Here’s a taste:

In what many have perceived as a reversal, president Obama upheld the controversial “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy by refusing to state his opinion of the film “Bruno.” The President, who attended a screening in Dupont Circle on Saturday night, was asked his opinion of the film this morning by former presidential correspondent and current member of the White House Press Corps Helen Thomas.
“Don’t ask me that, Helen,” stated an uncharacteristically flustered Obama. “Look, I’m committed to opening up the dialogue about this and, yes, changing my current policy, but now is not the time to address this.” […]
Many activists contend that given the success of “Bruno,” the time is now for the president to speak out in support of non-traditional films such as the ones made by Cohen.

Check it all out on The Huffington Post.

I just posted a piece on Palin’s insane resignation speech over at the Huffington Post. Here a taste

Responding to criticism that many were confused by her resignation speech on Friday, Governor Palin issued another press conference today to explain her reasons in “plain English” and without the use of sports and/or fish metaphors.
“When I last spoke about the issues at hand here on Friday,” stated Palin, “I was addressing hardworking, average Americans who understand what it means to be a leader. Average Americans also understand sports metaphors and the direction a dead fish will move when in a particular body of water that has a current.” […]
Critics say that today’s press conference was even more confusing than the one held on Friday, further muddling the governor’s reasons for departure. Still, Palin did manage to shed some light on her ability to make an eight-minute speech without taking a breath.
“They don’t call me the Barracuda just because I’m tough,” she told reporters referring to her uncanny ability to forgo breathing.
“Sometimes, I prefer making speeches without breathing at all. I’m an avid runner and depriving my brain of oxygen sorta feels like having a runner’s high. Plus, I know the First Dude will catch me should I get too dizzy. He’s a deacon at our family’s Pentecostal church and has lots of practice catching fainters who have had demons exorcised.”
Most scientists say that when the brain is deprived of oxygen it can no longer function properly, and that this could explain the governor’s inability to communicate clearly. But fervent Palin supporter, Dick Kristal, contends that the brain can operate just fine without oxygen.
“Excess carbon emissions cause global warming, too little oxygen can cause decreased brain activity, blah blah blah blah blah,” said a visibly agitated Kristal. “These are clearly just theories, pseudo science promoted by liberals.”

You can read it all on The Huffington Post.

I’ve got a new piece over at The Morning News. I’d sworn off writing about hipsters, but got sucked back in by all the rage they still evoke. Here’s a taste.

You get the sense that if Jimi Hendrix were to show up in Echo Park today, he’d be publicly mocked in a style section piece on blipsters for wearing a feathered fedora. Duchamp would have given up as soon as he appeared on dadaist-or-douchebag.com. And Warhol would be demonized as a hipster gentrifier for setting up his factory in a Brooklyn warehouse. Critics continue to complain that we live in an era where all art is derivative and devoid of substance. But if Hendrix, Duchamp, or Warhol were alive today, we’d be doing our damnedest to derail their self-expression, dismissing them as fucking hipsters.

You can read it all here.