Books
Book Review: “The United States of War”
In two presidential debates, neither candidate even mentioned the fact that the United States is at war. But it is, and it’s unsettling to reflect on just how long the country has been. Students who MORE
Entertainment
Entertainment
Florida Man Loses His Pants at Wawa in Late Night Brawl
When two Florida men brawled during a comically absurd 2 a.m. melee at a Florida Wawa store, Darien Rollins was there to provide hilarious commentary and attempts at mediation. Now he explains the even more MORE
Entertainment
Unexplained Metal Monolith Found Firmly Planted in Utah Desert by Officers: ‘The Strangest Thing’
Just when you thought 2020 couldn’t get any stranger, the Utah Department of Public Safety Aero Bureau announced in a press release it has discovered a metal monolith “installed in the ground” in a remote MORE
Books
Book Review: Barack Obama’s ‘A Promised Land’
Barack Obama is as fine a writer as they come. It is not merely that this book avoids being ponderous, as might be expected, even forgiven, of a hefty memoir, but that it is nearly MORE
Celebrity Death Watch
Alex Trebek, Revered Host of ‘Jeopardy!’ for 36 Years, Dies at 80
Alex Trebek, the beloved host of gameshow “Jeopardy!” since its 1984 debut in syndication, has died of pancreatic cancer. He was 80. The official “Jeopardy!” Twitter account announced the news on Sunday morning, writing: “‘Jeopardy!’ MORE
Celebrity Death Watch
Sean Connery, Oscar Winner and James Bond Star, Dies at 90
Sir Sean Connery has died at the age of 90, his family has said. The Scottish actor was best known for his portrayal of James Bond, being the first to bring the role to the MORE
Civil Rights
An interview with the director of “White Noise”, a new documentary on the alt-right
One among a sea of unfortunate consequences of the last four years is that ordinary people have heard of many political figures who once would have been relegated to the fringe. There’s Mike Cernovich, a MORE
Movies
Rudy shows up in new Borat film, acts like a dirty old man
In the film, released on Friday, the former New York mayor and current personal attorney to Donald Trump is seen reaching into his trousers and apparently touching his genitals while reclining on a bed in MORE
Entertainment
Jon Bon Jovi tells why he ‘Won’t Ever Go Back to the City of Buffalo’
There was a time when Jon Bon Jovi was ready to become a permanent fixture in Buffalo, N.Y., but a negative experience – spurred by Donald Trump – led the rocker to vow he’d never MORE
TV
“The Good Lord Bird”: Showtime’s new miniseries of John McBride’s award winning novel about abolitionist John Brown.
No country can escape its past, as we have seen in this year of mass protests. Showtime’s ferocious limited series “The Good Lord Bird” is about one of the most incendiary of all American historical MORE
TV
Trump Takes “Medical Exam” on Tucker Carlson Tonight
Your favorite president with COVID-19 will be a guest on Tucker Carlson’s Fox News program tonight, in his first “on-camera” interview since testing positive. Fox News said its resident medical expert, Dr. Marc Siegel, would MORE
Entertainment
Stormy Daniels and Melania Trump Accuse Each Other of Being a Hooker!
After hearing audio of Melania Trump seeming to call her a hooker, porn star Stormy Daniels accused the first lady of being the one who has sex for money. Tapes released by the first lady’s MORE
Music
Remembering Eddie Van Halen, Guitar God, Dead at 65
Eddie Van Halen, who redefined the sounds and capabilities of the electric guitar in the 70’s and 80’s, died Tuesday of throat cancer at age 65. Edward Lodewijk Van Halen was born Jan. 26, 1955, MORE
Entertainment
SNL Season Opener: The First Presidential Debate, COVID-19, Weekend Update
Saturday Night Live made the bold decision to return to studio 8H this fall, following a truncated season that saw the cast sequestered in their individual homes. Those episodes provided some of the freshest sketches SNL has aired in MORE
Music
Van Morrison Releasing New Songs to Protest Lockdown
“No more lockdown / No more government overreach / No more fascist bullies / Disturbing our peace … No more taking of our freedom / And our God-given rights / Pretending it’s for our safety MORE
Books
Trump is “a fraud, a bully, a racist, a predator” says Michael Cohen in his new memoir
Former Trump personal lawyer Michael Cohen’s new tell-all memoir says that his long relationship with Donald Trump revealed Mr. Trump for “who he really was” […] Cohen assails Mr. Trump as an “organized crime don” MORE
Books
Sarah Sanders Was Told by Trump to Take One For the Team After Kim Jong Un Winked at Her
Sarah Sanders’ boss told her she’d have to go to North Korea and “take one for the team” after Kim Jong Un winked at Trump’s then press secretary in 2018. “Kim Jong-un hit on you!” MORE
Books
Pence Was On Stand-by When Trump Visited Walter Reed
New York Times reporter Michael Schmidt is releasing his new book Donald Trump v. the United States this week and already stories are breaking about the shocking revelations it contains. According to a report in the book, Mike MORE
Books
Some takeaways from the new book about Melania and Donnie
Stephanie Winston Wolkoff’s new book “Melania and Me: The Rise and Fall of My Friendship with the First Lady,” reveals that Melania wanted to block Ivanka’s face from appearing in photos of Donald Trump taking MORE
Books
The foreword for Michael Cohen’s book is out — and it contains allegations of deviant sex acts and a backchannel to Putin
There are reasons why there has never been an intimate portrait of Donald Trump, the man. In part, it’s because he has a million acquaintances, pals and hangers on, but no real friends. He has MORE
Environment
Documentary: Elephant and Human Clashes in India
Elephant habitats across India are shrinking at an alarming rate, leading to conflict with local residents. In the southern region of Hassan, the conflict has been particularly intense. But accountant-turned-conservationist Vinod Krishnan is part of MORE
Entertainment
‘Kindergarten Cop’ screening canceled in Oregon, accused of glorifying police traumatizing children
An upcoming screening of the 1990 movie “Kindergarten Cop” has been canceled in Oregon amid concerns about the “current political climate,” according to the Willamette Week. The film was scheduled to kick off the NW MORE
Books
Hannity tries out his Latin, ends up looking like a blockhead
The Latin motto on Fox News anchor Sean Hannity’s new book has been changed after the original was described as “complete and utter gobbledygook” by a classics student. At first, the cover featured the Latin MORE
Entertainment
The Swamp: inside a revealing look into Washington corruption
There’s a recurring graphic in The Swamp, a new HBO documentary riffing on the Trump campaign’s (false) promise to drain Washington of moneyed interests, in which vines overrun the Rotunda as it sinks into a MORE
Entertainment
‘Gordon Lightfoot: If You Could Read My Mind’: Film Review
Martha Kehoe and Joan Tosoni’s documentary delivers an intimate portrait of the legendary Canadian singer/songwriter. The paeans come fast and furious in Martha Kehoe and Joan Tosoni’s documentary about legendary Canadian singer/songwriter Gordon Lightfoot. “If MORE