Another Monday is here and so it's time to hop back into the little wheel in your cage and get to running. Here are some internet goodies to help distract you from your pain. 1. War Ensemble As far as Ukraine and Russian are concerned, war has already begun. Russia has now ...read more

It's back to the wheel with you, gerbils, where you'll run and run and keep on running until you can maybe afford to retire and die in peace. Here's some reading material to take your mind off all of that. 1. Swept Away Here's the headline of the morning: a massive storm ...read more

Another Monday is here and that means it's time to head back into the trenches. Ben has graciously agreed to allow me to return to work myself here, on an of course probationary basis. I'll try to be on my best behavior. Here's what you might want to read this morning to catch ...read more

Happy hump day! It's good to know you're at least halfway through the week, so why not celebrate the small victories in life with a nice round-up of news. 1. Terry McAuliffe Clinches Governor Seat in Virginia, Chris Christie Re-elected in New Jersey McAuliffe, a democrat ...read more

Well, kids, we made it through another week and it's almost time to make a hasty exit out of the drop-ceilinged, fluorescent lit, Aeron-chaired, living Tetris game you know as your office and go get obscenely drunk. But before the festivities start, here's some nonsense you ...read more

It's Tuesday morning people, and it probably feels like Monday given the long weekend. Fear not, there is much to read on the internet to pass the hours away, and we've boiled down the best of it so you don't have to. 1. Obama Rolls Out John McCain to Sell War in Syria The ...read more

Morning all, and welcome to Tuesday's edition of 'The Morning Banter' where we do our best to find the most interesting stories that we couldn't be bothered to write about ourselves. What's on the menu today? Lots of interesting stuff: Syria using chemical weapons against its ...read more

Here's what you may as well read today instead of bemoaning the fact that you're back at work for another crappy week: 1. There's No "I" in Team Yes, it's probably just a lot of nonsense saber-rattling cynically aimed at endearing themselves to the idiots in the base, but ...read more

Here's what you should be reading instead of bothering with that whole getting-back-to-work thing: 1. Tom Galt Like everyone else, we here at the Banter love piling on the mockery when it comes to Tom Friedman. He's really such an easy target. But R.J. Eskow actually skipped ...read more

Before you settle down to work, you'd better know what the hell is going on in the world right now. Yes, some woman in England had a baby who will one day be a completely irrelevant monarch, but there's a lot more going on that you need to be up to date with. Sexually Repressed ...read more

Happy Monday, all. Here's what you may as well read rather than getting back to work. 1. Anger Management I may as well go ahead and admit that there's a part of me that just can't quit Salon. No, I don't read every article, because there are certain writers to whom I truly ...read more

This morning's roundup of the stories you may as well be reading rather than doing actual work. 1. Cult Status Last year my girlfriend and I were sitting outside a little place on Franklin Avenue in Hollywood grabbing brunch when a guy who we assumed just happened to be ...read more