Please, someone, tell me: Am I living in a parallel universe? I ask because, in the last two weeks, I’ve learned that my fellow students at school believe if a woman accepts a drink from a man, she’s implicitly saying yes to sex later; that they also feel free speech “gets taken too far”; that …

It’s hardly a secret that, when it comes to President Bush, I come close to being an “ABB” person — that is, Anyone But Bush. I offer that as my initial disclaimer and to set the context for what I’m about to say. Yesterday, I finally had a chance to watch last Thursday’s prime-time presidential …

I haven’t liked Rick Perry since I saw his “Why don’t you just let us get on down the road?” snafu with a Texas State Trooper caught on camera, which Tony Sanchez used with success (though not ultimate success) in the 2002 race for Texas Governor. Rick Perry’s mouthpiece, though, is slamming one of the …

But seriously, do we REALLY need a National Day of Prayer? Do we need to spend taxpayer dollars on billboards reminding us of the National Day of Prayer? Does the White House need to spend staff time and budget dollars on staging presidential events and writing press releases about the National Day of Prayer? And …

… but I have sat on his lap. That’s right, I finally managed to stump everyone — those who answered, and those who were too scared to register a guess — with this week’s Monday morning trivia question. Let’s review: Of the following DC experiences, which is the only one I can truthfully say I’ve …

FANTASTIC!! ‘Daily Show’ Funnyman Colbert Gets Show If Comedy Central’s Jon Stewart is the comic version of Peter Jennings or Brian Williams, Stephen Colbert promises to be the same for Bill O’Reilly and others like him. “The Daily Show” regular will star each night in “The Colbert Report,” likely starting in September. Comedy Central is …

I love exercising my right to vote. So I stopped by the rec center near our house this morning on my way to work to early vote for Saturday’s election. 🙂

This morning, iTunes added for download the cast recording from Broadway’s latest musical, Monty Python’s Spamalot, which is now running on Broadway starring Tim Curry, David Hyde Pierce and Hank Azaria. Man, I’d pay a lot to see that.

Daniel’s friend Rhett found a remake of Sir Mix-a-Lot’s “Baby Got Back” that extolls the virtues of Christianity… it’s nothing if not clever. Check out “Baby Got Book” — and be patient, it takes a while to load.

I lived in Washington, D.C. for about 3 1/2 years while I was in college, visited four times before I moved there, and have been back three times since I finished classes (including the trip with my family for graduation). Still, there’s a lot to do in DC that I’ve still not checked off my …