Exceptalism or decline.That is the choice. Maybe too late but can we gather forces to return social cohesion?Close the divide. READ MORE

Lol ok RT @doug_hanks: @Skraw_Berry Thanks Skraw_Berry. Check out tomorrow's People page in the Herald for the final write-up. READ MORE

If you missed the "Shit X Says To Y" semi-meme, it's fine, it's all over now, for real.

A moment of holiday joy for you: The A/V Club gives "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" a straight-up "F"—in three short paragraphs. The comments are also enjoyable.

Ha ha, here's the greatest picture of the end of the Iraq War, by Al-Jazeera's Gregg Carlstrom: the assigned seats at the "Yay The Iraq War Is Over" ceremony also informed attendees in which bunker they should take shelter, in case they were all bombed or shot at or whatever. Enjoy your war zone with no war (sort of)!

"The Huffington Post has just signed a deal with Spanish newspaper El Pais to produce... El Huffington Post. 'I'm really excited about this partnering model,' said Huffington, who also recently signed off on a French site (Le Huffington Post), with the Paris-based paper Le Monde." READ MORE

Here, you really, really need this brand new web thing!

From the very same Internet that brought you everything else weird, here is Sad Playwright Dot Com, which features pictures of playwrights looking sad, which is their usual affect. Pictured: Awl pal Chris Shinn, who would still rather you didn't simply disappear after hating one of his plays. (via)