JOHN EDWARDS HAS decided to endorse Barack for the Democratic nomination.  I love this endorsement for so many reasons. Both of these men have been my Senator at one point.  John Edwards was my Senator during my final years of graduate school at Duke. Obama was my Senator during my last years living in Chicago. I have great affection for both of them.

LAUGH THERAPY: Looking Good for Jesus

IDI AMIN: Should We Immortalize Him Or Forget Completely?

I DON'T THINK R. Kelly will be convicted.

LAST NIGHT I saw King Lear at the Globe, Shakespeare's theater on the South Bank of the Thames. I've seen the play before, but now that I'm a parent I was especially struck by the idea of love and loyalty between parent and child gone terribly wrong.

IS HILLARY REALLY ROCKY? At first, I dismissed it as yet another ridiculous attempt to paint herself as a working class underdog rather than the delusional underachiever that she's been this election season.  Upon closer examination, however, I remembered something interesting about Rocky. Although he fought to the bloody end, the stubborn pugilist lost the first time around. To whom did he lose? That's right, a cocky black guy. That's when I realized that there's probably more truth to this Rocky thing than I imagined.