- Daily Download: “Mel Gibson,” Nervous Cabaret
 - A quiet life among autumnal people
 - I have herpes. Do I have to tell all my partners?
 - Leaving Iraq? Not so fast
 - Ask the pilot
 - Diet your way to a long, miserable life!
 - Goodbye, Mr. Altman
 - “Deja Vu”
 - The first annual Capitol Hill roast
 - Did voting machines steal a Democratic victory?
 - Not that there’s anything wrong with that
 - Same-sex marriage around the world
 - A “matrix” the president can understand
 - The Fix
 - The cheese stands alone
 - This would never have happened in Baghdad
 - A culture of death in Nicaragua
 - Seventeen questions for George W. Bush
 - Ballot analysis: “Undervotes” skewed to Democratic candidates
 - Notes on a breakup
 - Colbert becomes “Stephen Eagleman”
 - Lactivists converge in airports
 - A timeline too long
 - Memories of Gobbler
 - “Willard would make a good balloon, too”
 - Fierstein on Mrs. Claus
 - Joaq the Line
 - Adam Sandler sings about turkey
 - A reminder from Eddie Murphy
 - Bill O’Reilly’s misinformation campaign
 - Why shouldn’t Muslim women wear veils?