I'm thinking back to the show earlier this year when he had on Charlie Sheen's ex doctor who claimed he found a natural cure for HIV. Maher has some amazing blind spots.

I wouldn't call him dim-witted. He generally makes good points about how our government should be run, while also having some dumb opinions (and religion is his bete noir). His assholishness is ymmv; to some it's bracing and what milquetoast liberals (and Americans) need to hear; for others, its self-righteous and…

Ah, let me be clear then. I am not drawing a straight line btwn a president's personality based on his psychology and upbringing and, in this example, Clinton's policies. I am merely arguing the common sense notion that personality and psychology matter in how a president, any other politician, and, for that matter,…

Meanwhile, Bill Maher keeps pulling out his hair. Or perhaps the series finale of the Obama Administration will have a surprise twist when he finally goes on Real Time at the very last minute.

Now all we need is a limited series on the Clinton impeachment and that's a '90s Bingo.

Right, but the politicians' personalities affect how they govern, which laws they advocate for, and therefore the lives of millions. Take Clinton becoming a neoliberal democrat who agreed with Republicans on stuff like welfare reform and a crime bill, or Obama naively thinking during his first years that he could work…

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It's interesting how politics and psychology converge, because of course they do: politics is mass emotion and values, what you personally value you think should be applied to the entire population of the country. But both Presidents Clinton and Obama, one could argue, respectively entered politics because they were…

Two stories about a sad man

Hmm, not being by birth an American, I do not care for, how you say, your "base-ball." But given the singular historical nature of this match, perhaps I, who usually have better things to do with my precious time, will, how you say, "tune in" and see what the fuss is all about. I only hope that my previous experience…

Major spoiler for a little show called Lost. When people disparage the final season/episodes by scoffing that they were dead the entire time. No they weren't! They were only dead in the last season's Purgatory segments. At least get the story right if you're attacking the show.

Voting is a long-running habit and so very hard to break or change. If people have voted for their political party for years, it doesn't matter who the candidate is; they'll still vote for them because of the party. Trump may be bringing in new voters and realigning some old ones, but we'll see if those who hardly…

I agree with this. Trump is only saying whatever will get him adored, while having very Republican economic policies. That's why his candidacy shouldn't have really fooled anyone. You think a New York multimillionaire will look out for the little guy by being a traitor to his class? Nope. And, yeah, I think…

This was a B. Moved fast, had lots of jokes. Perhaps wanting an A or B plot to be longer, have its own story, isn't what the writers want. Sure, I guess the criticism is that the emotional depths aren't explored, but what if they're not meant to be. I'm saying this criticism can become its own rigid ideology of how…

Those Ethan Hawke narrated commercials do annoy me. "Welcome…to Spectrum." Fuck you.

There's political science research that argues that the main reason America isn't a European-style social welfare state is because of race and racism, when whites tie in benefits to their perception of African-Americans as lazy moochers who don't deserve them. If this thesis is true, it's pretty disheartening and grim.

Strong character work with Misty, and a great performance by Simone Missick. Her interrogation was a clever way of portraying all the stress good cops go through that they can snap and commit police abuse. The show is dealing empathy on both sides of this issue. Also touching upon the militarization of police when…

The positive thing about his candidacy is that it brought out as a political force all the working class people who are pissed both parties haven't addressed their legitimate concerns. They don't realize this, but they are really advocating for a FDR style activist government to help them.

"Slightly unsettling?" We're all going to be serfs in a few generations.

Frank argues that the global, service economy and who to include in it are choices governments make, and that they could make new ones that would help the working classes. But they prefer not to because they think that the economy inevitably must leave those people behind. When the need for "nostalgia" can easily…