Senator John Warner wasn't just the senior Republican Senator for Virginia; he was one of the legendary senators, a member of Congress for thirty years with centrist views and stand-up values. In his retirement speech, this former Marine speaks about the impact his education at the University of Virginia law school had upon his life, and the decisions that took him to and from Charlottesville. He was one of five remaining WWII veterans in the Senate; the Greatest Generation produced some of our greatest legislators.

When I was sent a link to "If Larry Craig Were Gay," I thought to myself, "Oh, my God, if they used 'If You Were Gay' from Avenue Q, that would be the most awesome thing ever. *sigh* But they won't, and I'll just be sad, and have the song stuck in my head all day, as if to mock me." I've never been so happy to be wrong. This video puts the embattled Idahoan senator and the zany puppet musical together in a way that actually exceeds anything I could have imagined.

For those who have been living under a rock: After pleading guilty to a charge of disorderly conduct in an airport men's room -- that conduct being trying to get friendly with the undercover cop in the next stall -- staunchly anti-gay-rights Senator Larry Craig has been running around like a big closeted gay chicken with its big gay head cut off, saying, "I'm not gay, I'm not gay, I'm not gay, notgaynotgaynotgaynotgaynoooootgaaaaay."

Avenue Q is a show in which puppets sing songs like "It Sucks to Be Me" and "The Internet is for Porn." It also features a character, Nicky, who suspects his roommate Rod is gay. (And that's okay.)

The combined result is genius. And afterwards, you may be in the mood for another song from Avenue Q. It's called "Schadenfreude."

Get out your mittens, sinners, 'cause it looks like Hell may just have frozen over. Here, Fox News host Chris Wallace asks guest Newt Gingrich about Alberto Gonzales, "How damaging is it, in the middle of a war on terror, to have an Attorney General... who has so little credibility?"

Wait a minute. Did somebody on Fox News just say something that might be construed as... anti-administration? Nah. I must have misunderstood.

So Newt basically says that, yeah, wacky Democrats and their pesky questions aside, it really isn't so great for the country when the person who's supposed to be our quintessential representative of justice and fairness is being investigated to death and just generally being accused of being a big fat lying liar from Liartown, Lietucky.

And then Wallace says, "By the way, we invited White House officials and Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee to defend Attorney General Gonzales. We had (big snotty dramatic pause) no takers."

Woah. It's one thing when your administration becomes so unpopular that even the party hacks are trampling each other to get at a safe distance from you. But when Fox News starts to turn on you... sheesh. That's harsh.

History was made in the United States Senate on Thursday when, for the first time, a Hindu chaplain delivered the opening invocation. History was immediately flipped the bird, however, when three protesters from the Christian Right anti-abortion group Operation Save America disrupted the proceedings.

Loudly praying for the Lord's forgiveness for the "abomination" of a non-Christian prayer, the protesters interrupted guest chaplain Rajan Zed several times before they were removed from the Senate Chamber. According to OSA's chief, Rev. Flip Benham, the activists had actually come to the nation's capital to protest a proposed hate crimes bill, but after learning about the Hindu invocation, they decided to broaden the scope of their visit. Well, it's always good to diversify. (Except when it comes to religion, apparently.)