This is hilarious!

Thanks to Anna Tarkov for passing it along.

When looking at many of the political blog designs, many people tend to stick to the ‘traditional’ red, white and blue and the cartoon elephant or donkey. It is easy to recognize and immediately makes it clear that it is a political site. But, there are other ways to do the same thing, without these [...]

For the first time in nine years, in 105 issues, Oprah will be sharing the cover of O magazine with one Michelle Obama. (Photo here.)
America’s–and Oprah’s–love affair with the first family continues.

As a fellow, favorite blogger puts it: I have magazine issues.
Ever since I was offered a job as the managing editor of a start-up, national political magazine, I have been a fan and a student of magazines. I subscribed to as many as I could get my hands on, and I’ve discovered a few favorites [...]

As you have probably observed, my blog needed a facelift. Badly. I switched to a theme that was too over my head to manage and because I didn’t like the look of my blog–and the time it took to make the most of its features–I stopped posting with much frequency. I wanted this to change, [...]

The Senate is expected to vote on their version of the so-called stimulus bill this afternoon. According to the Republican Policy Committee, this bill is expected to cost the American people $1.273 trillion dollars. That’s $1,273,000,000,000.00. Setting aside the questions of whether it’s right or wrong for the government to consider a stimulus at all, we can all agree that this is an obscene amount of money. Perhaps you’ve daydreamed about how you would spend $1 million dollars. But a billion? A trillion? Those are numbers we just don’t understand. Perhaps the band Barenaked Ladies can help.

Karen posted the week 1 American Idol commentary over at her blog, Unterekless Thoughts. I’m part of her team that’s going to weigh in each week of the season and I’m looking forward to having some fun with it. When the week 2 auditions air, I’d love to hear your thoughts via e-mail, Twitter, Facebook or the comments section.

CBS wants American Idol to help them score big, yet again. Will it happen?