April Ryan is one of a dwindling group of journalists who holds on to the ethics and rigor of the profession and combines them with a commitment to inform people about things that matter in their lives. The fact that someone so smart, talented, and driven has to sit next to cretins from alt-right blogs in the WH…

And it needs to be consistent - I get so frustrated when I think one of these reporters who happened to do a good job in the past just lets some asshattery slide. Tapper is letting it happen less, but Cooper still lets panel members get ridiculous with their comments. Joy Reid can take care of the nonsense quickly and…

Seacrest needs to retire to his island made of money and relax! Quit infecting the airwaves, and just chill...

Riz Ahmed. Everytime he shows up on a red carpet, he brings it in a unique way.

I want ONE person involved in this to admit their culpability. How can anyone who knew what was going on sleep at night? This was a mentally ill man who was obviously tortured to death - did none of the corrections workers even think what they were doing was a little bit wrong?

So, I am old. I don’t think this is necessarily tied just to the unicorny-ness of it all (mythology/hope/youth/whatever) because the unicorn frenzy reminds me of two trends that popped up when I was a teenager and in my twenties - neon makeup (to go with our neon scrunchies and cut-up sweatshirts because WHAM! videos…

Yes! People need reminding of simple stuff over and over again - it takes a basic knowledge of history and a few logical steps to understand this, but it is too damn hard for some people.

Thanks for the post - I went and read most of the replies because the contrast was so striking and echoed by many of the folks reacting on twitter.

We are going to be hearing this baloney for the next couple of days and then everyone is going to be SHOCKED, SHOCKED, I SAY when he reminds the talking heads what a tool box of stupid hammers they are by actually saying the same things but with his usual dog whistles more in evidence.

I am not someone who ever says “I can hardly wait for what so-and-so does next,” but I am genuinely excited for whatever Jenkins may move on to. It isn’t just that he can tell this amazing story in an amazing way, it is that he does it with such sincere and unabashed love for his characters, the words on the page, and…

MTM was just on the edges of my young consciousness - I remember loving that she had her own apartment (my older cousins all lived at home until they got married) and a cool job. I always thought that living in a studio with a big window and high ceilings would be the best thing ever (until I did). She was amazing.

SNL hit it right on the fame junkie’s nose: http://www.vulture.com/2017/01/everythings-coming-up-kellyanne-conway-in-snl-song.html 

Now that we are charged up and ready to deal with reality and to think about countering GOP narratives, it is worth reading this story from Mother Jones: http://bit.ly/2jmPPnN for a concise look at one Trump supporter’s ideas/mind-set/sense of self to get an idea the obstacles (in terms of hearts and minds) we face in…

Don’t forget that some of their favorite “religious leaders” also preach the prosperity gospel and firmly believe bad things don’t happen to good people who give them enough money.

The Forsyte Saga all the way - the new one with Damien Lewis and Gina McKee! Not a ton of horny, but so much jealousy, tension, unrequited (and requited) love, everything!

I made the mistake of taking a look at the foxnews.com coverage - nothing at all about the ridiculous comments about campus violence, nothing about guns b/c of rampaging grizzly bears, and nothing about SpecEd funding, just lots of lovely stroking about how charter schools will save us all and DeVos is a special…

I may be exaggerating juuuuuust a little bit...DRAAAAHMA! To be fair, there is something about Cheesetoes’ cabinet just about every day, so some of the list is fairly focused.

I am getting tired of walking around wanting to sock people in the nose, but everyday there is something like this...and the list of potential punch-ees grows longer.

I have to put in my plug for SBA all over the country - if you live anywhere north of the Mason-Dixon Line, chances are pretty good she was in your state at some point. Many years she traveled more than she stayed home and I love her house in Rochester (so what, I teared up in front of senior faculty members...it just…

YES! A video I can watch with my 9 year old niece and not worry about body messages.