August 17, 2015 Archive August 2015

How to spot a fake: Art forgery's secrets revealed

"Show Me a Hero": David Simon's new miniseries uncovers the human heart in local politics

My home on the Island of Daydreaming Girls -- with Michael Fassbender, Marlon Brando, and Tom Hardy at my side

I was a compulsive masturbator

The 8 most atheist-friendly countries in the world

The 10 things you've always wanted to know about penises but were too afraid to ask

I was betrayed by Republican religion: What my years as a Christian fundamentalist taught me about right-wing faith

5 worst right-wing moments of the week -- Christmas hysteria comes early for Elisabeth Hasselbeck

The GOP's apocalyptic Obama fantasies: Why Cruz & Walker's economic fear-mongering makes literally zero sense

Jeb Bush's gigantic Iraq fail: Why he's handling his brother's toxic legacy in just about the worst way possible

Donald Trump is a professional wrestler: How the billionaire body-slammed GOP politics

Paul Krugman: GOP candidates promise government by the 1 percent, for the 1 percent

Twitter goes wild with #BatTrump hashtag after Donald Trump tells children "I am Batman"

John Oliver exposes the disturbing world of Christian televangelists: “This is about the churches that exploit people’s faith for monetary gain”

How desperate is Rand Paul? He's calling in Daddy for help

Ann Coulter: Donald Trump can personally perform abortions in the White House if he makes this happen

Bernie Sanders' messaging problem: I don't think I need to apologize to #BlackLivesMatter

Donald Trump's nativist police state: What "we have to keep the families together" really means

Conservatives gush over Trump's draconian immigration plan: "An early Christmas gift to conservatives"

Donald Trump's "Meet The Press" farce: A seething ball of hurt feelings and egomania pretending to be a serious politician

California drought's dangerous toll: Millions of dying trees are putting human lives at risk

Huckabee, Trump and the "life matters" lie: Every "life is precious" — except a woman's or a girl's

Bernie Sanders blasts Donald Trump as "an embarrassment for our country"

A rare "SNL" sketch featuring Donald Trump has reportedly been scrubbed from the Internet

Stephen Colbert opens up about faith, loss and Charleston in heartbreaking GQ profile: "Tragedy is sacred. People's suffering is sacred"

Terror in Bangkok: 15 reported dead in bomb blast

KFC's love affair with "SNL" continues: Watch Norm Macdonald's incredible new impression of Colonel Sanders

The gentrification of "Sesame Street": Cashing out, once and for all, from the radical notion that the urban working class are people, too

Meet the red panda, the world's most squee-worthy potential climate change victim

Tracy Morgan is making his triumphant return to "Saturday Night Live"

Non-politicians seize control: Trump, Carson & Fiorina are surging -- but how long will it last?

Sex Ed on "Fox & Friends": Elisabeth Hasselbeck needs some clarification about the basics of baby-making

Patrick Stewart's dazzling Fox News parody: Watch the "Star Trek" legend brilliantly lampoon right-wing cable TV

Donald Trump's invaluable silver lining: How the billionaire is unwittingly proving how corruptible our system really is

Google is trying to take over America's rooftops (with solar panels)

Jeff Bezos, Orwellian overlord: Why his defense of Amazon's "bruising" workplace culture is so hard to swallow

Everything you need to know about Fox News' conflicted relationship with the female body in one 23-second clip

The sociopath's answer to Macklemore: Introducing the haughty ignorance—and heinous Michelle Obama rhymes—of chart-topping white guy Lil Dicky

Janelle Monáe will not be silenced: "Today" should have aired her stand against police brutality in full

The Obama administration just gave Shell the final okay to start drilling in the Arctic

Rubio reaffirms opposition to rape and incest exceptions: He backs abortion ban "irrespective of the circumstances"