Helen H. Moore's Blog, page 1109

“This is how I talk!”: Louis C.K. brings his sublime gift of awkwardness to season’s finest sketch

It was on "Saturday Night Live," but it could've easily been on "Louie"

Your frivolous summer plans will not stop Hillary Clinton’s relentless march to the White House

"Saturday Night Live" skewers the Democratic candidate's endless campaigning in season finale cold open

Trump, Santorum’s ugly Islamophobia: “Christians can’t come into this country but Muslims can. What’s that all about? Something has got to be coming down from the top”

Also, Rick Santorum says the dumbest thing you'll hear all week about Iowa being bombed back to the Stone Age

How Greenpeace took on Russian oil giant Gazprom in the freezing waters of the Arctic Ocean

The crew of the Arctic Sunrise were determined to prevent oil drilling in the Arctic. Their story begins

Louis C.K. apologizes for his “mild racism”: “It was the best I could do coming out of the ’70s!”

"It was a very racist decade," he explains in his defense

5 Chris Christie scandals that blow #Bridgegate out of the water

The New Jersey governor has reportedly used Hurricane Sandy relief money for political purposes, and so much worse

Ronald Reagan’s FDR side: What today’s conservatives — and liberals — get wrong about the Gipper

He knew politics' purpose is to govern, not preserve ideological purity. He pursued Goldwater ends with FDR means

Chris Hedges: “Why should we be impoverished so that the profits of big banks, corporations, and hedge funds can swell?”

Jeremy Hammond's a hero who exposed surveillance-state secrets. His excessive prison sentence should terrify us all

Viral rewind: Why do we love celebrity walk-off videos so much?

Five years ago today, Russell Crowe stormed out of a BBC interview and a viral obsession was born

Fox News is smarter than Jeb Bush: It’s not good to get schooled by Laura Ingraham

Megyn Kelly and Laura Ingraham use common sense to put a GOP favorite on the defensive. Why do pols never learn?