I just read “Me and Mrs. Palin,” in which young Levi Johnston “tells Vanity Fair his story about life with the Palin family-with whom he lived for two months after the election-over the course of his two-and-a-half-year relationship with Bristol.”…

Dear Ben Stein’s new column in Fortune; Do you know how much college costs for many, many Americans? No, not $70,000 a year. The answer is: nothing! Not a thing. Yes, sure, some bus tickets. Some books. But other than that, nothing…

Well here is the big Where the Wild Things Are Spike Jonze profile, for this Sunday’s New York Times magazine. The piece is made up of the idea of the struggle between…

As you might expect, today’s big story on Mike Bloomberg’s financial tentacles and the city, from the Voice’s Wayne Barrett, is long and winding, and not nearly as exciting as one brave bird’s suicide attack on the…

Scientists conducted a study on 14 tamarin monkeys in which they were played a variety of human and “monkey” music to see if the songs had any effect on their mood. The monkeys were mainly unresponsive to human music, but the “monkey” music-”tunes that incorporated features…

So Gawker publishes the pictures of the crazed contractors over at the US Embassy in Afghanistan. What do you do if you’re a major TV network, and want to cover it? If you’re MSNBC, you have on a staffer from former MSNBC honcho and current “contributor” Dan Abrams’ new website to discuss…

Are you part of that weird subset of people who hate rape but like politicians? If so, then we heartily encourage you to attend this benefit for RAINN next Wednesday, in our nation’s capital. Where else can you hang out with bouncy lil’ Terry McAuliffe and bouncy lil’ Christina…

In what can only be seen as a surfeit of concern that his legislative body has not been enough of a laughingstock over the last few months, New York State Senator Ruben Diaz (D-Bronx) has invited Sarah Palin to testify at a…

“The moment a bear is rewarded by figuring out there’s food in these funny boxes we live in, you can’t build a door or a window that will keep him out,” says Colorado Department of Wildlife spokesman Randy Hampton. It’s been a bear-filled summer in the Centennial State: Since July…

It’s not as exciting as it sounds, but it’s not all that surprising either, particularly if you’ve seen the genetic aberrations trying to squeeze themselves next to you on the subways lately.