Age of the Fabricating Faker: All the Republican candidates embody this condition -- but none so much as Donald Trump

Runnin' down a dream with Tom Petty: His childhood abuse, his relationship with Stevie Nicks and his short, wacky run with Gary Busey

We're not beating ISIS like this: America has no easy solution to its Middle Eastern crisis -- and maybe none at all

An open letter to Justice Scalia

This is what the female gaze looks like: "Transparent" returns for a thrilling second season

My father taught me to love guns

Adam Sandler may never be funny again: Another unending parade of half-baked, offensive stereotypes disguised as comedy

Birchers for a new era: The extremist, Islamophobic group that's getting a lot of 2016 attention

They will never stop hating: Vile GOP pathology goes so much deeper than Donald Trump

Who needs a Constitution anyway? Donald Trump sets the First Amendment on fire

5 worst right-wing moments of the week -- Antonin Scalia proudly declares his bigotry

Paul Krugman: GOP "spiraling ever deeper into black hole of denial and anti-science conspiracy theorizing"

"Our art and voices matter": The cultural boycott of Israel means we will not serve the status quo of Israeli discrimination and violence

The terror behind Daniel Holtzclaw: The horrific truth about police & serial abuse

Donald Trump: Hillary Clinton has "killed hundreds of thousands of people with her stupidity"

Ted Koppel: Donald Trump is now "the Recruiter-in-Chief for ISIS"

Did Ted Cruz make millions in campaign contributions for not believing in climate change?

Everyone's hot for Santa: Do we really need a "SILF" to spice up the holidays?

Rise of the GOP bullsh***ers: How the electoral process has been overwhelmed by lies & untruths

Pizza Hut desperately wants you to believe their hipster Instagram is real life

This is how you get Fox News fired up about the war on Christmas and "personal freedoms": A Brooklyn principal's diversity push goes awry

"Fox & Friends" flips out over judge sentencing pastor convicted of assault and battery against Muslim woman to learn about Islam

Edward Norton raises funds for Syrian refugee featured on "Humans of New York"

Scientists claim this is how Jesus Christ really looked

Making money off murder: On Sandy Hook's anniversary, new data shows mass shootings boost the gun industry's profits

Media get punk'd: News outlets go bonkers with story of French teacher "attacked by ISIS" — which he now admits was a total lie

In our paranoid Tea Party age, the benevolent alien Overlords of "Childhood's End" are a tough sell

Gabby Giffords uses Sandy Hook anniversary to unload on GOP: "30,000 more Americans have been murdered with guns" since that day

GOPers punishing women: Yet again, Republicans have passed dozens of laws this year to destroy abortion rights