Does. Not. Look. Good. This is very ominous. I know most of us are probably not financial professionals, but tomorrow's stock market performance could be disastrous for the economy writ large. Glad I don't own anything of any consequence, like a house, or stock, or a company. Links of concern after the jump... Hang…

There are plenty of things to worry about in today's New York Times story on Sarah Palin's tenure in government. Patronage. Secrecy. Obstructionism. Palin says she's all about reform, but a lot of her methods come from a political playbook we already know and hate. One of the more anxious-making passages: Sound…

If you lived in Minnesota would you vote for Al Franken? Maybe. If you were a fish would you vote for Al Franken? Possibly. If you were a fish who lived in Minnesota, would you vote for Al Franken? It seems so. Video after the jump. This Norm Coleman guy may be crooked, fair enough, but the voters of Minnesota…

We all know Luke Russert is the house wunderkind at NBC news, presumably brought in to engage the youth audience during this historic election. As a youthful guy, Russert naturally blogs. And guess what. He's annoyingly free of self-awareness. A sample:

"In the last three months, three things have brought the two…

AP science reporter Seth Borentstein has either been spending too much time cooped up in the lab, or he just has a thing for hurricanes. Per his report:

Hurricane Ike's gargantuan size - not its strength - will likely push an extra large storm surge inland in a region already prone to it, experts said Thursday...…

Paradigm of truth and accuracy in Britain and abroad, the News of the World, is reporting that Levi Johnston, the intended and future ex-husband of Bristol Palin had been seeing a friend of Palin's, Lanesia Garcia, for three years when Bristol swept in. She's a relationship maverick. Says Lanesia: "I didn't believe…

It can be difficult to know you're in a golden age. You might be too busy working. You might be too caught up in the hum of everyday life. You might live in Omaha. But here's a hint: there are usually a lot of white guys in bow ties smoking indoors. The Golden Age of publishing was no exception. In today's New York…

I really like Meredith. She's leaps and bounds more genuine than Katie Couric. But even she has been shoehorned by her bosses into the "We Need a Blog" syndrome. She is a classy gal, and it's a shame some NBC producer drove her to such depths that she's writing openly about her dog's defecation habits (albeit in a…

If you happen to be a commuter train driver, it's probably not a good idea to be texting with a teenager while you chug along. Lots of people might die.

"Nick Williams, a teenage train enthusiast, told CBS2 in Los Angeles he exchanged three text messages with engineer Robert Sanchez Friday afternoon. Williams, who…

With its crack team of arrows, Newsweek makes sense of this week's natural disaster for you. After the jump, the verdict. Ike=Fail. "Houston, you have a problem. And so might Bush/McCain. Will FEMA redeema?" What? Also, only the hurricane and the Department of the Interior get down arrows. Biden, the Clintons, Obama,…

I was just thinking to myself the other day that seeing a movie is way too cheap. That it is such a shame that The Dark Knight only grossed $22 billion. I thought to myself, "What can I do to help the ailing cinema industry in its hour of need, while also impressing a special lady?" A theater planned for Orange…

Last Night in Los Angeles, the unthinkable occurred... "No way!" she gasped in her seat when she heard her name called as winner. Upon arriving at the podium, she gasped, "Well, well, well! Here we go again, f-ers. Here we go again!" Looking around the auditorium, she acknowledged some celebs in the audience, adding,…

If you've ever had the overwhelming desire to get busy in front of a "professional journalist," now is your chance. Seen recently on Craigslist, a heartfelt entreaty:

"Sigh. I knew I should have stayed in advertising. So really, I was assigned a story for a (non-smut) mag to watch and rate two people having sex. None…

We know some opportunistic types have been trying to capitalize on the magnetism of the iconoclastic updo of our favorite she-mav, Sarah Palin. But the true story of that hairstyle's humble beginning will move you. According to , "The ballerina-pink Beehive, in a 1,400-square-foot ranch house, is a cut-and-color shop.…

Anyone notice the masthead of the latest Vanity Fair? Sir Graydon Carter, the gentleman editor, has apparently made some staffing changes. With all of the journalistic luminares on the roster, you'd think the magazine had all the talent it could handle. You'd be wrong. According to the October issue, former Viacom…

Do you ever wonder how to dress for the coming clima(c)tic apocalypse? Fear not. This week, WSJ fashion reporter Teri Agins answered urgent questions from fashion-minded readers. When one fretting citizen wrote in wondering what Agins thought "of the 'rule' on not wearing white after Labor Day," she thoughtfully…

Police have confirmed to Gawker that David Foster Wallace, novelist and essayist, was found dead of an apparent suicide in his home in Claremont, California, where he was a professor at Pomona College. It's been reported that his wife found him after he hanged himself. Foster Wallace, longtime darling of grad students…