Lily Salter's Blog, page 1043
July 25, 2015
Why more presidential hopefuls are embracing the Donald Trump way
Trump's say-absolutely-anything attitude is catching on
Why is there so much toxic jingoism behind American spaceflight?
Manifest destiny does not apply to the cosmos
Heartbreaking images from Sandra Bland’s funeral
Her family arrived at an Illinois church this morning to lay the 28-year-old to rest
Pseudo-science and Bible-thumping, the worst of both worlds: The problem with rehab, AA and calling addiction a disease
Marc Lewis tells Salon that addiction is about habit — and calling it a disease hinders addicts from recovery
Iran’s supreme leader gets right-wing media buzzing with the kind of Twitter meme you’d expect from U.S. right-wing media
It appears to be an image of the president with a gun to his head
Et tu, Gawker: Can Nick Denton’s rebel tabloid empire be saved from slime and self-righteousness?
After an indefensible outing story and a bizarre internal struggle, can the Web's most notorious site grow up?
Dude, where’s my car?: How stoned is too stoned to drive?
The best predictor of whether your drive to the store might end in a collision with a tree is how stoned you feel
Rogue Dairy Queen to corporate: Shove off with your Grill and Chill! We’re selling the old favorites you won’t
A Minnesota Dairy Queen dares go its own way, and sells Chipper sandwiches and products discontinued by corporate
It’s not Thomas Jefferson’s fault: Race, the Confederate flag and the new historic correctness
Connecticut Democrats strip names of Jefferson and Jackson from an annual dinner. It's not a meaningful gesture
Viral rewind: Steve Carell made Zach Galifianakis break down in tears on “Between Two Ferns”
Five years ago today, Galifianakis' "awkward" shtick on "Funny or Die" was at its peak. Our look back:
