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I’ve just returned from a taping of “Wait Wait” (should be a pretty good one this week, methinks), but I regret to inform you all that there may be slightly less-frequent updates to F.A. in the week ahead: This weekend I’m heading off to LA, conducting what Texans call “bidness” and Southern Californians call […]

The ruling by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court “is deeply troubling,” Mr. Bush said.
“Marriage is a sacred institution between a man and a woman,” he said. “If activist judges insist on re-defining marriage by court order, the only alternative will be the constitutional process. We must do what is legally necessary to defend […]

Returning home from a lunch meeting this afternoon, I was pleased to see that Fanatical Apathy had drawn in quite a few readers. About twice the normal amount for this time of day. “Egad,” I thought, “I must have obtained a link from some noted personage who enjoyed my cogent and breezy […]

While the nation recovers from Super Bowl Sunday and discusses the crucial issues of which commercial was best and whether our children will ever recover from being exposed to 1.5 seconds of Janet Jackson’s breast amid three hours of ritualized violence, there is a lot of actual news taking place. Here’s your summary of […]