August 14, 2015 Archive August 2015

5 times Jon Stewart was too sad to joke

Video: Bill Cosby's accusers talk about the effects of Quaaludes

Video: Ta-Nehisi Coates on police brutality, "We accept this as a normal way of doing business"

Jon Stewart's face says it all: 20 of the “Daily Show” host's most memorable mugs

Jeb's Iraq mess just got worse: Now he says war "turned out to be a pretty good deal"

Everybody freak out: Tina Fey is making a new comedy for NBC

8 impossibly dumb things we teach kids about sex

Megyn Kelly abruptly announces unplanned two-week vacation, effective immediately

David Foster Wallace was not a bro: Let's not paint the writer with the same brush as his fans

The CIA vs. the Senate: Inside the shadowy turf war at the center of American government

Mike Huckabee's "flat tax" fairy tale: The Huckster promises rainbows, kittens, and 6 percent economic growth

"You're embarrassing the nation!": This 13-year-old just demolished Donald Trump in a sweet folk ballad

Donald Trump's biggest crime is his honesty: How he exposes the sickening rot at the core of the GOP

The amazing way new sexual partners affect male sperm

Nancy Wilson on leading Heart with her sister: "The guys in the band sometimes had a hard time with that"

"Dune," climate fiction pioneer: The ecological lessons of Frank Herbert's sci-fi masterpiece were ahead of its time

My compulsion to please: Polyamory, hunger and the neediness of denying what you want

The "do-nothing bitch" binary: Why Kim Kardashian and Serena Williams both deserve selfie respect

The 10 most dangerous foods people still put in their bodies

The 9 tips that can save your marriage

"Beyond unacceptable": Conservationists slam judge's Grand Canyon ruling

"Wellness" is making us sick: How corporate America's favorite mantra leaves us all feeling inadequate

The Hillary Clinton double standard in a nutshell: Why aren't we talking about Jeb's email scandal too?

Big Oil takes a spill: Russia, Venezuela and the dawn of a new energy epoch

The laughable hypocrisy of the GOP's Trump backlash

Welcome to internment nation: The hideous truth that rightwing xenophobes & cowardly Dems won't admit

Donald Trump, mad king of the GOP: What his surging popularity reveals about Republican extremism

Paul Krugman explains the looming economic crisis that "bodes ill for the world as a whole"

Chicago conservative "envious" of Hurricane Katrina in the most appalling op-ed of the year

The Hillary bed-wetters: "Acela-corridor allies" are freaking out, because that's what useless people do

Larry Wilmore smacks down Jeb Bush for pretending the Iraq War was a “success”

New Jersey is so over "very arrogant" Chris Christie: Majority of voters want him to resign

Twitter demolishes conservative Chicago Tribune editor for "wishing a #HurricaneKatrina" would strike her city

Stephen Colbert's feminist promise for "Late Show": "I’m going to make a show that truly respects women, because I know that there’s more than one way to be one"

Ben Carson continues his ill-advised attack on Planned Parenthood: Abortion is the number one cause of death for black people

A cyclist abroad: Why European bike culture far outpaces America's

Rand Paul is the "New Coke" of the GOP: Why his bold vision for a libertarian future is a disaster waiting to happen

Janelle Monáe introduces powerful #BlackLivesMatter protest song: "This song is a vessel. It carries the unbearable anguish of millions"

China's coal crisis: Air pollution is killing 4,000 people every day

Donald Trump gets the Walter White endorsement: Why Brian Cranston sees a "surprise benefit" to billionaire's surprising success

Kristen Wiig & Fred Armisen are national treasures, and this incredible "Late Night" sketch proves it

Campus PC panic is getting ridiculous: Here's what a "trigger warning" really looks like — and what it does for students

Tinder isn't swiping out romance: Why reports of the dating apocalypse may be greatly exaggerated

"What is going on here?": Chris Hayes tries to make sense of major Joe Biden rumors

Bryan Fischer's latest hateful screed is completely incoherent: “The homosexual lobby is bringing slavery back to the Confederate States of America”

Larry Wilmore destroys GOP and Bill Cosby with the most vicious burn you’ll hear all week

Donald Trump predicts his Democratic opponent (Hint: It isn't Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders)

Ben Carson just made life very hard for the GOP: Why his fetal tissue research matters

"Even less representative" than cops: Why prosecutors' offices also need major reform

Scott Walker's in big trouble: The danger of peaking in Iowa too early

Kate Bosworth on the delights of playing the villain: "We wanted to turn it so the Hitchcock blonde would be the psycho rather than the victim"

Jeb just can't help himself: The myth of his electability continues to fade

GOP's torture caucus gets bigger: Jeb Bush and Ben Carson join the fray

Glenn Beck slams Hannity, Coulter for supporting Donald Trump: "These are smart people. What am I missing?"

This Canadian campaign ad is the most bizarre, nonsensical & downright amazing thing we have ever seen

Sharon Stone poses nude and opens up about brain aneurysm in Harper's Bazaar: "It's like, I have brain damage; you'll just have to deal with it"

The Megafauna Massacre: Humans responsible for the extinction of ancient species

A moderately forceful high-five for Obama's summer music and reading choices