Image by Felix_Nine via FlickrIt sucks to be unemployed, even if the economy is supposedly improving.It is finally possible for gays and lesbians to serve in the military without having to treat their statuses as state secrets.
No secret is safe. Not yours, mine or the government's.
Jon Stewart makes more sense making jokes about insanity in politics, not for calling an end to it.
When Republicans whine longer and louder and get very little done, they get rewarded with more seats in Congress.
When Democrats with a majority in both houses cave and cower to the GOP, they deserve to get their butts kicked.
Thanks to the Tea Party, anybody with half a brain can run for political office. Anybody.
The honeymoon for President Barack Obama may have ended a long time ago. But he did get more done in the first two years than some presidents did in four.
It is now possible for corporations to back political candidates, at the risk of alienating their customers.
A governor who put his presidential ambitions ahead of the needs of the state he's supposed to be governing was wise not to seek re-election.
We need a better way to decide elections in Minnesota. We also need better candidates.
For a country like Haiti, which has been through so much in its history, it gets worse.
One environmental disaster can wreck an entire region for decades, while the company that caused it spends millions to tell us how "responsible" they are.
A pastor from Florida garners lots of free publicity just for threatening to burn the Koran.
Airport security becomes legalized pornography.
Apple introduces the iPad, and the previously faceless founder of Facebook becomes Time magazine's Person of the Year.
Most of these paragraphs can fit within 140 characters.
People with names like Kourtney, Khloe, Snooki and The Situation can become reality TV stars.
Great TV shows like "Mad Men" and "Friday Night Lights" have small audiences while "S--- My Dad Says" is allowed to exist.
Broadcasting icons like Larry King of CNN, Don Shelby of WCCO-TV and Charlie Boone of WCCO-AM aren't allowed to retire without great fanfare.
Being famous isn't an excuse for evading the slammer when you break the law. Just ask Lindsay Lohan, Wesley Snipes or Charlie Sheen.
Songs celebrating bad romances, getting drunk and women from California topped the pop charts.
Lady Gaga blazed new trails in music and fashion. Meat dresses, anyone?
3D technology is more than a marketing gimmick. Or is it?
Conan O'Brien can survive network bungling and Jay Leno to resurface on TV. Even if it is basic cable.
"American Idol" became just another version of "Ted Mack's Original Amateur Hour" without Simon Cowell and Paula Abdul.
Leslie Nielsen, Elizabeth Edwards, Barbara Billingsley, Edwin Newman, Eddie Fisher, Lena Horne, Gary Coleman, Richard Holbrooke, J.D. Salinger, Bob Guccione, Tony Curtis, Dennis Hopper, Blake Edwards, Robert Byrd, Fess Parker, John Forsythe, Ted Sorensen, Corey Haim, Rue McClanahan, Patricia Neal, Lynn Redgrave, Teddy Pendergrass, Jill Clayburgh, Tom Bosley, Harvey Pekar, Merlin Olsen, Peter Graves, Robert culp, Dixie Carter, Art Linkletter, Jimmy Dean, Mitch Miller and Alexander Haig are no longer among the living.
2011 has got to be better than this. Happy holidays, everyone.
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