August 26, 2015 Archive August 2015

Dear Starz: Please don't screw up Neil Gaiman's "American Gods"

Confederate fantasies & the Donald Trump surge: Inside the dangerous Southern mythology creeping into the GOP primary

How your condom use changes over time

Brene Brown on embracing failure, setting boundaries and living through grief: "It is an act of compassion to love yourself"

Dr. Ruth is wrong about asexuals: It's a legitimate sexual orientation, not a problem to be solved

The government's authoritarian war on journalism: How a flaccid press enabled this Orwellian disgrace

The GOP makes Trump look sane: Amazon, Social Security and the right's perverse new assault on senior citizens

Donald Trump has blood on his hands: Why the nativist demogogue is the second coming of George Wallace

Welfare is a dirty word: How the right hijacked American political discourse

Sanders the populist, Trump the fascist:
The truth about comparing two unlikely presidential contenders

The GOP's great immigration crack-up: Jeb Bush's attacks on Donald Trump expose the issue's toxicity

The reignited Donald Trump-Fox News "feud": A cynical show that serves all parties' interests

New Yorkers guess the meaning of the GOP's "anchor baby" slur: "You put a baby on a chain and send it down to the ocean"

Donald Trump defends ejecting top Hispanic reporter from press conference: "He stood up and started ranting and raving like a mad man"

Horrific: Virginia reporter, cameraman shot and killed during live intervew

Ted Cruz is not a true-believing wingnut -- he's something much more dangerous

U.S. traffic is an actual nightmare

Here’s why Paul Feig’s “Ghostbusters” reboot has even more "girl power" than you thought

Slain reporter Alison Parker's boyfriend pays tribute in heartbreaking tweets: "The most radiant woman I ever met"

Jennifer Lawrence drops accidental bombshell in New York Times interview, reveals she's writing screenplay with Amy Schumer

Jeb's massive Katrina fail: New campaign ad features infamous Mike "Heckauva Job Brownie"

Mike Birbiglia is making a film about the backstabbing world of improvised comedy

The poster girl for period sex: "I think it’s unfortunate that women often think their vagina's kind of disgusting"

Rachel Maddow finds the perfect analogy for the Donald Trump-Fox News feud: Why it's just like Frankenstein vs. his own monster

The case against Joe Biden 2016: Why remind Democrats he's even less liberal than Hillary?

Suspected killer of Virginia TV journalists posted disturbing social media updates before committing suicide

Michael Vick isn't the problem: Steelers fans need to talk about rape culture

The time to talk about gun violence is now: Following the NRA-approved script of dignified silence is getting us nowhere

The RINO-ing of Megyn Kelly: Has Trump made it okay for all candidates to blow her off?

Pierce Brosnan thinks producer would not "allow" a gay Bond: "I don't know how it would work"

"Mr. Robot" is the only TV show that actually understands the Internet—down to the last chilling detail

Breitbart's vile, race-baiting response to TV journalists' killing: "Race murder in Virginia"

Exposed: Shameless climate denial, brought to you by Big Coal

Josh Duggar has checked into rehab: "A long journey toward wholeness and recovery"

Trump v. Ramos in perspective: What really matters in The Donald's latest media feud

Ted Cruz is the true GOP dark horse: How he's winning over the fanatical right at exactly the right time

The empire strikes back: The media-political elite's campaign to destroy Bernie (and Trump) and restore order

Thanks be to Kanye — the VMAs just got a whole lot more exciting

Morrissey takes yet another bizarre swipe at Obama's race: "He doesn’t look overly African black"

Alleged manifesto from Virginia TV journalists' killer cites Charleston church massacre