January 12, 2015 Archive January 2015

The Intercept is trolling Sarah Koenig: Why the site took such a weirdly antagonistic approach to "Serial"

Judge could rule in dispute over MLK Bible and Nobel medal

Is Charlie Hebdo racist? Or have critics been too quick to condemn it?

"Behold the glory of the p*ssy!": My orgasmic meditation awakening

The art of "All right, all right, all right": How to write a viral acceptance speech

My fraternity years as an out gay man

The magic of Tina and Amy: Here's why this duo is so good at hosting awards shows

"Sleeping Beauty just thought she was getting coffee with Bill Cosby": Tina and Amy's brilliant Golden Globes opening monologue

"You got the Globes, too": The best Twitter responses to Jeremy Renner's dopey comment about J.Lo's breasts

"I put the pills in the people": Why Tina and Amy's Cosby jokes were just what we needed

"The world hears you": Watch Joanne Froggatt's emotional speech about her "Downton Abbey" rape storyline

Jeffrey Tambor's stunning speech: The actor movingly dedicates his Golden Globe to the transgender community

"They don't see what I see": Why FBI's claim against North Korea is so dubious

Mike Huckabee's Iowa problem: Why trading charm for spite could doom him

"Do absolutely nothing": How Obama wins the immigration standoff

Drop your top: Convertibles poised to make a comeback

6 worst right-wing moments of the week — Rupert Murdoch says every single Muslim "responsible" for terrorism

GOP hypocrites exposed: Paul Krugman on how party's Keystone push reveals its "carbonized Keynesianism"

Watch "The Simpsons'" moving tribute to Charlie Hebdo

Democrats pitch middle class tax cut -- paid for with higher taxes on Wall Street and one percent

Exclusive excerpt: Listen to a new "Golden Compass" story from Phillip Pullman

Reza Aslan blasts anti-Islamic ignorance after Charlie Hebdo attacks

Donald Trump all but admits he was just trolling everybody by pretending he'd run for president

Des Moines' solution to its water pollution problem: Suing its neighbors

Report: NYPD officers use illegal chokeholds all the time -- and are rarely punished for it

"We're survivors": Watch the intense trailer for the upcoming season of "House of Cards"

Margaret Cho's squeamish Globes cameo: Why her North Korean bit was so weird to watch

Mitt’s snit: If anybody’s going to be the candidate of the entitled rich, it’s me!

Incoming Texas governor's office reassures conservatives he doesn't want to give poor people health care

Why Kristen Wiig and Bill Hader should be the next Golden Globes hosts

South Korea just launched an ambitious new scheme to slash its carbon emissions

J.K. Rowling and Aziz Ansari hit back brilliantly at Murdoch

Bill Cosby should never be off limits: How Tina Fey and Amy Poehler showed us how to tell a rape joke

Being a "human woman" in Hollywood: How Tina Fey & Charlize Theron are fighting back

"The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" to premiere on September 8

Garbage company Cadbury will manufacture garbage knock-off Creme Egg this year

Gavin Newsom passes on Senate bid

Mitt's bizarre logic: I should run because Jeb Bush is too much like Mitt Romney to win

"Girls'" most shocking moment yet: Last night's Marnie scene was the perfect cap to the year of the butt

Tina Fey and Amy Poehler keep the party going in "Sisters" trailer

GOP's dopey immigration ploy: Here's how the DHS funding fight plays out

From awful to calamitous: Sam Brownback's second term is off to a terrible start

Don't call it the "feminist Golden Globes"