January 08, 2014 Archive January 2014
Melissa Harris-Perry's "public intellectual" status brings out the nasty trolls
Catholic school not cool with gay marriage, totally cool with gay divorce
GOP is losing on unemployment insurance -- and running scared
Frozen world: Scenes from the polar vortex
Listen to Alex Trebek rap on "Jeopardy"
Evgeny Morozov's New Yorker put-down of the Maker movement misses the point
Laverne Cox flawlessly shuts down Katie Couric's invasive questions about transgender people
McDonald's to shift to "sustainable beef" (once it figures out what that is)
Mississippi Tea Party candidate decries hip-hop and defends torture
Robert Gates in new memoir: Obama doubted Afghanistan surge would work
I am super-jealous of this cool statue some Satanists want to give to Oklahoma
The future of porn: $42K webcam shows?
"Chozen's" weak take on homophobia in hip-hop
Feminism isn't ruining your love life
Economic progressivism isn't just popular now -- it has been for years
GOP's moral conundrum on unemployment: Time to call their bluff!
"Absurd on every single level": How the feds may be crippling the legal pot industry
The digital divide isn't racial -- it's economic
5 reasons to stop using antibacterial soap
Right-wing unemployment myths, debunked: "When you look at the data, it’s just not there"
How college pricing is just like holiday retail sales
The rise of the military's secret military
Voldemort dragged into China-Japan dispute over war shrine
Dear middle class: Welcome to poverty
Another crude oil train derails and catches fire in Canada
Upcoming Roger Ailes biography alleges sexism and anti-Semitism from the Fox News tycoon
Family, medical ethicists speak out about Texas woman forced to remain on life support
Must-see morning clip: Looking for time travelers in cyberspace
Mark Wahlberg confirms "Entourage" movie
Icelandic brewery debuts "whale beer," made from real whale
Christie bridge scandal deepens: Emails show governor's aides did plan bridge gridlock
Meet the poverty liars: GOP peddles more garbage in war on the poor
Amy Poehler on black women and "SNL": "Ugh, I don't want to talk about this. Pass"
Astronauts experimenting with water that starts fires
U.S. admits review of drone strike on reported Yemen wedding party
Film critic rumored to have heckled Steve McQueen calls report "a malicious lie"
When antiabortion law hurts a grieving family: Texas denies brain-dead pregnant woman's rights
GOP memo tells members how to sound empathetic about the unemployed
This map shows how suburban sprawl is destroying the environment
Maine's Tea Party governor: Bring back child labor!
Post-Stelter, has the New York Times changed its tack on Lauer's "Today"?
"SNL" hires two black female writers
Silicon Valley start-ups getting into the "spy" business
"Stuff it, Limbaugh": Al Roker proves that the polar vortex is real