December 05, 2020 Archive December 2020

Our wish for the future host of "Jeopardy!": Who is LeVar Burton?

The chattering classes got the "Hillbilly Elegy" book wrong–and they’re getting the movie wrong too

Trump campaign and RNC spent over $1 million at Trump properties in final weeks of election: report

Fox News host fact-checks Trump aide's claim that "election was stolen": “Judges do not see that"

Shrinking the Pentagon: Will the Biden administration dare cut military spending now?

The COVID-19 pandemic has left many prisons unmanned

Last call for COVID: To avoid bar shutdowns, states serve up curfews

McConnell's lame duck Senate sees no need to get much done

Joe Scarborough on Harry Truman, Donald Trump and what the hell happened to the Republican Party

The moral case for canceling student debt

We are in the greatest cataclysm of our history: It's not an SNL skit

Economist Paul Krugman predicts GOP budget hawks will make a raging comeback in 2021

Bill Barr bans Trump aide from entering DOJ building following post-election pressure campaign

Boeing 737 Max crashes were not isolated events. They're the result of deregulation

What's new on Netflix in December from "Big Mouth" & Chadwick Boseman to a bearded George Clooney

How Star Wars failed Ahsoka Tano on "The Mandalorian," even beyond the casting controversy

California finally acts to protect virus-threatened hospital workers

Real gun reform without Congress: Lawsuits demolish the "good guy with a gun"

"The planet is broken," UN chief says

Trump's deep state legacy: Dozens of political appointees will stay in Biden's government

Google illegally surveilled, interrogated, and fired workers who tried to organize, NLRB says

Trump the fascist artist: How the MAGA crowd is motivated by aesthetics, not ideas

Abysmal jobs report puts renewed pressure on Mitch McConnell to pas COVID relief

Former Trump lawyer Sidney Powell fumbles her way into another legal blunder

"Baby Chimp Rescue" is just as adorable as you expect, and surprisingly emotional as well

Browned butter and the caramelized flavor of maple syrup create an apple pie with layers of flavor

Will Ivanka snitch on her father?

These sprinkled and spiked butter cookies melt in your mouth — and they make the best holiday gift