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The hope of the organizers of Saturday's "One America" rally in Washington was that a big turnout -- something on par with the crowd Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin attracted at the end of August -- would alter the media's midterm campaign narrative, which to date has emphasized the energy of the Republican base and the likelihood of sizable GOP gains in November. And, to the organizers' credit, the turnout, to the extent it could really be measured, seemed impressive enough. But while we might want to take this as proof that the "enthusiasm gap" is vanishing and that the...

Michelle Obama has threatened to divorce Barack Obama if he tries to seek a second term as president. That is the report according to well-placed and insider sources from the National Enquirer, who work in the nation’s capital. This report of strife and all-out threat-making in the Obamas’ marriage is not the first time that reports have arisen, which detail that not everything is well in Obamaland. Earlier this year, reports emerged that Barack Obama himself—also known by liberals everywhere as either "The Messiah" or "The One"—had engaged in a sordid affair with none other than a former campaign aide...

"Why do all the black students live in Ujamaa?""My roommate is a queer." … "Yeah, I know -- he's my boyfriend.""The guy wanted $50 for this jacket, but I jewed him down.""Freaking Asians, always wrecking the curve in my math class.""Nobody knows this, but I have dyslexia." … "Retard!" Robert Barker/University Photography Gabrielle Boley '09 and Ronnie Solomon '08 act out a skit in the Robert Purcell Community Center, Aug. 27, about coming out to dorm-hall residents. As members of the Cornell student-based Ordinary People Theater Troupe, they performed "Tapestry of Possibilities" before freshmen during orientation, in order to provoke...

<p>LOS ANGELES -- Arnold Schwarzenegger's dilemma in making the transition from movie star to politician was framed by the last question he fielded Wednesday during a session with reporters that was supposed to showcase his understanding of economic matters.</p> <p>The question came from a blond bombshell-type "reporter" from "Entertainment Tonight," the syndicated television show that chronicles the comings and goings of show-biz personalities. What exalted role, the questioner asked breathlessly, would fellow actor Rob Lowe play in Schwarzenegger's campaign for the governorship of California?</p>