It’s a Colbert miracle: A joyful, politically engaged “Late Show” that can reach across the aisles
It's hard to picture Jimmy Fallon pulling off any of this
Wednesday, Sep 9, 2015 11:00 PM UTC 0Entertainment
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America owns this nightmare
The refugee disaster unfolding across Europe is the result of decades -- even centuries -- of Western policies
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Patrick L. Smith
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“Goodnight Mommy” will terrify you: This Austrian art-house thriller earns its early Oscar buzz
The latest horror sensation in the "Deeply Disturbed European Family" genre is Austria's Academy Award submission
Wednesday, Sep 9, 2015 10:59 PM UTC 0Entertainment Goodnight Mommy, Horror, Film
There’s a recipe for an iconic Bond theme song — does Sam Smith have what it takes?
The British soul singer's been tapped to sing the theme for "Spectre" — can his song be the next "Skyfall"?
Wednesday, Sep 9, 2015 10:58 PM UTC 0Entertainment james bond, 007, Bond theme songs
Insane or Inspired: John Nash
Wednesday, Sep 9, 2015 4:18 AM UTC 0Entertainment amazon prime, Hand of God
“Even Larry Flynt is freaked out”: 10 things you didn’t know about the Ashley Madison scandal
As many as one in six married men in the U.S. may have been users, and execs claim their numbers are growing
Wednesday, Sep 9, 2015 9:30 PM UTC 0Politics AlterNet, Larry Flynt
The bizarre spectacle of Kim Davis-palooza: The real reason why Ted Cruz & Mike Huckabee are acting like lunatics
Why two GOP candidates are jockeying for position next to a fundamentalist homophobe thrust into the spotlight
Wednesday, Sep 9, 2015 9:30 PM UTC 0News Mike Huckabee, Ted Cruz
Plutocrats have captured it all: How Sheldon Adelson shows the need for campaign finance reform
A billionaire extremist is buying his way to the top of the GOP. Thanks again, Citizens United!
Wednesday, Sep 9, 2015 9:03 PM UTC 0Elections Sheldon Adelson, jason zengerle
Mika Brzezinski tears into hypocritical Mike Huckabee for refusing to answer a simple question about marriage in the Bible
The former Arkansas governor danced around the issue of Kim Davis' divorces and their biblical justification VIDEO
Wednesday, Sep 9, 2015 8:46 PM UTC 0News Morning Joe, Video
Victorian-lifestyle hipsters unleash “Masterpiece Theater”-level trolling on tech-tethered readers
Vox finds a writer who's in love with fountain pens and possibly polio
Wednesday, Sep 9, 2015 7:38 PM UTC 0Life Vox, Victorian era
Megyn Kelly trips up patently unprepared Ben Carson with softball question about Kim Davis and slippery slopes
The GOP presidential hopeful swings and misses on a softball question about Kim Davis and religious freedom
Wednesday, Sep 9, 2015 6:37 PM UTC 0News Megyn Kelly, Fox News, Video
Tennessee mom wants “pornographic” Henrietta Lacks book banned from schools
The nonfiction bestseller focuses on the woman whose stolen cells changed the face of medical research
Wednesday, Sep 9, 2015 5:32 PM UTC 0Entertainment Henrietta Lacks, Tennessee
You’re welcome, Internet: Tina Fey just gave us the best lip-sync ever
Courtesy of Maya Rudolph, naturally VIDEO
Wednesday, Sep 9, 2015 3:50 PM UTC 0Entertainment Maya Rudolph, Tina Fey, dubsmash
The vengeful god of Kim Davis: The powerful forces we ignore when we fixate on one Kentucky clerk
The temptation to lock onto the story of Kim Davis risks ignoring the manipulative figures behind the scenes
Wednesday, Sep 9, 2015 3:15 PM UTC 0News Kim Davis
Robert Reich: America’s economy is immoral
The former secretary of labor on the decline in basic decency of our business leaders -- and what it means for us
Wednesday, Sep 9, 2015 3:14 PM UTC 0Business RobertReich.org, GOP, Wall Street
The terrifying reason Donald Trump is winning: The infantilized conservative base wants rage, not ideas
Jeb thinks he can beat Trump by attacking his liberal past. He clearly doesn't understand the nature of this beast
Wednesday, Sep 9, 2015 3:00 PM UTC 0Elections Donald Trump, Jeb Bush
Watch Colbert indulge in an “all you can Trump” oreo buffet
The new "Late Show" host promised Trump jokes, and he did not disappoint VIDEO
Wednesday, Sep 9, 2015 12:41 PM UTC 0Entertainment Donald Trump, Stephen Colbert
Watch Stephen Colbert’s dazzling “Late Show” monologue debut
Featuring a cameo by CBS chief Les Moonves VIDEO
Wednesday, Sep 9, 2015 12:38 PM UTC 0Entertainment Video, Stephen Colbert
“You’re the Worst” stars on why they’ll never try to make Jimmy and Gretchen likable: “That’s just a recipe for failure”
Aya Cash and Chris Geere talk to Salon about romance in the Tinder age, fear and their new season on FXX
Wednesday, Sep 9, 2015 7:18 PM UTC 0Entertainment aya cash, chris geere
Donald Trump: If elected, “we’ll have so much winning, you’ll get bored with winning”
Somewhere, an assistant's being told "You're fired!" for not informing him that "winning" ain't what it used to be VIDEO
Wednesday, Sep 9, 2015 5:58 PM UTC 0News Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, Iran deal
“Fox & Friends” guest amps up tautological Islamophobia: Shouts of “God is great” proves that Muslim refugees are likely Muslim
Which means, of course, they could be terrorists -- so providing humanitarian aid to them just invites danger VIDEO
Wednesday, Sep 9, 2015 4:49 PM UTC 0News kristin fisher, Fox News
13 horrible movie sequels that never should have been made
They couldn't leave well enough alone VIDEO
Wednesday, Sep 9, 2015 4:24 PM UTC 0Life Video, sequels, Trainspotting
Caitlyn Jenner’s fear: Being sentenced to a men’s prison over fatal LA crash would be “the worst case scenario”
She spoke with Matt Lauer about her transition and her legal troubles in a new Today Show interview VIDEO
Wednesday, Sep 9, 2015 3:35 PM UTC 0Entertainment caitlyn jenner, lawsuits
An Ashley Madison suicide: It shouldn’t take a tragedy to end the gleeful “cheating dirtbags” schadenfreude
A pastor was exposed by Ashley Madison and killed himself — and other suicides are being investigated now
Wednesday, Sep 9, 2015 3:31 PM UTC 0Life Ashley Madison hack
Chis Hayes blasts Scott Walker for “cowardly” dodge on refugee crisis
"As we watch human suffering on an almost unimaginable scale, hemming and hawing is not enough." VIDEO
Wednesday, Sep 9, 2015 3:26 PM UTC 0Elections Video, All in with Chris Hayes
GOP xenophobia makes literally no sense: Why accepting Syrian refugees isn’t just a moral imperative — it’s good for America too
The right's antagonism toward immigrants has only grown this year. Here's why they need to reconsider
Wednesday, Sep 9, 2015 3:25 PM UTC 0News refugee crisis, Syrian refugees
Rise of the GOP’s paranoia brigade: What Ted Cruz & Donald Trump’s wing-nut rally today says about opposition to the Iran deal
Donald Trump & Ted Cruz will be joined for a political rally today by some *very* alarming figures
Wednesday, Sep 9, 2015 2:00 PM UTC 0News Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, Iran deal
Jeb Bush gets caught flat-footed: Why more tax cuts won’t make the GOP base love him
The Trump phenomenon shows a GOP electorate that's willing to buck supply side orthodoxy -- but Jeb's doubling down
Wednesday, Sep 9, 2015 1:43 PM UTC 0Elections Jeb Bush, Taxes, tax policy
Fall TV Preview: On Wednesdays, CBS will try to build a better medical drama, Comedy Central spoofs “Miami Vice,” and “Empire” returns
Here’s what to watch this season, including Lady Gaga on "American Horror Story"
Wednesday, Sep 9, 2015 1:18 PM UTC 0Entertainment black-ish, empire, code black
Jeb Bush imitates Trump and talks about Bush family differences on Colbert’s “Late Show”
Jeb! VIDEO
Wednesday, Sep 9, 2015 1:15 PM UTC 0All Salon Jeb Bush, Stephen Colbert
The media will never quit warmongering: How a refugee crisis became another excuse for militarism
Hundreds of thousands of refugees are fleeing across Europe. The only answer? More American war, of course!
Wednesday, Sep 9, 2015 1:00 PM UTC 0News refugee crisis, Media Criticism
Mike Huckabee’s cynical zealotry: The rank opportunism in his Kim Davis demagoguery
Fading in the polls, the huckster finds a cause célèbre for his bogus Christian persecution narrative
Wednesday, Sep 9, 2015 12:59 PM UTC 0Elections Kim Davis, Mike Huckabee
“Paris isn’t Paris anymore”: Donald Trump employs his dangerous anti-immigrant rhetoric on Syrian refugee crisis
"It's a much different place," he said, the shadow of the Holocaust perhaps tempering his xenophobic rhetoric
Wednesday, Sep 9, 2015 12:28 PM UTC 0News Fox News, Bill O'Reilly
Donald Trump’s white male fantasy: You’re one lucky break away from being me
Trump isn't selling a policy agenda. He's selling the idea of power and status and those who feel it slipping
Wednesday, Sep 9, 2015 12:15 PM UTC 0News Donald Trump, Elections 2016
Stephen Colbert proves he’s a worthy heir to David Letterman’s “Late Show”
The first episode of “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” goes off without a hitch
Wednesday, Sep 9, 2015 12:00 PM UTC 0Entertainment
Every inspiring story about climate change I hope to read
Republicans might not recognize climate change, but the rest of the world does. Here's what I'm looking forward to
Wednesday, Sep 9, 2015 11:58 AM UTC 0Sustainability Climate Change
“He’s a progressive!”: Glenn Beck explains to Bill O’Reilly why he can’t support Donald Trump
Beck also boasted that the media's ignoring him despite his resemblance to Martin Luther King, Jr.
Wednesday, Sep 9, 2015 11:40 AM UTC 0News Glenn Beck, Bill O'Reilly
South America’s lesson for Donald Trump: Border walls are hideous — and don’t work
The Argentina-Paraguay border offers proof positive that The Donald's proposal is as impractical as it is outdated
Wednesday, Sep 9, 2015 8:45 AM UTC 0Politics GlobalPost, South America
Kentucky is “a house divided”: Jefferson Davis, Kim Davis and the battle for the soul of the Bluegrass State
The dustup in Rowan County is nothing new. Kentucky has long served as a bellwether for American political tensions VIDEO
Wednesday, Sep 9, 2015 8:30 AM UTC 0Politics the daily dot, jefferson davis
