The rosy efforts of A West Wing Special
Bolstered by excellent direction, the benefit's good intentions mostly make up for its unresolved significance
Star Trek boldly goes where canon won't
Things fall apart. The U.S.S. Discovery's new adventures may offer a vision of how we go on nevertheless
Graham's begging reaches halls of Senate
"I never felt better about my campaign than I do right now," Graham claims as he trails his rival in fundraising
GOP senator criticizes Trump over COVID
Sasse asked why GOP thought "selling a TV-obsessed narcissistic individual” to America was “good" in leaked call
Next stimulus check being held hostage
Mitch McConnell says he won't bring either the president's or the Democrats' stimulus plans to the Senate floor
The nothingness of Seinfeld's new book
The book's retrospective rehash emphasizes the comedian's unwillingness to engage with readers or the present
Do temperature checks even work?
Many businesses now require them in order for patrons to enter. But experts say they have issues
Trump's NBC ploy for almighty TV ratings
NBC counterprogrammed Biden's ABC town hall, a decision the former "Apprentice" host would say is "just business"
The media could still screw this up
This not a normal election between two opposing candidates, and the news media needs to say so clearly
Thank impeachment for Giuliani's failure
Giuliani's attempted "October surprise" backfires. It might have worked if Democrats hadn't impeached Trump
8M fell into poverty as aid expired
Six million Americans have fallen below the poverty line in just the last three months, according to researchers
Admin warned wealthy about virus: report
The information reportedly helped elite traders "gain financial advantage" when "global markets were teetering"
Donald Trump's black hole of lies
Media critic Eric Alterman warns that Trump's lies are a black hole which has sucked in the country and news media
Trump needs Dems more than GOP allies
A pandemic aid calendar would have saved the GOP a lot of grief
Barrett more "extreme" on guns than GOP
Barrett's position on felon gun rights is at odds with Trump's Justice Department and Senate Judiciary Republicans
First defeat Trump, then push Biden left
No one has described the current crossroads more astutely than Naomi Klein: "Vote for a more favorable terrain"
Michigan AG accuses Bill Barr of perjury
Dana Nessel said too little attention is being paid to Barr’s words before a House committee
How Lincoln, GOP remade the Court
History shows that political contests over the ideological slant of the Court are nothing new
Barrett has no "firm views" on climate
"We don’t need a climate denier on the Supreme Court."
When fascism and capitalism combine
The tendency of capitalism is toward instability, inequality, and fascism
Experts slam "garbage fire" Biden story
"It's a garbage fire story with obscene numbers of legal holes and flaws," one expert tells Salon
Controversy over Melania tell-all book
"The United States seeks to hold Ms. Wolkoff to her contractual and fiduciary obligations"
Barrett: Roe isn't "super-precedent"
"It's not a case that everyone has accepted and doesn't call for its overruling," Barrett says of Roe
Why the GOP wants to punish Facebook
A questionable New York Post story smearing Joe and Hunter Biden is limited in its social spread, sparking GOP fury