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Paris Hilton attended the premiere party Tuesday for her new “reality” show, The Simple Life, but did not speak to the press, because they’re mean and stuff and think she is a stupid slut, which just isn’t, you know, fair. Just because she was raised with EVERY SINGLE POSSIBLE advantage …

Other than general antipathy toward the environment and the worship of corporate interests, the pathetic and protectionist steel tariffs are Bush’s worst move as president: a net economic and political loss, and an affront to Bush’s own free trade principles. Thank goodness they are being repealed: Facing the threat of …

Not that it’s any of my business, but I am concerned about Bill Watterson. The brilliant creator of “Calvin and Hobbes” has now been in retirement for almost eight years, living VERY quietly in Chagrin Falls, supposedly painting landscapes and then burning them, refusing interviews, autographs, communication with the outside …

The American Idol franchise has done very well with Kelly Clarkson, Clay Aiken and Ruben Studdard, apparently less so with Justin Guarini: Justin Guarini, the second-place finalist for the first season of “American Idol,” has reportedly been dropped by RCA. The label, which no longer lists him on its Web …

“Actually, your crap is my art.” Potty art in London: An artist has created a usable public toilet in a glass cube to challenge the curiosity – and bravery – of people passing London’s Tate Britain gallery. Monica Bonvicini said visitors would have to “defy their own embarrassment” to use …

I don’t want to be accused of making generalizations, but the few minutes I stumbled across last night of The Simple Life – the Paris Hilton, Nicole Richie socialite-out-of-water “reality series” – did nothing to change my impression that these young women are stupid, outrageously self-centered, vapid, vacuous, nihilistic little …

I have no idea if there is validity to this statement, if it’s wishful thinking, if it’s tied to yesterday’s raids, or if the guy is smoking crack, but it’s interesting nonetheless: U.S. Rep. Ray LaHood held his thumb and forefinger slightly apart and said, “We’re this close” to catching …

I admire the audacity of this campaign by the Downhill Battle organization, even if I have reservations about its efficacy and advisability. Remember, the vast majority of major label employees are not fat cats, are not evil, love music, and have the artist’s best interests at heart. Obviously, that does …

Jean-Francois Revel on anti-Americanism: What picture of American society is likely to be imprinted on the consciousness of average Europeans? Given what they read or hear every day from intellectuals and politicians, they can hardly have any choice in the unpleasant particulars, especially if they happen to be French. The …

Columnist Julie Burchill is leaving the Guardian for The Times in part because of the former’s anti-Semitism. Consider me among the Jew-lovers: But if there is one issue that has made me feel less loyal to my newspaper over the past year, it has been what I, as a non-Jew, …