But the simple fact is "that's racist" is the sort of thing those darn kids today say to make fun of their aging Gen X and baby boomer parents.

The problem with Letterman right now is not that he is going after Republicans; it is that he is treating the nation's biggest political celebrity with kid gloves.

Joe Biden has always been a buffoon, but the new danger is that people are starting to take him seriously. His antics and uncanny ability to seamlessly switch personalities outdo those of Jon Stewart and Yasser Arafat.

Roman Vasilenko, the press secretary at the embassy of Kazakhstan, must rue the day he first heard about the comedian Sacha Baron Cohen, better known as the Kazakh character Borat.

Larry Miller's newest book is a joyful, grateful meditation on America and the good things in life.

Al Franken will be a formidable, talented policy actor who will be taken seriously because he will be a serious player.

With the election just a week away, the American presidential campaign is getting louder, nastier, more dramatic.

Both Republicans and Democrats have chosen cities for their conventions in regions that they hope will break them out of the current stable red-and-blue map.