Everyone’s favorite day to run around half-naked is right around the corner, and as of now it’s supposed to be in the low 50s and raining. Hooray! Have you picked out your slut costume yet? Popular loser costumes this year include Bernie Madoff, Balloon Boy, a Teabagger (unless you somehow go as the non-protesting kind…), or any celebrity that has too many children. Don’t freeze your ass off, and have a “fun but safe” Halloween by doing what we tell you: MORE »

Monday, October 26: Does anyone notice that we have a black president? If you still feel like talking about race in the Obama era, you’re in luck: CAP is hosting a discussion about this elusive subject tonight at 6PM. [Center for American Progress] MORE »

Tonight, Friday October 24: One more reason that the EU was a damn good idea: it hosts a continent wide competition to see which country can produce the best pop song. The House of Sweden is holding its own rendition of the contest tonight, complete with past contestants, karaoke and an open bar. Tickets are $20. [Eurovision Night After Dark] MORE »

Monday, October 19: If all goes according to plan, soon America will be made in China. The New America Foundation divulges how the two countries have in fact become one.  [New America Foundation] MORE »

Tonight, October 16 through Saturday, October 26: The gays take over the big screen! See them in all their gay glory in the Reel Affirmations Film Festival. Tickets are $10. [Reel Affirmations] MORE »

Thursday, October 15: In celebration of Columbus Day, Libertarians weigh the pros and cons of using smallpox blankets in Afghanistan. [Cato Institute] MORE »

Tonight through Tuesday, October 13: The quest to gentrify DC has met it’s match: you can now live on the Mall in a completely energy-efficient solar-powered house.[Solar Decathlon] MORE »

Well it’s fall. Summer was fun, but, hey, it’s gone, and now it’s fall. Fall brings pretty leaves, perhaps a political affair (nesting occurs more during these months), maybe a public option, and who knows what else! And for you, there is so much fun to be had in fall. MORE »

Tuesday, October 6: These days the EU poses about as much of a threat to the scientific method as Germany poses to France.  At least, that’s what most rational people think.  AEI exposes how the EU has placed science in jeopardy! [AEI] MORE »

Tonight and Saturday, October 3: Dance, Dance, Dance, Dance, Dance. Dance if you want to, but it’s way more fun to pay $15 to watch some of the best do it. [Velocity DC Dance Festival] MORE »

Monday, September 28: When you’re down, worried about socialism, and convinced that Obama is Hitler, Ronald Reagan will always be there. Today, the Heritage Foundation once again honors this man.  [Heritage Foundation] MORE »