March 21, 2016 Archive March 2016

Miseries of a stay-at-home dad

"Music is so abused these days": XTC's Andy Partridge opens up about songwriting, painting and developing the "cruel parent gene" toward your own art

Trump's jackbooted thugs against political correctness: Violence, fascism and the real assault on free speech

I slept with the enemy: Here's what an unlikely romance taught me about racism, Donald Trump, and our cultural obsession with male rebellion

America's broken healthcare has fallen off the radar. Here's why we can't afford to let that happen

Donald Trump's dark magic: How the GOP front-runner seduces his followers to increasingly violent ends

Desperate delegate games: With Trump and Hillary firmly in command, challengers are banking on long-shot strategies and trickery to stay alive

America is overdosing on religion: How the presidential election got taken over by theocrats and zealots

Donald Trump is a delusional crybaby: In the GOP's long con, rich white people are the new victims

"It's a big, dumb thing that only gets more expensive over time": John Oliver punctures Donald Trump's one serious policy proposal

Paul Krugman: The GOP needs Trump to evict them from the halls of power and into "the political wilderness"

Behind the music on "Vinyl": David Bowie bookends, plus an Iggy Pop tease

"Israel is occupation-addicted": Israeli journalist Gideon Levy blasts U.S. support for "apartheid" & rise of fascism

"It's the Devil. Okay?": Alex Jones warns listeners not to be "creepy" & angry — then raves about alien invasion

The Republicans' SCOTUS obstruction proves that things are only going to get worse in Washington

5 worst right-wing moments of the week -- Jeffrey Lord continues his Trump apology tour

Conservative S.E. Cupp on Trump: That's not a "dog-whistle" you hear, those are "dog screams"

George Will tells Fox News the GOP should nominate Merrick Garland because God only knows "who Trump might put on the Court"

Trump praises campaign manager after video shows him violently yanking a protester: "I give him credit for having spirit"

Dear Bernie Sanders supporters: Relax! If there's a "revolution," this is only the beginning

Trump's gutless blame game: He's a sniveling coward who won't take responsibility for the disgusting violence he stokes

Back off, wingnuts: Fox News slimes Samantha Bee, doesn't understand comedy (again)

RNC Chair Reince Priebus blames CNN coverage of GOP violence for GOP violence: You "create an environment" in which Trump supporters turn on fellow Americans

This is making it worse for Sanders: If you are still feeling the Bern — here's how not to help

Meals or wheels? In latest attack on the poor, Alabama Republican tells food stamp recipients: If you want to eat, give up your car

When black Donald Trump supporters attack: Race, fascism and Trump's political blood sport

"More embarrassments to come": Unhinged conservatives on Twitter freak out over Obama's Cuba visit

Serena Williams shuts down sexist invitation to "go down every night on [her] knees" to thank men's tennis

Hillary Clinton takes a swipe at Donald Trump during aggressive AIPAC speech: "We can't be neutral when it comes to Israel"

Trump "should be arrested": Petition to White House calls for Donald Trump to be prosecuted for inciting violence

Democrats, you can't vote for Hillary: The case for writing in Bernie Sanders If Hillary Clinton is the nominee

Jesus gets the "Glee" treatment: Fox's "The Passion" undermines Easter with an unabashed, pandering ratings stunt

Sanders shouldn't quit: Top Democrats are implying that Bernie should wind down his campaign — here's why they're wrong

How jingoism wasted the world: Why liberals finally need to admit that the Afghanistan invasion was wrong

Is there life after "Life on Mars?": David Bowie's death has made this ubiquitous song so painful to hear

Bill Kristol's anti-Trump fantasy: The always-wrong pundit has an absurd scheme to save the GOP

Sam Brownback, America's worst governor: He's gutted Kansas with an ultraconservative, religious agenda -- and it's getting worse

10 years of Twitter fail: Where Donald Trump's "Sad!" thoughts flourish and Kim Kardashian has more followers than the Pope

Conservatives vs. contraceptives: In both Florida and in the Supreme Court, right wingers hungry to control women's sexuality are targeting birth control

Trumpism's deep roots: If Republican leadership thinks dropping Trump will solve their problems, they've got another thing coming

Bernie's revolution could still disappear: Why a more progressive America is by no means guaranteed

Donald Trump is The Joker: Forget Mussolini and Hitler, the GOP strongman is an authoritarian populist straight from Hollywood

Did Donald Trump's foundation break the law with a shady contribution to the Florida attorney general?

Six-year-old girl in Chicago handcuffed for allegedly stealing candy from a teacher

Elizabeth Warren stops being polite and starts getting real: "Let’s be honest - Donald Trump is a loser"

"He all but pushed me into a wall": Reporter says Ted Cruz's security officer roughed her up; campaign quickly apologizes