The headlines are going to read “Billy Crystal Hits a Home Run.” Or a grand slam. And they’re all deserved. When HBO airs Crystal’s movie, 61*, this weekend you will see that there was a time, 40 years ago, when people were fighting over asterisks as if they were chads. …

Washington, D.C. – Rep. Gary Condit “broke off his close friendship” with missing intern Chandra Levy only two days before she disappeared, the congressman told investigators, according to Fox News Channel police sources. Condit, D-Calif.,provided the new details about his relationship with Levy in a second, hour-long interview with police …

Soderbergh Wants His Own Memento | New York Magazine Gets It Wrong — Again Soderbergh Wants His Own Memento Just because we’ve retreated from our position at the beautiful Shadow Ridge Ski Lodge — that doesn’t mean there’s no news from Sundance. First up: Memento, which will be released on …

Do you want to know my crackpot theory on James Jeffords and why I think he’s had enough of the Grand Old Party? It has nothing to do with this budget mess. And nothing to do with differences with the White House on the tax cut. Or with environmental issues …

Foul play could be involved in the case of a missing pregnant woman, Ohio police said Monday, as they subpoenaed her cell-phone records and those of her married boyfriend in order to determine what happened to 26-year-old Jessie Marie Davis. “We feel that there possibly is foul play, however we’re …

President John Edwards, that’s the subject of this evening’s “Talking Points Memo.” Partisan politics bore me. I think all Americans should think for themselves and elect problem solvers, not ideologues to higher office. But sometimes we have to expose conduct that puts you in danger no matter where we find …

This French thing, blaming Americans for starting to get them fat, really bugged me. If you so hate our fast food, then don’t make a fast line to our fast food. No one’s shoving our tacos down your delicate palate, so don’t shove this line down our throat. We are …

WASHINGTON – In Washington, D.C., down does not mean out. Barely six months ago, the political ground shifted underneath many once firmly planted Republican office holders. A Democratic midterm election wave upset and uprooted many Republicans after a series of arduous and sometimes nasty campaigns. But GOP politicians have hardly …

If you are a Democrat, it is a nation dominated by left-wing Internet advocates. Earlier this week, Senator Hillary Clinton posted a statement on a left-wing blog called firedoglake.com. The posting itself isn’t controversial — it’s about observance of Equal Pay Day. But as The Washington Post reported, it is …

‘The Sopranos’ | Anna Nicole Smith ‘The Sopranos’ Returns With Arresting Developments Good news: “The Sopranos” is back. Last night I had a chance to see the first episodes of the final season. Bad news: It’s the final season. There are only nine episodes, and the first two, while terrific …