Can a progressive candidate defeat the current occupant of the White House? Big money in the Democratic Party is now betting against it. Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, the billionaire centrist, is pouring cash into a presidential bid based on that p…
The marketing circle of life, wherein toys beget films that beget toys, continues to mow its way through every bit of plastic in the playroom. This week, its Playmobils turn, with the unimaginatively titled Playmobil: The Movie. Like the title, this an uncrea…
On Wednesday, the Trump administration instituted a policy that would lead to hundreds of thousands of people losing access to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. This represents a frustrating setback for a program which has, up until now, enjoyed …
Its just too easy. Delayed on your way to a meeting, you text, sorry running late. You leave for work in the morning after a fight with your partner and spend the train ride typing a monologue of hurt and anger. You get a second invitation for Saturday night,…
If its December, it must be time for another season of Amazons The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. The show has arrived in time for the holiday season like clockwork, three years running. This makes sense thematically; Maisel is a family-friendly, charmingly retro com…
“There’s no place like home for the holidays,” the song says but returning to your childhood home to celebrate the season of giving isn’t possible for everyone year after year. Whether you’ve made your own family and trimmed your own tree, live too far away t…
Like horror movies, films about love and marriage reflect eras in which we live. Noah Baumbach’s “Marriage Story” which takes some cues from Baumbachs divorce from Jennifer Jason Leigh, who reportedly gave it her seal of approval is no different. Starring Sca…
In November, during a segment of a podcast called Ladies Like Us, the rapper T.I. revealed that he accompanies his 18-year-old daughter to her annual OB-GYN exam to makes sure her hymen is intact. In other words, he said he takes her for a virginity test. At…
A fresh wave of political uprisings hit the Middle East this year, as if to complete the work that the 2011 Arab Spring left unfinished. They have stretched so far across the region that it has shattered even Irans illusion that, by wielding unprecedented pow…
Whether it’s a case of projection, an assumption or just a deep-seated hope, Republicans in the impeachment hearings Wednesday revealed their expectation that no one’s really done the reading when it comes to the case for President Donald Trump’s impeachment.…
On Thursday, I have another oral argument scheduled in my fight through the Connecticut courts to overturn my 2007 convictions. The lawyer I retained for that trial on identity theft-related crimes conducted no investigation, called no witnesses and, during c…
The impeachment inquiry into President Donald J. Trump begins a new chapter this week with the House Judiciary Committees first round of hearings on Wednesday. The committee is first focusing on the constitutional grounds for presidential impeachment, and hea…