David Brooks has spent years giving the Republican Party ideological cover as it devolved into the radicalized mess it's become. But now, he's so horrified by what he helped create that he's abandoned any attempt to whitewash what is happening and he's calling it like it is: ...read more

Paul Krugman gives voice to a nagging fear a lot of people have had: Even after he loses and loses badly, Donald Trump will continue to be the guiding light of the Republican Party. After explaining that Republicans knew damn well who they were endorsing and that it's ridiculous ...read more

Perhaps at some point early in its development, the addition of comments under YouTube videos was probably seen as a positive societal advancement in which consumers were encouraged to help sculpt content via accompanying feedback -- to idealistically form a community where ...read more

When I think of obnoxiously radical pro-gun trolls who delight in killing rare and spectacular animals for fun while routinely popping off with NRA slogans thinner than the bumpers stickers on which they're printed, the first name that comes to mind is aging rocker and Vietnam ...read more

By Bob Cesca: Jonah Goldberg's recent column, "To Appeal to Black Voters, GOP Must Run Gauntlet of Racism Accusations," is hilariously awful. I'll swing back around to it presently. But first, over the weekend Charles Johnson of Little Green Footballs tweeted that if you're ...read more

By Bob Cesca: Yesterday on MSNBC's Morning Joe, Chris Matthews was utterly relentless against Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus regarding Mitt Romney's unapologetic and obvious use of the Southern Strategy. Although Matthews didn't use the specific name of ...read more

By Chez Pazienza: A little inside baseball here: Cranking out four pieces a week for this site isn't easy. Writing takes enough time as it is, but it's coming up with a topic almost every weekday that really makes me crazy. Especially on Fridays -- Fridays are the worst ...read more

By Bob Cesca: By way of a follow-up to my column yesterday about the Republican effort to disenfranchise millions of poor, elderly and working class Americans by passing Voter ID laws that require a government-issued photo ID in order to vote, I'd like to cover a well-worn ...read more

By Bob Cesca: Somehow, the team of CG animators who work on the Mitt Romney uncanny valley animations that substitute for an actual Republican candidate continue to let this jittery, awkward proto-human speak without a carefully scripted speeches uploaded to his neural network. ...read more