Sheriff David Clarke, extremist for hire
Job-seeking wingnuts keep filing into the Oval Office, invitations in hand, even as the Trump administration collapses under the weight of its own incompetence, corruption and bad faith. Hey, folks,...
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The real O’Reilly factor — boorish entitlement — endures
Frankly, the news that Bill O'Reilly finally got his walking papers doesn't move me to joy. O'Reilly reigned at Fox News for more than two decades. He reveled in his...
Patient Zero, and other myths about HIV/AIDS
Gaetan Dugas was a victim of more than just the AIDS virus. He was also blamed, posthumously, for propagating the epidemic. He was even given the moniker "Patient Zero." Thanks...
Sexual assault is a real and persistent threat to women of every age
We lovingly tell little girls that they can become anything they desire. Parents, teachers, mentors and the entire apparatus of popular culture repeat this mantra: Any career you conceive, my...
Republicans are about to experience ‘that Mexican thing’ on Election Day
Gov. Mike Pence, warn your buddy Donald Trump. "That Mexican thing" you mentioned in the vice-presidential debate — it's coming for you. Like La Llorona and El Chupacabra, the folkloric...
Wells Fargo schemes prove the value of vigorous bank regulation
Wells Fargo kicked its public relations machine into gear after news broke that regulators fined the bank $185 million for creating up to 2 million fake accounts in the names...
‘Religious freedom’ laws are about the freedom to discriminate
Across the land, heroic male legislators are rising up to protect the lives and virtue of women and girls from sexual predators. They are not, as one might hope, enacting...
Latino voters not feeling the love for Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio
It's striking that in a presidential season with two viable Latino contenders, discussion of Hispanic voters has been negligible. This will change as the primaries move to states with larger...
Donald Trump should think twice about taking on Bill Clinton
Donald Trump might be picking the wrong schoolyard fight. His modus operandi is to bully. And it's proved to be an ideal strategy for tying his Republican rivals in knots....
Should prisoners raise your food?
Fellow foodies, here's a question for your conscience: Do you wonder whose hands helped bring your meal to the grocery? As you dollop the farm-fresh goat cheese on top of...