January 25, 2016 Archive January 2016

Fear and loafing on the campaign trail: Showtime's "The Circus" cops out with cynical pundit porn

4 things Obama can do to prevent the planet from destroying itself before he leaves office

Unfollow Humans of New York: The site engages sentimentally with real political matters -- empathy is much harder

I've always been hungry

The dream of the ‘90s is alive on TV: "The X-Files," "Full House" and "Twin Peaks" revivals feed off a lost sense of mystery

Sex for "mere pleasure"? Shame on you! -- 15 sexual hang-ups we can blame on the Catholic Church

I wasted decades feeling fat and ugly

Hillary's baffling Bernie strategy could backfire: Attacking Sanders' positions that hardcore Dems support a very risky move

The "party of responsibility?" — yeah, right: GOP leaders love blaming everyone else for their own screw-ups

I just watched Donald Trump win the Iowa caucus: Inside the one rally that sealed the deal

Paul Krugman: Children are dying in Flint because "small-government extremists" don't want to give money to "Those People"

5 reasons Ted Cruz is even more dangerous than Donald Trump

A monster the GOP could've avoided: The conservative establishment created Trump—and now they can't destroy him

The GOP's Iowa nightmare: Trump vs. Cruz in the primary that went straight to hell

Barack Obama just explained the entire conflict between Bernie and Hillary

These are the best images from monster blizzard Jonas

Donald Rumsfeld refuses to say whether he can see Donald Trump as commander-in-chief

Trump's bloody boast: I could "shoot somebody and I wouldn’t lose voters"

David Axelrod explains the real appeal of Donald Trump: He is the antithesis of Obama

Trump spokeswoman stands by tweet referring to Obama as "half-breed"

Dominican economy lures Puerto Ricans in crisis

With help of corporate law firm, small pro-Israel group derails historic UAW union vote endorsing boycott

Bill Maher smears "racist" Asians, Kimmel promotes "The Big Shawty": The whiter the late-night stage, the flatter the #OscarsSoWhite jokes fall

There are too many truthers out there: Donald Trump, anti-vaxxers and the new "X-Files" in our conspiracist times

Fine, just call him the N-word: All the Republicans want to do is say it. Would be more honest if they did

Michigan governor tells Fox News "there were some actions taken trying to make" the lead in Flint's water "better"

British film industry fails on race, too: Tone-deaf remarks from Charlotte Rampling and Michael Caine are symptoms of deeper problems

Donald Trump got lucky: He's only winning because he's competing against clowns and losers

Sarah Palin's American lobotomy: The Republicans keep making us dumber, and not even Stephen Colbert can save us

The billionaires would get their asses kicked by a democratic socialist: Why Trump vs. Bloomberg vs. Sanders all but guarantees a Bernie presidency

Bernie Sanders could be the next Ronald Reagan

Why we bake in a blizzard: When the big storm hits, "your world gets narrowed"

Glenn Beck gets stuck on repeat: While backing Cruz, he adds yet another "next George Washington" to his collection

"It may be the worst movie anyone has ever been in": Critics trash Robert De Niro's "steaming pile" spring break comedy "Dirty Grandpa"

"Star Wars" fans, unite: The only way to fight #WheresRey trends is to stop buying the toys

Michael Bloomberg is very bored: Why the billionaire ex-mayor wants you to think he might run for president

Whiteness at work in Arizona: Viral photo of racist teens shows the casual arrogance behind “bad decisions"