THROWIN’ BOLTS. The forced-pregnancy crowd has been chirping about how God began casting lightning bolts at Rudy Giuliani just as he was about to profess his support for abortion rights during Tuesday’s debate. Now Jill has compiled a list of other people who are apparently on God’s smite-list. Metallica fans, look out.

–Ann Friedman

Ann Friedman is a columnist for New York magazine’s website and for the Columbia Journalism Review. She also makes pie charts for The Hairpin and Los Angeles magazine. Her work has appeared in ELLE, Esquire, Newsweek, The Observer, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, and many other outlets. She lives in Los Angeles, but travels so often the best place to find her is online at annfriedman.com. Follow @annfriedman