The veteran "funny conservative" and former National Lampoon editor talks political absurdity, past and present
Perspective and empathy are essential skills that privilege dulls—and the rigged meritocracy game won't admit it
Thursday, Sep 24, 2015 11:00 PM UTC 0Journalist Kristina Rizga spent 4 years at SF's Mission High and learned there was more to success than test scores
Thursday, Sep 24, 2015 10:58 PM UTC 0Ann Coulter's tweet -- and the GOP race -- sheds frightening light on the deep archetypes of American conservatism
Thursday, Sep 24, 2015 10:01 PM UTC 0A grisly find in a small-town storage locker produces a tragic, hilarious tale that goes far beyond easy mockery
Thursday, Sep 24, 2015 7:33 PM UTC 0Francis has irked conservatives for years, but his speech today underscores that his challenge is far more radical
Thursday, Sep 24, 2015 7:02 PM UTC 0Languishing at the bottom of the 2016 GOP polls, Lindsey Graham is preparing to declare war on a Senate colleague
Thursday, Sep 24, 2015 6:18 PM UTC 0In an interview on "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert," Warren explaines why Republican economics don't work VIDEO
Thursday, Sep 24, 2015 5:15 PM UTC 0Compared to its time-slot rival, the political plotline on "Empire" was a total shambles
Thursday, Sep 24, 2015 4:45 PM UTC 0A provocative headline claims his proposals will cost taxpayers $18 trillion. Nonsense, says a UMASS professor
Thursday, Sep 24, 2015 8:15 AM UTC 0"I’m at Yankee Stadium, where the threads of my life remain connected"
Thursday, Sep 24, 2015 10:59 PM UTC 0The pontiff's exhortations to solve climate change haven't prompted Republicans to rethink their denialism
Thursday, Sep 24, 2015 9:33 PM UTC 0Drunk and on vacation, no less! Feig says, "go f*ck yourself. Goodnight" to misogynists
Thursday, Sep 24, 2015 7:57 PM UTC 0Menstruation places a physical and financial burden on girls and women—covering supplies helps level the field
Thursday, Sep 24, 2015 7:53 PM UTC 0After Trump reignited his feud with Fox, he's slated to meet its CEO
Thursday, Sep 24, 2015 7:28 PM UTC 0The "King of Queens" star publicly defected from the organization in 2013
Thursday, Sep 24, 2015 5:49 PM UTC 0Maine Republican hopes to make poor shaming go viral
Thursday, Sep 24, 2015 5:35 PM UTC 0Can the loving presence of Pope Francis heal our sick political culture? It feels that way today. Let us pray
Thursday, Sep 24, 2015 5:05 PM UTC 0Donald Trump's "greatest damage to women," the feminist icon argued, "was to raise sympathy for Carly Fiorina"
Thursday, Sep 24, 2015 4:55 PM UTC 0Last month, Fox calculated that they needed Trump more than he needed them. That calculus may be changing
Thursday, Sep 24, 2015 4:39 PM UTC 0It's not that the Texas Republican will do anything to curtail LGBTQ rights -- no, actually, he will VIDEO
Thursday, Sep 24, 2015 4:35 PM UTC 0A study commissioned to better sell Fiat cars produces puzzling results
Thursday, Sep 24, 2015 4:29 PM UTC 0Boehner, a devout Catholic, was very emotional during Pope Francis' visit to Congress VIDEO
Thursday, Sep 24, 2015 4:24 PM UTC 0Native American tribes have condemned Serra's canonization, citing human rights violations
Thursday, Sep 24, 2015 4:16 PM UTC 0The German automaker was caught covering up dangerous levels of emissions. This type of malfeasance isn't unique
Thursday, Sep 24, 2015 4:10 PM UTC 0It's almost as if the pope deliberately set out to troll the Republicans, and they're not happy about it
Thursday, Sep 24, 2015 3:36 PM UTC 0Coulter has long been a Republican trailblazer, predicting the party's turn toward an increasingly overt racism
Thursday, Sep 24, 2015 3:22 PM UTC 0The pope urges xenophobic Republicans to "view refugees as persons" instead of numbers
Thursday, Sep 24, 2015 2:34 PM UTC 0Roland Emmerich's Stonewall riots film is being labeled as big a disaster as some of his disaster flicks
Thursday, Sep 24, 2015 2:31 PM UTC 0The actress is currently starring on HBO's "The Leftovers"
Thursday, Sep 24, 2015 2:19 PM UTC 0The brash billionaire and the blunt Brooklynite are running very different campaigns -- but there's a common thread
Thursday, Sep 24, 2015 2:08 PM UTC 0After bashing Muslim-Americans as unfit for office, Carson tries to make the case that the GOP is better on race VIDEO
Thursday, Sep 24, 2015 1:40 PM UTC 0She complained that the state should accommodate her bigotry, and the fact that it won't proves it's the real bigot VIDEO
Thursday, Sep 24, 2015 1:02 PM UTC 0And because this is Trump we're talking about, a Twitter-feud ensued VIDEO
Thursday, Sep 24, 2015 12:24 PM UTC 0While Donald Trump fancies himself a defender of the free market, his entire career tells a different story
Thursday, Sep 24, 2015 12:00 PM UTC 0It's long past time for workplace norms in America to move beyond the 1960s, NYC's Scott Stringer tells Salon
Thursday, Sep 24, 2015 11:59 AM UTC 0"I knew I was innocent and if I had to take it to court I would win," Mohamed said in an interview with Wilmore VIDEO
Thursday, Sep 24, 2015 11:50 AM UTC 0Lying fraud Ed Klein's new book features a dramatic, overacted showdown between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton
Thursday, Sep 24, 2015 9:59 AM UTC 0The presidential candidate tells Salon that Democrats lose when GOP trashes Obama record, and Dems can't fight back
Thursday, Sep 24, 2015 9:58 AM UTC 0The German carmaker's CEO resigned yesterday after a massive emissions coverup was exposed
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