Wise Guy: Bill Maher  Dear Ann Coulter, Glenn Beck, and Sean
Hannity: Bill Maher has an opinion.  Sasha Eisenman/Trish South
Management/Trunk Archive  Locating le mot juste to describe Bill
Maher can be taxing, like trying to order a pizza with your two
buddies, the vegan and the Teamster. The 54-year-old Maher's
loyal fans might label him provocative visionary, perhaps even
prophet. Others—namely George W. Bush and the evangelists Maher
taunted in his 2008 God-denying documentary Religulous—might
start with putz. We'll just take the easy way out and refer to
the host of HBO's Real Time With Bill Maher as controversial.
But here are a couple of indisputables: Though he might not
admit it, Maher costarred with Mr. T and Gary Busey in 1983's
D.C. Cab. He's also logged many an hour partying at the Playboy
Mansion. Starting this month, his show—with its psychedelic mix
of guests, including Salman Rushdie and Ashton Kutcher—will air
Fridays on HBO (an hour earlier, at 9 p.m.). Another big change
is afoot: That com