Paul Manafort Sentenced to 90 Months in Federal Prison, Immediately Indicted...
Paul Manafort has been sentenced to a total of seven and a half years in federal prison and indicted in New York.
View ArticleAlan Tudyk, Voice of Nincompoop Rooster in Moana, Will Play Cranky Parrot in...
The actor will take over the part of Iago, voiced in the original movie by Gilbert Gottfried.
View ArticleYour Social Media Photos Are Helping to Build the Surveillance State
NBC’s Olivia Solon explains the shady ways that tech companies are making their face recognition data more diverse.
View ArticleWhy Spotify Is Such an Awkward—and Necessary—Critic of Apple’s Power
All aboard the anti-monopoly starship.
View ArticleThe Trump Administration’s New Overtime Policy Leaves Millions of Workers...
The new proposal sets an excessively low “salary threshold” for coverage of overtime laws.
View ArticleThere’s No Good Reason for Beto to Run for President
His first campaign challenge will be to justify why he’s even running for president.
View ArticleThe Angle: Why Is Beto 2020 a Thing?
Being a successful underdog who lost is not exactly a campaign platform.
View ArticleIn Defense of Telling Patients They’re Dying via Robot
This is not a failure of technology, it seems. More likely, it was a failure to communicate via any method.
View ArticleThe Legal Argument in Nicholas Sandmann’s Defamation Lawsuits Is Basically...
This is one part legal theory, two parts political screed.
View Article“Mayor Pete” Buttigieg Is Having a Moment in the 2020 Primary. Here’s Why!
The Indiana underdog nailed his big TV moment in a manner reminiscent of a certain other heartland Dem with an unusual name. (It’s Barack Obama.)
View ArticleLiberty Was Kind of Like a Wallflower at the School Dance of America’s Founding
The wide-spanning influence of Montesquieu on American politics.
View ArticlePaul Manafort Got Off Relatively Easy. So Should Convicts Less Rich and...
Criminal justice reform can’t come quickly enough.
View ArticleBeto O’Rourke Tells El Paso TV Station: “I’m Running”
Beto O’Rourke is betting his mojo will translate to the presidential race.
View ArticleConan O’Brien Is the Master of Recurring Segments
“Checkin’ In With Billie” is the Celebrity Jeopardy we deserved all along.
View ArticleTrevor Noah Has Figured Out How to Punish the Coaches in the College...
This is going to be the most exciting season of college water polo EVER!
View ArticleThe Real Affirmative Action Goes to Wealthy White Kids
College admissions have always favored the wealthy.
View ArticleThe Other Two Is 2019’s First Great New TV Show
Chris Kelly and Sarah Schneider’s show channels millennials’ envious admiration for Gen Z’s inborn self-presentation skills.
View ArticleAsk a Teacher: My Daughter Doesn’t Do Her Homework. Is She a Slacker or a...
There are pros and cons to going above and beyond the requirements.
View ArticleHelp! I’m Afraid My Husband Will Kill Himself if I Leave Him.
Prudie’s column for March 14.
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