Look people, we’re not idiots. But we come pretty close. And it’s disturbing how many people in this country still believe in the fried egg theory of drug use. You know, the theory that drug use is like frying an egg and then not only...

Centrism is a word you hardly hear. Centrism doesn’t whip people up, boil blood, sell news, or necessarily move mountains. To many, centrism is at the very least boring and at worst, a pipe dream that’s too hard to reach and ultimately too...

Health Care is the topic of the summer in these United States. There’s no way to avoid hearing about it. 24-hour news networks have devoted up to half of their coverage to it. Senior citizens are stabbing the air and screaming at representatives...

I’ve had it with going green. I’m sick of the obsessive drive I’ve had for years to reduce my impact on the earth to zero. Does that mean I’m just going to screw the future and party while the earth burns? No. It just means...

I was a music critic for two years. When I started out, I was certain it was going to be my career path. By the end of the road, I was loathing myself and my writing more than I’d ever had in my life. I had started to hate what I’d become...

In a beloved film from my childhood, “Flight of Dragons,” the scientist hero confronts the evil red magician on a dark crag. As menacing snakes sprout out of the magician’s neck and breathe fire at the scientist, the spectacled nerd...

The fight of the century! In this corner, the disgraced former governor of New York, Eliot Spitzer! And in this corner, the soon-to-be former governor of South Carolina, Mark Sanford! I’m sure the bloggers are going to be out in force comparing...

Will you quit fawning already, there’s a GAME going on. I found myself saying this out loud during game 3 on more than one occasion. Look. Kobe Bryant is an amazing basketball player. His fakes are so devastating that the player on the...

I really don’t get what all the fuss is about. The way it’s portrayed, you’d think the moment a detainee was moved out of Guantanamo Bay, they’d be dropped off at a crowded shopping center, given $50,000 in unmarked bills, and...

Word combinations like arctic breeze, aqua reef, and summer rain when used to describe scented products. An arctic breeze probably smells better than anything on earth. And though I haven’t sniffed one (yet), I still know that an arctic breeze...