Humbert loves to perform a tap-dance of words for us, his literary followers, the “ladies and gentlemen of the jury.” Trump loves to dance on stage to the catchy (and very gay) song, “YMCA,” by the Village People.

Harriet Miers: A missed opportunity? Peter A. Hempel May 15, 2010 · As the nation pays not-so-rapt attention to the confirmation hearings for Elena Kagan, how many of you have been thinking that the Dems actually made a huge mistake coming out against Harriet Miers for the Supreme Court? The net result was the seating of Alito, a hard-righter who helped snowball the court's sickening lurch to the looney right. Miers may not have been the brightest bulb in the box, but she mig

Yes, I know every Swiss citizen is required - NRA-style - to own a gun, but let's get real - we are not talking Iraq or Afghanistan here, and our objectives are limited and clear - get the bank records and leave the melting Alps to them.

Remember “compassionate conservatism”? My friends view this as total cynicism. I don’t…quite.

The figures released on Thursday by the New York attorney general, Andrew M. Cuomo, provided the most detailed accounting yet of Wall Street’s millionaire ranks. In the report, Mr. Cuomo said that 738 bankers and traders at Citigroup took home bonuses of $1 million or more in 2008 even as the bank posted a $27.7 billion loss. In all, Citigroup paid $5.33 billion in bonuses; it received $45 billion in bailout funds.

The court ruled that having sex is considered an essential part of a attaining a reasonable quality of life and that, as a result, people have the right to assistance in paying for potency drugs such as Viagra.