"WHEN in the course of human Events, it becomes necessary for one Planet to dissolve the Political Bands which have connected them with another…"

"WHEN in the course of human Events, it becomes necessary for one Planet to dissolve the Political Bands which have connected them with another…"

Get behind me, Patricia Heaton!

Get behind me, Patricia Heaton!

Itty?

Itty?

Considering Jon Stewart already considers himself the second coming of Mark Twain, I don't think his ego needs any further stimulation.

Considering Jon Stewart already considers himself the second coming of Mark Twain, I don't think his ego needs any further stimulation.

Ching does exist, except it's rendered "qing" in pinyin.

Ching does exist, except it's rendered "qing" in pinyin.

Or, alternatively, an inept despot who accelerated the disintegration of the Mongol Empire, presided over a Chinese rump state a whisker short of the Great Qing, launched several abortive attempts to conquer neighbouring countries and founded a dynasty so feeble it lasted for less than a century.

Or, alternatively, an inept despot who accelerated the disintegration of the Mongol Empire, presided over a Chinese rump state a whisker short of the Great Qing, launched several abortive attempts to conquer neighbouring countries and founded a dynasty so feeble it lasted for less than a century.

FLAGGED for racism!

FLAGGED for racism!

If this is an attempt to make me like Lena Dunham, it's still not working.

If this is an attempt to make me like Lena Dunham, it's still not working.

Of the effusive, gushing, English-lit-student-turned-travel-guide variety, at that.

Of the effusive, gushing, English-lit-student-turned-travel-guide variety, at that.

Christopher Hitchens is an intelligent man who decided to employ that intellect in the most smarmy, self-gratifying and populist manner possible.  People like him because he preaches to the choir, just as people tune in to Rush Limbaugh to hear him pander to their prejudices.

Christopher Hitchens is an intelligent man who decided to employ that intellect in the most smarmy, self-gratifying and populist manner possible.  People like him because he preaches to the choir, just as people tune in to Rush Limbaugh to hear him pander to their prejudices.