Oh dear, Ross Douthat (for whom a lit red candle and an Enya CD is a sure sign of whoredom) is talking about sex again:

Barbara Walters, who has had sex with every Senator from Massachusetts since 1927, took time out from that lady thing she does during the week  and requested that Senator MassDreamy be bathed and perfumed and brought to her tent for an “interview”: Also: When Barbara Walters, in her EXCLUSIVE This Week interview, asked Brown if [...]

This can only be good news for New Yorkers: State Conservative Party Chairman Mike Long had a “real positive” dinner meeting with Larry Kudlow earlier this week and came away believing the CNBC host and supply-side economist is “dead serious” about considering a challenge to Sen. Chuck Schumer. Long, who dined with Kudlow at his [...]

Just to keep it going  (thanks to DesertRat in comments), the travails of Jesus Jr who, given his propensity for fumbling, looks like a perfect fit for the Vikings since Jesus Sr. may be retiring: Mardy Gilyard had 103 yards receiving and caught a 32-yard touchdown pass in the fourth quarter to help the North [...]

Megan McArdle – neither economist nor historian: The number of long term unemployed has shot up relative to the people who find jobs relatively quickly.  To some extent, this is normal for a recession; employment tends to be a lagging indicator, as cautious employers use existing workers to fill rising production orders, rather than taking [...]

Hardboiled journalist and nepotism hire Mark Halperin scoops the competition Afterward Halperin ripped the sheet from his battered Underwood, yelled “copy boy”, then sat back and took a deep drag from his Camel unfiltered. “Take that, J-School pussies” he muttered to himself, blowing a smoke ring into the stale press room air…

Continuing our hatin’ on TimmyT coverage (h/t Mr. Pierce): “He can’t play quarterback in the NFL, I’m convinced of it,’’ ESPN director of college scouting Todd McShay said. “From his delivery to his footwork to his accuracy, you have to absolutely strip him down and build him back up. And it’s too late.’’ So say [...]

This probably has something to do with the rise of Sarah Palin and Carrie Prejean (who until recently had fallen off the map until she fell out of her bathing suit… kind of nsfw… not that that will stop you) but conservative fanboys seem to have come to the conclusion that the only way they [...]

As you may have noticed blogging has been slight and not very memorable these past two days and I have a perfectly good reason for that. We have been searching, and researching, and emailing our tushes off in search of replacement basset (RB). Under normal circumstances we would be going through a fairly protracted period [...]

Seeking to head off the controversy surrounding God’s Other Son’s appearance during the Super Bowl, Matt Besser from the Upright Citizen’s Brigade forwards me an ad that straddles the line between anti-choice advocacy and crunchy zesty xxxxtreme flavor awesomeness.