Boy, do I feel sorry for smokers these days.

A butler opens the door of the large Sesame Street brownstone and guides me to the parlor. Big Bird is sitting on a large couch, wearing a silk smoking jacket, holding a bourbon and enjoying a drag on what appears to be an unfiltered Camel cigarette.

I'm torn about it if you want to know the truth.

I’ll shut off my air conditioning if the government goes first.

I’ll shut off my air conditioning if the government goes first.

The balance between the police and the policed is getting way out of whack — and we better restore it now.

The U.S. Census Bureau recently reported that minority births in America have eclipsed those of whites of European ancestry. Boy, have the media been in a tizzy over that one.

Bil Keane's death put a lump in my throat.

It's been getting to me, I must admit.

Not until it got dark!

All anybody needs to know about economics is alive and well on Craigslist.

Tom Purcell

President-elect Barack Obama is beginning to reveal how he’ll act as president. Michelle Dresbold can predict what he’ll do better than most.

Imagine you are a 19-year-old Marine. You are riding in a Humvee with four other Marines — your friends — when an improvised explosive device (IED) explodes.

It was one of my favorite rituals every year.

Michelle Dresbold knows more about the presidential candidates than most people.

‘Those Harry Potter fanatics actually want a made-up game to become an Olympic sport!”

“Those Harry Potter fanatics actually want a made-up game to become an Olympic sport!”

Students, faculty and parents, it is my honor to deliver a commencement speech today. I am about to do something I have never done as president: tell it like it is.

“Hello, Discovery, this is Mission Control. How are things going up there on your final mission, over?”

Ah, the St. Patrick’s season is upon us. Good thing, for we’re in dire need of some Irish levity about now.