Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell, who should know better, was caught by an open mic yesterday  making demonstrably false statements — Sarah Palin is “no genius,” for example. Rendell also said that Arizona Governor and Homeland Security Secretary-nominee Janet Napolitano is perfect for the job because she has no family, “no life”...

Dateline Los Angeles: Glamorous Hollywood starlet Lindsay Lohan caused controversy today when she referred to Barack Obama as “our first colored president” in an interview with Access Hollywood (which is only available on something called “television”)!  Apparently, nobody’s told the dreamy actress that dark-skinned leaders have...

Unlike a lot of Democrats, I like Little Green Footballs.  Charles Johnson is a terrific writer and is simply not wrong about the existence of serious and ongoing threats from the Arab and Islamic world toward the US, Israel, Europe, and others. But come on — settle on a message already. On the one hand, Islamist freaks are euphoric that Barack Obama...

Jed Lewison put together this extraordinary video of election night, from state-by-state projections to parts of Obama’s victory speech.  I didn’t watch any of Fox News’ coverage, so it’s remarkable to see just how depressed their reporters and anchors were as the evening wore on. Does anyone actually believe that Fox is a straight news...

It’s a little late for electoral predictions, sure.  I was too superstitious to post this before the election.  On October 30th, just like we do every four years, my brother and I bet on the outcome of the presidential election.  The competition is for most states correctly called, not closest to the actual electoral result.  This year the bet was was...