Photo: Matthias Schrader/Associated Press In case you haven't heard, we lost the battle but won the war in the World Cup today. The U.S. national team lost 1/nil to a powerhouse German club, but we still advance out of our group and into the knockout round. Over the past couple ...read more
They both had struggling shows on prime-time cable news. They're both rich white guys. They're both preening assholes who've managed to piss off the LGBT community. And now, they're both saying goodbye. It's been a pretty eventful 48 hours for Alec Baldwin and Piers Morgan, with ...read more
Piers Morgan is a pompous blowhard. There shouldn't even be a debate about that. Irrespective of this fact and even if it's simply a matter of convenience, however, his politics do lean to the left, which ostensibly makes him an ally when it comes to liberal causes, even if he ...read more
If anyone can work out what the hell Ann Coulter is talking about, please enlighten us in the comments section. As far as I can tell, Ann Coulter believes marijuana should be illegal because her pool guy didn't clean her pool in California one time, and regular smokers are good ...read more
I was tempted to title this post "Sarah Palin's Snub of Piers Morgan Is Grotesque, Will Make the Right Come in Its Pants." That's actually far more fitting now that I think about it, because really these kinds of stunts from Palin are actually very easy to believe and are ...read more
Several years back, when I was living in New York City, I had a particularly drunken conversation at a bar with a young woman whose job was working with the blind. This seemed incredibly noble to me, certainly compared to my vulturous TV news gig, so I pressed her for ...read more
I've brought this up once before here but it's worth repeating right now. Several years back, I got into a minor online battle with a gun rights group called the Virginia Citizens Defense League after it decided to hold a pro-gun rally within driving distance of the Virginia ...read more
There's a cost-benefit conundrum when it comes to showcasing right-wing yayhoos and fakers in the broader news media: do we help to debunk their extremist views and therefore undermine their popularity, or do we give them more attention and therefore fuel and augment their ...read more
In the ever splintering cultural landscape of American politics, politicians believe it is their right not to talk to press they don't like or answer questions they find difficult. Sarah Palin essentially set the precedent for this behavior after joining McCain on the Republican ...read more
