Have a wonderful last few days of 2010! I’ll see you back here in 2011! P.S. You’ll shoot your eye out!

A Colbert Christmas: Peace, Love and Understanding – Watch more Funny Videos at Vodpod.

“America isn’t easy. America is advanced citizenship. You gotta want it bad, ’cause it’s gonna put up a fight. It’s gonna say ‘You want free speech? Let’s see you acknowledge a man whose words make your blood boil, who’s standing center stage and advocating at the top of his lungs that which you would spend [...]

The hiatuses (hiati?)of  the Kardashians and the polygamist Browns have apparently left a gaping void in my life because I’m been channel surfing a lot lately. I get my weekly fix of my favorite matchmaking diva Patti Stanger on Millionaire Matchmaker, which is always nice. I would like to have coffee with her. And also [...]

I am soooooooo excited that the military’s “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” policy about homosexual relationships was ended this weekend. I’m sure this comes as a surprise to no one because I’ve written about this before and about how I think the only thing that should be in the closet is bigotry. But some people probably [...]

The holiday shopping frenzy is at its peak (unless you’re one of toe organized people who is totally finished and relaxing with a glass of wine, in which case, I don’t think I like you any more). If you’re scrambling around looking for that perfect stocking stuffer, that sweet little something-something that shows your loved [...]

I’ve been reading a lot of obituaries of the recently deceased Special Envoy Richard Holbrooke. This man is a. ma. zing. Seriously. He had been involved in every major foreign policy situation since Viet Nam. A graduate of an Ivy League university, he worked at USAID, the State Department, the UN, every Democratic White House [...]

On Saturday night, my husband put our little boy to bed in his crib. On Sunday night, he put our big boy to bed in a big boy bed. How the hell did that happen? It was just under three years ago that the three of us walked into our little house on Capitol Hill [...]

The time has finally come! After weeks of nominations and voting here and at stark.raving.mad.mommy., we are finally ready to unveil the Top Ten Douchebags of 2010! The competition was fierce. Apparently being a Douchebag has replaced baseball as America’s past-time. And there were so many way to excel in douche-o-metrics this year: sexting, famewhoring, [...]