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This comes from a reader, who asked what I think is an interesting question that I haven't heard anyone else ask: how exactly is the Palin family getting Trig to stay so calm while in the public eye? I've forgotten (or blocked out) some of what my kids were like at that age. I can say, though...

If the Internet is to be believed, John McCain has chosen a running mate whose family life is just thisclose to being a full season of The Jerry Springer Show. However, as we all know, not everything you read (online or in print) is true. So in the interest of being fair and balanced (ahem), we present...

Ah, running for President. Everything you've ever done is fair game. But hey, stay out of their personal lives! But hang on – this is about their political views? Oh. Um. OK. "Republican John McCain, whose running mate disclosed that her unmarried 17-year-old daughter is pregnant, has opposed...

Before she entered politics, way back in 1988, Sarah Palin was known as Sarah Heath. She was, as you may have heard, a sports anchor for KTUU-TV in Anchorage, Alaska. Video was bound to surface eventually; I'm actually surprised it took this long. It's not all that remarkable. She reads sports...

In a move that will shake the foundations of political pundits more than John McCain's choice of running mate, the blog DadCentric has chosen to endorse Barack Obama for President. (full disclosure: Famecrawlerer Whit Honea writes for Dadcentric. We support our own.) The endorsement amusingly compares...

While Michael Phelps is buying condos and making out with Australian swimmers (not that I blame the guy for having some fun, mind you), adorable pixie-person Shawn Johnson is in Denver, leading the pledge of allegiance at the Democratic Convention. The L.A. Times points out that Johnson hasn't declared...

I caught some of Beau Biden's speech from The Democratic Convention last night. Beau is the son of Joe (ouch, that rhymes – Bo, Joe…his full name is Joseph Robinette Biden III), Barack Obama's running mate. He is the Attorney General of Delaware, and was on hand to introduce his father. He described...

Now THAT was a night at the convention! Fleetwood Mac thinking about tomorrow. Bill Clinton talking about yesterday. Joe Biden's son making us cry. A "surprise" appearance by Barack Obama (and the delightful surprise: a full-mouth kiss he gave Biden's wife ... did you catch that?)....

Cindy McCain has once again been busted for recipe infringement. Political Nanny brought you the news back in April that the possible future-First-Lady's Ahi Tuna recipe was lifted from the Food Network Web site. Well, her Oatmeal-Butterscotch cookie recipe for Family Circle comes from here: Hersheys...

By now Hillary Clinton has officially " suspended " her Presidential campaign (never mind the fact that she, you know, had already lost ). While reading this news, I came across two videos that kind of go together. First, from 60 Minutes and Yahoo! Video (not embeddable) is Hillary, in a semi...