There have been plenty of police shootings of unarmed men in this country, black or otherwise, that have legitimately been open to interpretation. There have been police shootings that, despite being horrific, left at least enough wiggle room in the imagination that it was worth ...read more

It's early yet, but this will probably end up being the most ridiculous reaction to the DNC email leak fiasco: I'm not sure exactly what the fuck she was talking about there, but it sounds like Sarandon was comparing Sanders being locked out of his voter file over the DNC breach ...read more

There was so much wrong with ABC News' town hall special with President Obama that I can't possibly fit it all into four posts, let alone one, so I'm just going to stick with the things I really need to get out of my system, and which illustrate all the other things I can't ...read more

Since I'm now writing for two websites, sometimes I take for granted that readers will follow me from site to site, and usually, the things I write for Mediaite are distinct enough from what I write here that it doesn't make that much of a difference. However, given the intense ...read more

When I was 14 years old, I spent a summer working part-time at the Broward County Police Academy in South Florida. It was far too cool a job for someone my age, especially considering that my duties involved taking part in the live-action training exercises. The instructors ...read more