Senator Barack Obama visited New Hampshire this weekend and he wasn’t skiing or climbing Mount Washington. He was speaking and signing books, getting great publicity in his quest for higher office. The senator hasn’t announced anything, but is clearly raising his profile and exploiting fantastic media coverage — the press …

Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Price Problems A majority of Americans blame the oil industry, not the market for rising oil prices, but an even larger majority thinks environmental regulations are the problem. According to the latest FOX News poll, 52 percent of those polled say oil …

Tom Cruise | Lindsay Lohan | Hugh Jackman | Paul Simon Baby: Katie’s Parents Had to Wait Forget whatever it was Tom Cruise told Diane Sawyer about his relationship with Katie Holmes‘ parents. The truth is, Katie’s parents, Martin and Kathleen Holmes, didn’t get to see baby Suri up close …

WASHINGTON – The military contractor that built the prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and jails throughout Iraq has been tapped to construct facilities in the United States to be used in the event of “an emergency influx of immigrants into the U.S.” The contract has sparked wide speculation that massive …

Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Positive Developments The death of terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in Iraq — along with the formation of a permanent government there — have Americans seeing the war in a more positive light. That according to the latest FOX News poll, in which …

Speaking at a conference in Saudi Arabia, former Vice President Al Gore said, “Arabs in the United States have been indiscriminately rounded up, often on minor charges of overstaying a visa or not having a green card in proper order, and held in conditions that were just unforgivable.” Wow. Quite …

Neil Young | Elton’s Meltin’ for a Good Cause | Jacko’s German Logo Sold for Peanuts Neil Young: Exclusive ‘Impeach the President’ Lyrics Neil Young’s new album, “Living with War,” is an incendiary, moving, totally American document of peaceful protest that is going to make a lot of people crazy …

Hey guys! A police chase in California — please, please everyone just relax, I know it’s shocking — cut into our show a bit; my apologies to the guests we’d booked. We are going to bring them back if it’s possible on their end (and ours) on Friday. I’d like …

I am so sorry. So, so, so, so terribly sorry. OK, not that sorry, but I do apologize for bailing on the blog. Dissing the “Dish,” as my co-host Mike suggested. I’m new to the whole blogging thing; that said, I promise to be more regimented. I do enjoy reading …

‘Superman’ So-So ‘Superman’ Struggling “Superman Returns” is struggling at the box office. The $300 million extravaganza has earned only $48 million since opening with sneak previews on Tuesday night. What’s even more alarming for Warner Bros is that the take for the last two days rather than increasing has dropped. …