November 07, 2014 Archive November 2014

Tucker Carlson unloads in unhinged rant about race and immigration

"The Theory of Everything": This sepia-toned Oscar bait could have been so much more powerful

GOP propagandist's phony reform: Frank Luntz shows how to co-opt populist anger

Chinese officials used state visit to Tanzania to smuggle ivory

It begins: Conservative Ben Carson reportedly set to enter 2016 presidential race

The star of Entertainment Weekly's "Mean Girls" oral history: Lindsay Lohan

Grain mixed, livestock higher

Navy SEAL who fired fatal shot at Osama bin Laden comes forward

Victoria's Secret alters "Perfect Body" campaign following backlash

"The president is basically in hiding": Thomas Frank unloads on Dems, Kansas and crushing midterm losses

John Boehner puts Obama in impossible spot on immigration reform

Harness lets dogs and humans communicate

America looks forward to Cory Gardner & co.'s courageous fight to expand birth control access

Study: Climate change is messing with pollination

Science may have uncovered why humans only have one penis

The midterm massacre probably means nothing for 2016

Cory Doctorow: "We're all sharecroppers in Google's fields for the rest of eternity"

"The Comeback": HBO airs the sharpest critique ever made of HBO

"Why Don't You Play in Hell?": A delirious, hilarious work of Japanese pop genius

The New York Times doesn't want you to understand this Vladimir Putin speech

Exit polls: White voters turn away from Democrats

4 toxic myths about "what women want," debunked

Michael Savage bottoms out, calls for Republican Congress to arrest Obama

"Boys already had their things": Tavi Gevinson tells Salon about Rookie, Beyoncé and feminism

"Ride this popular charisma!": Luke Russert & co.'s bizarre coverage of Joni Ernst

GOP's noxious, misguided edge: Why Dems need a coherent economic plan

How ADHD is radically mistreated

Why America's about to hit rock-bottom in the fight against global warming

"It’s about forgetting the past": Eric Lichtblau exposes how the CIA protected ex-Nazis

"So wrong about so much": Paul Krugman blasts newly empowered GOP

U.S. added 214,000 jobs in October as unemployment rate falls to 5.8 percent

"The Colbert Report" smashes climate deniers once and for all

Must-see morning clip: Jon Stewart spares no one in post-midterm evisceration

Ready for Rand: Mitch McConnell makes his 2016 pick

Mitch McConnell feels a "deep responsibility" to block climate action

Boehner's transparent bad faith: Speaker issues bumbling, mendacious threat on immigration

Don't hold your breath, America: Why Mitch McConnell's Senate won't be any more productive

Man seeks fake family for career advancement

“Overwhelming bombardment”: How a suddenly competitive Senate race helped Sam Brownback hang on in Kansas

Scientists are freaking out about 9,300-year-old bison mummy

Jerry Seinfeld: I may be on the autism spectrum

Ray Rice appeal includes damning testimony for Goodell

Grain mixed, livestock higher

Obama's secret inner Marxist: If it really exists, now's the time to bring it out

"Jane Austen slept with all the book bloggers": How #Readergate smashes shady #Gamergate arguments

Obama to nominate Loretta Lynch attorney general, CNN reports

Shanesha Taylor's plea deal revoked: Arizona mother of three heads back to trial

Fox News doctor: "As a medical professional it is readily apparent" that Obama hates America

Wingnut voter ID group fails again: "Voter integrity" outfit unable to find midterm fraud

Noam Chomsky on Russia: "The worst-case scenario, of course, would be a nuclear war"

Mayor and black volunteer take photo and are accused of flashing "gang sign"

Tea Party scores telling new win: RNC dumps immigration reform, once key policy priority

"An international embarrassment": Bernie Sanders decries low turnout, wants to make Election Day a national holiday

Don't trust Boehner, Mr. President: Why a new immigration strategy could fail miserably

A Florida doctor is live-streaming vasectomies. For climate change.

The midterms' dumbest storyline: No, women didn’t cost Democrats the election!

There's a new way to report online harassment that might actually do something

Community Discussion: Should we colonize space?