My brother Jonathan doing stand-up comedy at the Unurban Coffee Shop in Santa Monica. Face.

Ezra Klein theorizes that the Obama camp may have had the concept for this add sitting around for months, just waiting for McCain to say ...

I guess, in some ways, I feel that my comic perspective is no longer needed when discussing the major events of the day. American life has ...

Dear American Public - Please excuse my son, John McCain, from the presidential campaign this week, including the scheduled debate against B...

Look, far be it from me to defend the McCain campaign, which I find personally disgusting on a number of levels. But people are making too ...

Everybody! She used to be a hockey mom... But now she's the Governor! Unfrozen Cavewoman Governor Ladies and gentlemen of the United Sta...

I'm sorry, I know that polls demonstrate Americans are looking for "change" in their government... But if, like John McCain, y...

Mahalo Daily hits a milestone today with our 200th episode. (That's 180 more than " The Famous Teddy Z "!) I'm so proud to...

Oh, wait...damn it... Anyway, I'd just like to again point out that I think Democrats are focusing on the wrong arguments against the Pa...

I'm not one of these people who feels like the presidency should be all about "experience." I mean, sure, politicians who hav...

So, part of me not blogging for a while has included me not blogging about working at Mahalo for a while. And that's gonna change...ri...

Hey there, Lon-atics...Sorry for the unannounced sabbatical. I'm sure all 8 of you regular readers have been obsessively hitting refres...

The OxyWeb blog has released its hotly-anticipated " Top 5 Tech News and Gadget Video Podcasts Worth Watching ," and I'm proud...

Just returned from the Comedy Central Roast of Bob Saget. Solid times were had by all. Here's some photographic evidence: I also met J...

One complaint about Dark Knight - I'm not crazy about the way they're manipulating Christian Bale's voice when he's playing...

It would be hard to argue that Hancock doesn't give you your money's worth. In a tight 90 minutes, you get at least 4 entirely dif...

Had a fun evening at Los Feliz's The Tangiers. Way to go, Dean and Leah!

Got linked to this article about the science of humor via Andrew Sullivan . It's a terrifying glimpse of things to come: The real news...

To sum up my reaction to Pixar's WALL-E in one word: "astonishment." I am astonished not only at the beauty and craftsmanship ...

Dmitri, you are my hero . Most of us would not dream of calling an attractive woman who had just given us her number and telling her to loo...