In America, the tattoo, once a symbol of youthful indiscretion and rebellion, has become an item so ordinary that a college girl’s lower back or an NBA player’s shoulder looks strange without one. What used to be for bikers and rock stars is now for the masses and as an AP story Monday points […]

I’ve been waiting for this since last summer when I saw ads on the Showtime network pitching its newest show, “Californication” starring David Duchovny. As soon as I saw Mulder cruising down a California highway with the word “Californication” plastered on the screen, I had a thought. Well two thoughts actually. The […]

Barry Bonds and his massive head have been indicted by a grand jury for perjury and obstruction of justice and could face 30 years in prison for being a fatheaded, holier-than-thou liar. I don’t think I could have handled another season of watching Bonds go from ballpark to ballpark, lying to reporters, lying to […]

Not to sound like Bill O’Reilly by proclaiming “wars” on things, but it appears there really is a war on cigarette smokers in America. I feel compelled to begin by saying that smoking is harmful to your health and leads to lung cancer, emphysema and bad breath. And kids, it doesn’t make you […]

Thursday, Stephen Colbert, the host of Comedy Central’s satirical news show “The Colbert Report,” learned that his native state of South Carolina had denied his application to appear on the state’s primary ballot as a candidate for President of the United States. Colbert, who officially announced his candidacy on his own show on October […]

Vincent Margera, known to fans of the MTV reality show Viva La Bam as “Don Vito,” was convicted Wednesday of two counts of sexual assault on a child and could face life in prison. The obese, often sweaty, often tormented uncle of prankster Bam Margera reportedly collapsed in court as his conviction was read […]

The only, and I mean only, slightly pleasurable part of the wildfire disaster that has now destroyed almost 500,000 acres in Southern California is watching Arnold Schwarzenegger flip on the Terminator switch and take matters into his own hands. People like me, who do not reside in California and thus do not rely on […]

It’s fitting that more people in the United States do Sudoku than play baseball, basketball or football. It’s a game that requires no cardiovascular endurance and provides the player a quasi-intellectual alternative to reading. If you’re not familiar with the American numbers game with a Japanese name and you haven’t read a newspaper […]

Bobby Jindal, the 36-year-old son of Punjabi immigrants, was elected governor of Louisiana Saturday becoming America’s first Indian-American governor. The conservative Jindal received 53% of the vote and when sworn in to office in January, will take the reigns of a state still devastated from Hurricane Katrina two years ago. Despite the fact […]

The Joe Torre era, a 12-year span that includes 12 straight playoff appearances and 4 World Series titles for the New York Yankees, has officially come to an end. Yankees’ manager Joe Torre declined an incentive-laced 1-year contract that would have kept him with the team through the 2008 season. Torre flew to […]