Rep. Peter King (R-LI) has already made clear his thoughts on subjects ranging from WikiLeaks ("terrorists") to Michael Jackson ("pedophile") to the "Ground Zero mosque" ("bad form") so there is little shock to see the incoming chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee had a few eyebrow-raising things to say when talking to the Observer about his new gig. Like: "Muslim leaders are not cooperating with law enforcement. [Law enforcement people] don't feel any sense of cooperation." Certainly, King's upcoming time atop the committee, which he looks at as "a legislative counterterrorism strike force," will not be lacking for interesting soundbites. more ›

On Friday night, comedian Bill Maher released a clip showing everyone's favorite Tea Party candidate/doppelganger for Elaine Benes on a 1999 episode of his show, Politically Incorrect. Christine O'Donnell, surprise victor in the Delaware Republican Senate party, was then known as a Christian activist and appeared frequently on Maher's show. In this clip, O'Donnell confessed/bragged, "I dabbled into witchcraft — I never joined a coven. But I did, I did. … I dabbled into witchcraft. I hung around people who were doing these things. I’m not making this stuff up. I know what they told me they do." more ›

John Fugelsang starts his one-man show, All the Wrong Reasons: A True Story of Neo-Nazis, Drug Smuggling, and Undying Love, by acknowledging that he isn’t performing a “proper piece of solo theatre. The stories here are not brave, the stakes are very low, my arc is flimsy at best, I’m not a heroic character; I don’t come out of the closet, go to Iraq or kick drugs; and the only time I mention Palestine is in this sentence.” Like everything else in All the Wrong Reasons, his disclaimer’s funny because it’s true. Although the autobiography that Fugelsang unfolds seems out of place in New York Theater Workshop’s voluminous space, it manages to stay aloft on the strength of his self-deprecating wit and warm personality. more ›