”Thanks to science, we’ve experienced dramatic shifts in the way we understand ourselves, Earth and the universe in the past 12 months. But the hours, weeks and years people commit to the meticulous research that MORE
The beast is born in fire. Once a prehistoric denizen of the deeps, it comes ashore on a tsunami tide, tall as a thunderhead, shrugging off artillery as it bellows a foghorn scream. It stomps. MORE
“. . . what the Fox competitors offer is a different vision: One where any fact that gets in the way can be dismissed out of hand, and “truth” is whatever the right-wing audience wants MORE
There are a few more details coming out of Denver — the Denver Post, to be accurate — in regards to the theatrics performed by U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert during the theatrical production of the MORE
The nation’s top election officials say they doubt that they can deploy a largely untested legal theory to disqualify Trump from the ballot under the interpretation of the 14th Amendment — and that they shouldn’t MORE
Criminal Defendant and former Assistant Attorney General under TFG condemned MSNBC contributor and former Acting Solicitor General under the Obama Administration Neal Katyal for attending a “neopagan ritual,” Burning Man. On Sunday night, Clark took issue with MORE
One of our favorite Twitter Guys, Ron Filipkowski, now does some writing for one of our favorite Twitter Groups, MeidasTouch. Ooops, I still call them Twitter, my bad: X. I have posted a few captions MORE
The American flag symbolically represents the principles our nation stands for; bravery courage and sacrifice. None of these are principles of MAGA. Trump’s Party selfishly claims this symbol as their own, but it doesn’t belong MORE
From The Guardian: Opinion poll after opinion poll shows that Republicans are increasingly out of touch with mainstream sentiment on hot button issues such as abortion rights and gun safety. Accordingly, the party has suffered MORE
From Vanity Fair: “The former first lady and her ever-embattled husband ate Easter lunch among their loyal sycophants at the resort they live in, Mar-a-Lago. Had the former first lady not just been absent last MORE
The night before, Dr. King delivered his Mountaintop Speech saying “I’ve seen the Promised Land…” Tuesday, April 4, marks the 55th anniversary of the assassination of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Despite yearly commemorations MORE
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has given Fox News’ Tucker Carlson exclusive access to 41,000 hours of Capitol surveillance footage from the Jan. 6 riot, McCarthy sources tell me. Just so we’re all clear about the nature MORE
“Congressional investigations — replete with camera-savvy grandstanding antics — are the hallmark of divided government, as well as a time-tested ax for chipping away at presidential approval ratings. Republicans are betting their stagecraft will outweigh the fact that MORE
One month and a day before Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin came frighteningly close to becoming the second in-game fatality in NFL history, he was ejected from the Amazon Prime Thursday night game for an MORE
The following is based on an opinion piece by Dave Cullen, author of “Columbine” and “Parkland,” from the New York Times. You were right to feel hopeless. Gun safety was a lost cause. The National MORE
“Of course it’s a non-issue: Republicans hope to force the media to cover it, and hope to make Joe Biden cry” After a couple of weeks facing off an avalanche of criticism, Musk made a MORE
“Americans understand that democracy is in dire peril. That doesn’t mean they believe in it, or give a damn.” It is often said that the American people are increasingly polarized on politics. That’s true enough, MORE
“Both parties suffer partisan bloodshed. One glorifies it.” There’s nothing partisan about political violence in America. It has struck Republicans such as Steve Scalise, who was shot along with four others and nearly killed, as he played MORE
It’s an idea that reflects the real Republican plan: Education is about social control, not learning Dixon complained that her daughter had checked out a book “about having two different homes” and how the very MORE
Support for Confederate symbols and monuments follows lines of race, religion, and education rather than geography. “. … . .though the Civil War was a battle between two regions of the country, sympathy for the MORE
This is a portion of a discussion for Salon yesterday between Dean Obeidallah, writer for Salon and Andy Borowitz who wrote “Profiles in Ignorance: How American Politicians got Dumb and Dumber.” The three stages of MORE
Ukrainian soldiers feel they are fighting for national liberation, while the Russians appear to lack camaraderie. This contrast is critical The Ukrainian video shows several hundred Ukrainian troops, singing the country’s national anthem in the open air, MORE
Last week Dr. Anthony Fauci, the longtime director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institute of Health announced that he would be retiring at the end of the year after a long MORE
The Republican Party long ago slipped under the sheets with the religious right to become bedfellows in the culture wars, encouraging bigots, misogynists and Christian zealots to insist that others live by their morals (or lack MORE
“The company’s purchase of iRobot, the maker of the Roomba, likely has little to do with cleaning floors. “Earlier this month, Amazon announced that it was buying the Roomba vacuum maker iRobot. On the surface, MORE