberal women may not agree with her politics, but they agree with her hairstyle.
For the College Class of 2015, Dial-Up Is So Last Century
For teenagers entering college for the first time this fall, there has never been a ruling Communist Party in Russia, Amazon is more than just a South American river, and “LBJ” is more likely to mean LeBron James than the man …
Quote: Christine O’Donnell Calls Piers Morgan’s Questions “Creepy”
“It was not about the question of gay marriage… it was the very inappropriate, creepy line of questioning leading up to that.”
— CHRISTINE O’DONNELL, explaining why she walked off of an interview with CNN’s Piers …
Live Like Obama and Ashton: How to Spend Millions on a Tricked-Out Bus
Nothing says down-home average Joe like a tour bus.
Watch: Stephen Colbert’s Super PAC Launches First Campaign Video
Stephen Colbert’s Super PAC is no joke. It’s just made its first endorsement in the 2012 presidential race.
Petition Calls for Sesame Street’s Bert and Ernie to Be Married
Although Sesame Street‘s creators have never said the two characters are gay, viewers have long speculated that roommates Bert and Ernie are more than just friends.