In an essay for Vanity Fair, Monica Lewinsky complained, among other things, that she was consistently refused jobs, despite her qualifications, which include a masters degree, due to her notoriety. Though I have no doubt that that is true, and I am nothing but sympathetic to her and the way she was slut-shamed by American Puritans, it’s worth pointing out that many qualified workers are unable to find appropriate work.
Between the NSA, nosy workers and ex-mistresses who surreptitiously record your racist phone rants and release them to the gossip media, Americans’ thoughts are no longer their own…not even in bed. Unless you take certain precautions.
The state of Oklahoma shocked the nation with the latest in a string of botched executions. Using an experimental cocktail of drugs to carry out the killing, state workers missed the victim’s vein, leading to a massive heart attack after 43 minutes of agonizing pain.
The fall of Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling seems satisfying to those of us trying to build a more equal world. Meanwhile, the real struggle for equality continues, not least in America’s racism-infected justice system.
First came attack ads. Now Democrats are airing ads attacking the Koch Brothers for funding anti-Democratic attack ads. What next? It’s all so meta, one could easily forget that there are actual elections.
Chelsea Clinton is pregnant. We already know how this narrative goes. Do we really have to suffer through living through it?
Once again, the mainstream media is reporting that the US government is engaged in a covert scheme, But if everyone knows about it, how is it covert?
For the first time, researchers have found that casual users of marijuana, even those who use it just once or twice a week, suffer significant damage to their brains, particularly in the parts of the brain that govern motivation and memory. In other words: duh.
What if, say, Afghans, responded to grief as cheesily and inappropriately as Americans?
The United Nations has issued a report warning that, unless the world takes radical action in order to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases, climate change/global warming will become disastrous and irreversible. The deadline is 10 to 15 years. The thing is, we were told the same thing 15 years ago.
