Lily Salter's Blog, page 1091
June 1, 2015
Jerry Seinfeld actually fought for his “Letterman” finale diss: “There’s really nothing else I care about except jokes”
Seinfeld spoke with Vulture editor Jesse David Fox at this weekend's Vulture Festival
Holy sh*t, Donald Trump might actually run for president: How he could go through with it this time — with a big caveat
Trump has a "major" announcement coming in two weeks. We'll believe it when the papers are signed
Ross Douthat gets polygamy disastrously wrong: What the New York Times scold misses about plural marriage & equality
Is polygamy the next frontier for progressives? Probably not, but that doesn't mean it isn't worth talking about
False reports of rape are vanishingly rare — so why treat women as liars by default?
Research shows only 2-8 percent of reported rapes are false, so why does the public act like the opposite is true?
“Game of Thrones” politics: When alliances aren’t about friendship — they’re about survival
Troubled are the peacemakers, as Jon and Dany make alliances for the future from across two borders
What if Rand Paul were Muslim? The white, privileged assumptions behind his Patriot Act “principles”
Paul never had to fight assumptions based on his color or ethnicity. If he had, he'd feel different about bulk data
Reports of the Patriot Act’s death are greatly exaggerated
Provisions of the surveillance law expired last night, but that doesn't mean Rand's grandstanding was a success
Amy Poehler shares first look at new comedy “Difficult People”: “I’m starving for television shows that have women in them”
Written by Julie Klausner and starring Klausner and Billy Eichner
“We will not tolerate any bias”: What United Airlines could learn from this café that defended a breastfeeding mom
All patrons deserve to be treated with dignity and respect — it's basic customer service
May 31, 2015
William F. Buckley would have loathed Fox News: Inside the right-wing media’s intellectual downfall
In assessing the state of public debate in the age of Fox News, one can't help but look back to William F. Buckley
