President Barack Obama on being a feminist and what still needs to be done in that realm: We need to keep changing the attitude that raises our girls to be demure and our boys to be assertive, that criticizes our daughters for speaking out and our sons for shedding a tear. We need to keep […]
“The Simpsons” imagine a 3am call to Trump at the White House…
Zack Kopplin is right that Hillary Clinton saying “I believe in science” should not be noteworthy, but it is, unfortunately. Thirty minutes into Hillary Clinton’s speech accepting the Democratic Party’s nomination for president, she made a simple admission that, in 2016, should not be remarkable but somehow was. “And, I believe in science!” she exclaimed. […]
With Trump continuing to make ridiculous remarks and horrifying statements on a number of subjects over the last few days, how’s that “pivot” to a more presidential mode going?
This was the best speech of the night at the Democrats convention — and it wasn’t from a politician:
Why would anyone want to be a delegate to a political convention? I suppose you’d have to be the kind of person who enjoys wearing a straw hat while sitting in an arena listening to speeches, all the time knowing that you don’t actually have anything to do with the outcome of the nominating process […]