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I’d like to say I stood up and lit another Camel to write this, but my intentions were selfish, were aimed at recreating the false reality of what so many deem important. But it simply isn’t true.

Liberals have a special tendency to believe their beliefs make them far more enlightened and fail to cover that up in their personalities. Here is a shortlist of the worst offenders.

While his legendary accomplishments (let’s mention that he’s also a Rhodes scholar) may give him a squeaky-clean, Mayberry-esque image, he is also a crude and intelligent politician.

New York breeds suffering and suffering breeds creativity.

For the latest getaways for lovers, here’s Weekend Update’s City Correspondent, Chuck Klosterman!

Las Vegas is one of the most frequently changing cities in the world. One year it will be Disneyland, the next it will be Mad Max territory.

It’s an insanity, one that no amount of rational calming from friends or loved ones seems to heal. I can guzzle cranberry juice and take a Daily Men’s vitamin and have the nurse triage on speed dial, but nothing calms it.

Most people aren’t witty and they tend to be far uglier than we expect.

You can memorize as many quotes from Bertrand Russell and Benjamin Franklin as you like, but few will put the argument to rest as quickly as “I don’t know.”