http://news.aol.com/newsbloggers Find the latest %CategoryName% blog at News Bloggers. http://news.aol.com/newsbloggers/media/feedlogo.gif http://news.aol.com/newsbloggers en-us Copyright 2008 Blogsmith, LLC. The contents of this feed are available for AOL Search use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://news.aol.com/newsbloggers/2008/07/23/espressogate-follow-up/http://news.aol.com/newsbloggers/2008/07/23/espressogate-follow-up/http://news.aol.com/newsbloggers/2008/07/23/espressogate-follow-up/#comments News Bloggers: In case you didn't know this already: some people are insane when it comes to their coffee preferences. Dueling coffee snobs have recently taken it to the internet.The blog And I Am Not Lying posted a rant on July 13th about his battle with a barista...3espressoAda Calhoun2008-07-23T16:37:00+00:00http://news.aol.com/newsbloggers/2008/07/23/michael-savage-picks-on-autistic-kids/http://news.aol.com/newsbloggers/2008/07/23/michael-savage-picks-on-autistic-kids/http://news.aol.com/newsbloggers/2008/07/23/michael-savage-picks-on-autistic-kids/#comments News Bloggers: Of all the dumb and hateful things Michael Savage has ever said, it turns out the one that has gotten him in the most trouble is the one he made about autistic kids the other day. That's because he was, as usual, totally ignorant and mean-spirited in...47aflacautismautistic kidsAutisticKidsmedia mattersMediaMattersmichael savagemichael weinerMichaelSavageMichaelWeinerradio showRadioShowCenk Uygur2008-07-23T12:51:00+00:00http://news.aol.com/newsbloggers/2008/07/23/nudist-dining-trend-alert/http://news.aol.com/newsbloggers/2008/07/23/nudist-dining-trend-alert/http://news.aol.com/newsbloggers/2008/07/23/nudist-dining-trend-alert/#comments News Bloggers: According to The New York Post, nudism - including nude dining, yoga and stand-up comedy - is all the rage. One such club discussed in the article: About 50 diners - whose motto is "no hot soup" - regularly turn up for Ordover's monthly meals held...8nudismAda Calhoun2008-07-23T11:13:00+00:00http://news.aol.com/newsbloggers/2008/07/23/the-evolutionary-benefits-of-religion/http://news.aol.com/newsbloggers/2008/07/23/the-evolutionary-benefits-of-religion/http://news.aol.com/newsbloggers/2008/07/23/the-evolutionary-benefits-of-religion/#comments News Bloggers: I appeared Monday on the Riz Khan show on Al-Jazeera with Richard Dawkins, and guess what? We had a civilized three-way dialog. No one erupted into Hitler-type yells. The Gestapo didn't show up, nor the Inquisition police, to drag Richard Dawkins...153Richard DawkinsRichardDawkinsDinesh D'Souza2008-07-23T00:10:00+00:00http://news.aol.com/newsbloggers/2008/07/22/feist-and-jack-black-on-sesame-street/http://news.aol.com/newsbloggers/2008/07/22/feist-and-jack-black-on-sesame-street/http://news.aol.com/newsbloggers/2008/07/22/feist-and-jack-black-on-sesame-street/#comments News Bloggers: Little kids get kind of obsessed with the Feist song "1 2 3 4" (here's an example: the daughter of the band Mates of State performing her own version). So it's only fitting that Feist would take her act to the new season of Sesame Street, performing...7Ada Calhoun2008-07-22T14:52:00+00:00http://news.aol.com/newsbloggers/2008/07/22/why-i-hate-summer/http://news.aol.com/newsbloggers/2008/07/22/why-i-hate-summer/http://news.aol.com/newsbloggers/2008/07/22/why-i-hate-summer/#comments News Bloggers: If you're hating the heat and malaise of summer, check out the Salon.com article "Why I Hate Summer." An excerpt:The constant burden of forced merriment -- the sense that you should be out somewhere, anywhere, taking advantage of it all, like Gidget...2summerAda Calhoun2008-07-22T11:27:00+00:00http://news.aol.com/newsbloggers/2008/07/22/meredith-vieira-owns-john-mccain/http://news.aol.com/newsbloggers/2008/07/22/meredith-vieira-owns-john-mccain/http://news.aol.com/newsbloggers/2008/07/22/meredith-vieira-owns-john-mccain/#comments News Bloggers: Does John McCain prepare for any of his interviews? First Joy Behar clowned him and then Ellen DeGeneres took him to school and now Meredith Vieira bats him around. Or as the kids would say, she pwned him (I still don't know why we substitute the...57afghanistaneconomyjohn mccainJohnMccainmeredith vieiraMeredithVieiraphil grammPhilGrammpwnedtoday showTodayShowyoung turksYoungTurksCenk Uygur2008-07-22T02:27:00+00:00http://news.aol.com/newsbloggers/2008/07/21/youtube-divorcee-loses-case/http://news.aol.com/newsbloggers/2008/07/21/youtube-divorcee-loses-case/http://news.aol.com/newsbloggers/2008/07/21/youtube-divorcee-loses-case/#comments News Bloggers: Back when the above video started circulating, we all pretty much agreed that the YouTube divorcee seemed out of her mind. Well, the judge in her case agrees, and has found her guilty of cruel and inhuman treatment. He called the video: "a calculated...5divorceYouTubeAda Calhoun2008-07-21T23:10:00+00:00http://news.aol.com/newsbloggers/2008/07/21/ebert-and-roeper-leaving-ebert-and-roeper/http://news.aol.com/newsbloggers/2008/07/21/ebert-and-roeper-leaving-ebert-and-roeper/http://news.aol.com/newsbloggers/2008/07/21/ebert-and-roeper-leaving-ebert-and-roeper/#comments News Bloggers: Siskel & Ebert was such an iconic show, and Ebert & Roeper seemed to do a pretty good job with the legacy, even with guests hosts during Ebert's health leaves. But not, apparently, good enough for Disney-ABC, which is letting both critics leave the...8RogerEbertAda Calhoun2008-07-21T21:49:00+00:00http://news.aol.com/newsbloggers/2008/07/21/how-not-to-choose-a-vice-president/http://news.aol.com/newsbloggers/2008/07/21/how-not-to-choose-a-vice-president/http://news.aol.com/newsbloggers/2008/07/21/how-not-to-choose-a-vice-president/#comments News Bloggers: Here's a commentary I delivered on CBS Sunday Morning yesterday. I am brazenly proud that I could get my Rosemary Clooney joke past the censors. (And by censors, I mean the people that are terrified of any reference that appeals to people over the...16Mo Rocca2008-07-21T19:30:00+00:00http://news.aol.com/newsbloggers/2008/07/21/how-not-to-choose-a-v-p-plus-best-show-on-broadway/http://news.aol.com/newsbloggers/2008/07/21/how-not-to-choose-a-v-p-plus-best-show-on-broadway/http://news.aol.com/newsbloggers/2008/07/21/how-not-to-choose-a-v-p-plus-best-show-on-broadway/#comments News Bloggers: Last night my friend Ginna and I saw an extraordinary new musical on Broadway. It's called [title of show]. That's the title: [title of show]. I know, I hate titles with brackets, too. (At least braces ({ }) have a flourish.) But trust me, if you're...10Mo Rocca2008-07-21T10:30:00+00:00http://news.aol.com/newsbloggers/2008/07/21/should-reborn-baby-dolls-be-banned/http://news.aol.com/newsbloggers/2008/07/21/should-reborn-baby-dolls-be-banned/http://news.aol.com/newsbloggers/2008/07/21/should-reborn-baby-dolls-be-banned/#comments News Bloggers: Reborn baby dolls have been in the news a lot this week. Police broke into a car in Australia to get to one they thought was a passed out real baby in the backseat. Then, presumably to redeem their reputation as police-time-wasters, all this comes...20ReborndollsAda Calhoun2008-07-21T10:02:00+00:00http://news.aol.com/newsbloggers/2008/07/20/an-open-letter-to-richard-dawkins/http://news.aol.com/newsbloggers/2008/07/20/an-open-letter-to-richard-dawkins/http://news.aol.com/newsbloggers/2008/07/20/an-open-letter-to-richard-dawkins/#comments News Bloggers: Dear Richard, We're both scheduled to discuss issues of Darwin and God on the Riz Khan Show on Al-Jazeera on Monday, July 21. Viewers who are interested can watch the show live here. The segments will also be posted on Youtube and I'll link to...372Richard DawinsRichardDawinsDinesh D'Souza2008-07-20T17:15:00+00:00http://news.aol.com/newsbloggers/2008/07/20/becoming-michelle-obama/http://news.aol.com/newsbloggers/2008/07/20/becoming-michelle-obama/http://news.aol.com/newsbloggers/2008/07/20/becoming-michelle-obama/#comments News Bloggers: Talk about an historic election: both women running for First Lady are knockouts. Whichever woman prevails, millions of men will emulate her look. Without question, this is the most Drag Queenifiable election in American political history.But how...52Mo Rocca2008-07-20T03:00:00+00:00http://news.aol.com/newsbloggers/2008/07/20/white-house-email-error-boosts-obama/http://news.aol.com/newsbloggers/2008/07/20/white-house-email-error-boosts-obama/http://news.aol.com/newsbloggers/2008/07/20/white-house-email-error-boosts-obama/#comments News Bloggers: Drudge just called our attention to this remarkable Political Punch item, which says that a White House employee meant to send a Reuters story about the Iraqi Prime Minister supporting Obama's withdrawal plan to an internal distribution list, but...19emailtimetableAda Calhoun2008-07-20T00:28:00+00:00http://news.aol.com/newsbloggers/2008/07/19/elizabeth-hasselbeck-and-whoopi-goldberg-have-emotional-race-dis/http://news.aol.com/newsbloggers/2008/07/19/elizabeth-hasselbeck-and-whoopi-goldberg-have-emotional-race-dis/http://news.aol.com/newsbloggers/2008/07/19/elizabeth-hasselbeck-and-whoopi-goldberg-have-emotional-race-dis/#comments News Bloggers: Who would have thought that Elizabeth Hasselbeck and Whoopi Goldberg would begin the racial healing in this country? But I think they did start down that path. They had an interesting discussion about race on The View. Watch it here and then let's...132elizabeth hasselbeckElizabethHasselbeckn-wordrace relationsRaceRelationsthe viewTheViewwhoopi goldbergWhoopiGoldbergyoung turksYoungTurksCenk Uygur2008-07-19T11:00:00+00:00http://news.aol.com/newsbloggers/2008/07/19/drag-queen-cindy-mccain/http://news.aol.com/newsbloggers/2008/07/19/drag-queen-cindy-mccain/http://news.aol.com/newsbloggers/2008/07/19/drag-queen-cindy-mccain/#comments News Bloggers: If there's one thing Republicans and Democrats can agree on during this election year, it's this: both prospective First Ladies are knockouts! Whichever of these women ends up in the White House, millions of ordinary American men will emulate her...37Mo Rocca2008-07-19T04:00:00+00:00http://news.aol.com/newsbloggers/2008/07/19/week-in-review-john-mccain-is-embarrassing/http://news.aol.com/newsbloggers/2008/07/19/week-in-review-john-mccain-is-embarrassing/http://news.aol.com/newsbloggers/2008/07/19/week-in-review-john-mccain-is-embarrassing/#comments News Bloggers: Whenever we do a week in review, there's always going to be something that's not safe for work or for kids. This week is no exception. So, watch this with caution:Young Turks on You Tube...19cenk uygurCenkUygurjohn mccainJohnMccainweek in reviewWeekInReviewyoung turksYoungTurksCenk Uygur2008-07-19T00:15:00+00:00http://news.aol.com/newsbloggers/2008/07/18/mccain-doesnt-believe-in-gay-adoption/http://news.aol.com/newsbloggers/2008/07/18/mccain-doesnt-believe-in-gay-adoption/http://news.aol.com/newsbloggers/2008/07/18/mccain-doesnt-believe-in-gay-adoption/#comments News Bloggers: We just saw on Strollerderby that John McCain, an adoptive father himself, recently said the following, as quoted in the New York Times, "I think that we've proven that both parents are important in the success of a family so, no, I don't believe in...162adoptiongayAda Calhoun2008-07-18T22:41:00+00:00http://news.aol.com/newsbloggers/2008/07/18/meet-the-80-year-old-stripper/http://news.aol.com/newsbloggers/2008/07/18/meet-the-80-year-old-stripper/http://news.aol.com/newsbloggers/2008/07/18/meet-the-80-year-old-stripper/#comments News Bloggers: Here's a nice way to start your weekend: Tempest Storm, the 80-year-old burlesque queen, is still stripping, and MSNBC has a nice little story about her, with video.The best detail: when Elvis came backstage to meet her he spent their first moments...6Ada Calhoun2008-07-18T17:56:00+00:00