By John Dolan
Stop the presses! Christopher Hitchens just noticed that waterboarding is torture! Hitchens announced the news like he’d brought it down from Mount Sinai, in a Vanity Fair article. “Believe me,” he told a waiting nation, “it’s torture.” Well, yeah. It…
By Team eXiled
Do you still crave the perennial favorites you’ve come to know and love and worship from the original eXile site but find yourself unable to leave the comfy confines of The eXiled? Well, we’d like to help.
Jul 17, 2008 | Comments Off on Browse The eXile Classics
By Tony Snow
It’s been only two days, and already we’ve received dozens of shamelessly fawning letters from readers around the world. For this inaugural [sic], we’ve invited media celebrity Tony Snow
Jul 16, 2008 | Comments Off on [sic] Letters From [sic] Readers
By Team eXiled
According to Pulitzer Prize-seeking reporter Clifford Levy of the New York Times, Russia still turns off its hot water to apartments for a month every summer. It’s the kind of scoop that has made Levy a star
Jul 16, 2008 | Comments Off on Clifford J. Levy’s Cold Shower
By Yasha Levine
Gov. Sergei Morozov baptizes a UAZ-Patriot, the grand prize for one lucky newborn’s family. ULYANOVSK, Russia—On a humid Sunday afternoon in late June, about 100 couples clutching newborn babies filed into the Lenin Memorial overlooking the wide banks of the Volga River. This…
Jul 16, 2008 | Comments Off on Baby Bumper Crop in Lenin’s Hometown
By Team eXiled
A 20-year-old in Yaroslavl does a back-flop off a 70 ft high bridge on a dare, breaks his back upon entry and sinks to the bottom of Volga like a stone. His friends catch the whole thing—including his last puffs…
Jul 15, 2008 | Comments Off on Russian Darwin Awards: Kid Jumps Off Bridge and Dies
By Team eXiled
Just in case you missed this kickass interview with Gary Brecher on Wisconsin Public Radio
Jul 15, 2008 | Comments Off on The War Nerd Radio Interview