How The Woman Who Wrote ‘The Battle Hymn Of The Republic’ Influenced America
Mine eyes have seen the glory Of the coming of the Lord; He is trampling out the vintage Where the grapes of wrath are stored; He hath loosed the fateful lightning Of His terrible swift sword; His...
View ArticleTrump Let Hillary Own Him With A ‘Frozen’ Tweet On What Should Have Been The...
This should have been the worst week of Hillary’s campaign to date. Although FBI Director James Comey declined to legally, literally indict Clinton Tuesday, his announcement was a searing indictment of...
View ArticleFive Takeaways From the Dallas Police Chief’s Press Conference
Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings and Dallas Police Chief David Brown held a press conference Friday morning in the wake of a sniper shooting during a Black Lives Matter protest in downtown Dallas that killed...
View ArticleWhat I Learned During 32 Hours Of Air Travel With Two Kids
I’m to blame. I was stupid enough to tempt fate. After a 17-hour trip from Washington DC to L.A., I actually said, aloud, “Well, at least the way back can’t be this bad.” It was the second time I’d...
View ArticleTrump’s Veepstakes To Culminate In Most Dramatic Rose Ceremony Ever
It should come as no surprise to anyone that the reality TV star running for president is good at building suspense for his pick of a running mate. He’s been in this boardroom before. This is the...
View ArticleAt RNC, Trump Gets Self-Reflective On Evangelical Support
Donald Trump surprised his audience a couple times during his acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention Thursday. He didn’t enter to any notable special effects. He remained calm and...
View ArticleConvention Showed Trump Is Bad At The Things He’s Supposed To Be Good At
A convention is traditionally a showcase of what a candidate and a party want you to know about them. They are highly scripted, full of artifice and managed messages, staffed by armies of planners of...
View Article6 Instances Of Cultural Appropriation During Elizabeth Warren’s Night At The DNC
Despite divisions in the party, the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia is filled with people who are unanimous in fancying themselves culturally sensitive and tolerant above all else. Why,...
View Article4 Times Michelle Obama Said We Should Make America Great Again
Critics and supporters alike gave First Lady Michelle Obama’s speech at the Democratic National Convention high praise this week. Her message was a sweeping and positive retort to Donald Trump’s...
View ArticleTrump Boosts Anti-Fracking Measure, Upends Swing State Energy Fight
While Donald Trump is busy wreaking national political havoc this week, overlooked was an example of his uncanny ability to unsettle down-ballot races and campaign issues as he stumps through swing...
View ArticleThese Olympians’ Stories Of Motherhood Add To Their Awesomeness
Let me be very clear. If I were ever to win an Olympic medal 17 months after giving birth and 18 months after going on bed rest and gaining 50 pounds, I would want the whole world to know it. Dana...
View ArticleThe Internet Would Like To Tell Cam Newton What To Think, For Social Justice
A GQ writer recently got a sit-down interview over an Atlanta brunch with the Greatest Smile in Sports, Cam Newton. The NFL MVP spent last season steamrolling the Panthers’ opponents only to lose as a...
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What If The Campaigns Had ‘Real Housewives’ Tag Lines?
The tumultuous campaign of 2016 is nothing if not the most thorough melding yet of American politics and reality TV. The drama even occasionally rises to Real-Housewivesian levels, so each campaign...
View ArticleUniversity Of Chicago Sends The Acceptance Letter Every College Should
The University of Chicago’s acceptance letter for the incoming class of 2020 is more than that— it’s a declaration of academic freedom. The college’s Dean of Students Jay Ellison used the letter to...
View Article4 Reasons ‘The Princess And The Frog’ Is Better Than ‘Frozen’
Released in 2009 when I was past my own Disney movie-watching phase and had yet to have kids, “The Princess and the Frog” slipped by me. I watched it recently, having tired of my daughter’s incessant...
View ArticleDear Slacktivists: People Did Burn Ray Rice Jerseys, Not Just Kaepernick’s
This morning, I noticed a Facebook status that’s gone viral in the wake of our exhaustive national conversation on a San Francisco back-up quarterback’s disposition to the “Star-Spangled Banner.” It’s...
View ArticleOdell Beckham Doesn’t Care About Lena Dunham, In The Nicest Way Possible
For a week, a controversy has been raging in the national news about millennial feminist bard Lena Dunham’s treatment at the hands of Giants wide receiver Odell Beckham at a fancy New York gala. The...
View ArticleTucker Carlson And Tom DeLay’s Tips For Rick Perry On ‘Dancing With The Stars’
Tonight, former Texas Gov. Rick Perry will take the stage on national TV— to dance his heart out. A brand new contestant on ABC’s “Dancing With the Stars,” Perry will join a bevy of other unlikely...
View ArticleI’m Shamefully Neutral On The Great Jen Versus Angelina Debate
For more than a decade, I have lived a life apart from the rest of society— in a sort of in-between, a lonely place where my allegiances, my very identity is uncertain. Everyone else seemed to know...
View ArticleThe Best Thing You’ll Hear About America Today Is From Jose Fernandez, Not...
Jose Fernandez, an All-Star pitcher for the Miami Marlins, died early Sunday morning in a boating accident in south Florida. The 24-year-old Cuban native was a fan favorite, especially in Florida, not...
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