England’s Parliament, which is what they call their “Senate Finance Committee,” is being very mean to a newspaper! “The Guardian has been prevented from reporting parliamentary proceedings on legal grounds which appear to call into question privileges guaranteeing free speech established under the 1688 Bill of Rights.” Meh, that was so long ago though. MORE »

We know it’s not ’till Thursday, but we wanted to beat the rush.

The AP is amazed to learn that our President is greeting his 60th birthday not with deep, suicidal despair, but rather with — wait for it — relative good humor! But that good humor masks — wait for it — “unmistakably wistful notes.” Join us for a birthday think-piece fun-fest, after the jump.

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This weekend brought two pieces examining the mysterious and terrifying parts of the country that don’t want to push the President down a flight of stairs: The Guardian’s Boise, Idaho and the New York Times’ Provo, Utah. Which piece is more condescending? Which city is stupider? MORE »