May 16, 2015 Archive May 2015

Sheriff Joe Arpaio's last stand: Why the power-hungry Arizona lawman could finally go down

How the Dow Jones industrial average fared on Friday

The best series finales ever

B.B. King and our blatant racial revisionism: The South still denies the roots of "America's music"

Pope Francis makes Tea Party heads explode: Why Steve King & Louie Gohmert have it in for the pontiff

"Deadliest catch"? Not even in the top three

The best series finales ever

Down and out in Portland: Lean seasons had always been part of my writing life, but this time I was dead broke

My horrible toupee nightmare: I needed self-confidence, and got a head full of roadkill instead

AP NewsAlert

Why does the GOP hate college?

Bill Maher and Ayaan Hirsi Ali on how to convince liberals that Islamic extremism isn't about diversity

The end of religion as we know it: Why churches can no longer hide the truth

Ronald Reagan doesn't live here anymore: Why it's high time liberals stop tiptoeing around race

Bill Maher and "Killer" Mike unload on Bill O'Reilly: "He's more full of sh*t than an outhouse!"

Bill Maher: Americans respect British accents because deep down we know we're a fundamentally unserious nation

Dr. Dog: I would take Marc Ribot over Prince in a heartbeat

Jon Stewart vs Sean Hannity: We all know who the real "sanctimonious jackass" is

Richard Dawkins doesn't "give a damn": The big mistake he's making about religion

America has not thought remotely hard enough about the death penalty

37 ways to un-rig the U.S. economy so it no longer favors the rich

Fox News is smarter than Jeb Bush: It's not good to get schooled by Laura Ingraham

Viral rewind: Why do we love celebrity walk-off videos so much?

Chris Hedges: "Why should we be impoverished so that the profits of big banks, corporations, and hedge funds can swell?"

Ronald Reagan's FDR side: What today's conservatives -- and liberals -- get wrong about the Gipper

5 Chris Christie scandals that blow #Bridgegate out of the water

Religion formed liberal tradition: Somehow “godless” got hitched to “liberal.” It's not true

The Dwight Eisenhower lesson America forgot

When the world was reinvented: Harry Truman, Joseph Stalin & the end of World War II

Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows