So we get Newt, and now lose Lindsay. I’m still trying to weigh the merits of the swap. Here’s the story via The Daily Mail: Lindsay Lohan is converting to Judaism in a bid to prove her devotion to Jewish girlfriend Samantha Ronson. Although raised a Catholic, the 22-year-old star announced she was planning to change…

It’s one heckuva parenthetical aside buried in the NYT Magazine’s lengthy profile of Newt Gingrich. But here it is, in its entirety: (A Baptist since graduate school, Gingrich said he will soon convert to Catholicism, his wife’s faith.) Wow. I’d like to know more–though it seems, according to the American Papist last November (guess I…

The new RNC chairman Michael Steele got into a smackdown with Rush Limbaugh over who is the de facto leader of the GOP. Guess who backed down? Mr. Steele bristled after a questioner on CNN referred to Mr. Limbaugh as the de facto leader of the Republican Party on Saturday. “No he’s not – I’m…

  Hey, they’ll help cut down on the utility bills we can’t pay… Andrew Sullivan has the “Face of the Day”: An image of U.S. President Barack Obama depicted as a saint is seen on a ten inch tall votive candle displayed in the window of ‘Just For Fun’ March 2, 2009 in San Francisco,…

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