When the mayoral mouth opens, it’s no coincidence that most things out of it sound like “Oh shut up, you f–king baby.” [Read]

My political awakening came while sitting with the most unlikely person in the most unlikely place. I was in the Billy Crystal Room of the New York Friars Club (yes, there’s a place in the world where a room is named for Billy Crystal). [Read]

The grandly obscene part is that after spending all of 10 months trying to lure listeners who don’t remember what it was like when the boys came home from the Spanish-American War, NPR has decided it’s not worth the trouble. [Read]

Throughout the history of hands, applause have been used to acknowledge things people do in front of other people — things like perform violin concertos, score touchdowns and compete in wet T-shirt contests. [Read]