Punxsutawney Phil: Has Fame Gone to His Head?
Is the Garbo of Gobbler’s Knob losing his edge?
Biographies
Gore Vidal, Ladies’ Man
There’s a good feature in Vanity Fair about writer and high society gossipmonger Gore Vidal.
To Honor Hillary Clinton’s Last Day as Secretary of State: A Folger’s Coffee Commercial
Just a bit of historical context for her achievements.
John Kerry is Your New Secretary of State
After 28 years in the Senate, he’s now America’s point man for foreign affairs.
Is This Man Suffering From Chronic Depression?
British writers take a fresh (and cynical) look at the cast of Pride and Prejudice.
Randy Quaid v. Hollywood Star-Wackers, Round 3
Actor Randy Quaid has lost his bid for permanent residency status in Canada, where he’s been since 2010, hiding from the “Hollywood Star-Wackers” who are out to get him.
JonBenet Ramsey Update: Grand Jury Voted to Indict Her Parents in 1999
A grand jury voted to indict John and Patsy Ramsey, say reports, but the district attorney decided not to follow through.
Queen Beatrix Biography
The Queen is abdicating, as her mother and grandmother did before her. We’ve got the story on her life and career.
Princess Diana Photo, Once Banned, Sells for $18,306
The not-quite-risque photo couldn’t be published in 1981.
Donald Hornig, Who Baby-Sat the A-Bomb, Is Dead at 92
He was the last person to lay eyes on the original atomic bomb before it was detonated in 1945.