If you go to the Ringling Brothers & Barnum and Bailey Circus show Over the Top, don’t expect Cirque du Soleil, because you’re not going to get it. You’re going to get what you paid $15 for — lousy tricks, uncoordinated dancing and cheesy dialogue. However, you will be enlightened with knowing where exactly Eastern European women are finding work opportunities in this tough environment. MORE »

Wednesday, March 4: The ambassadors of nine very tiny countries (including countries you didn’t even know were countries such as Malta, Liechtenstein and Monaco) will be coming together and reading poetry from their homeland in English and their quaint native tongues. MORE »

Perhaps you’ve heard the about the two Iraqi men who, with the ACLU, are suing Donald Rumsfeld over allegations that they were abused as detainees. Perhaps you’ve heard about them because they claim to have been abused with lions. Lions! Don’t get us wrong, we’re very much against torturing people, but: Lions! That is outside the box thinking, there. What’s the Ron Burgundy line? “How’d you do that? Heck, I’m not even mad; that’s amazing!” Lions! What next? Tigers and bears, perhaps? MORE »