Best Thing I’ve Read Today
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...
Picture Of The Day
"The Simpsons" imagine a 3am call to Trump at the White House...
Best Thing I’ve Read Today
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...
I’m Just Asking
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?
Picture Of The Day
This was the best speech of the night at the Democrats convention -- and it wasn't from a politician:
Who Wants To Be A Delegate?
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...
Bet He Won’t
I will give the lead Nevada delegate $1,000 if, during roll call at the DNC, he says, "Home of Las Vegas, the city that exists because people can't do math."
Campaign Songs Controversy
On his HBO "Late Week Tonight" show Sunday, John Oliver did this bit about politicians who use songs without the permission of people who created them. He cited Trump being introduced at the Republican National Convention to Queen's "We Are The Champions," the DNC's...