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Bernie Sanders’ ‘ghetto’ remark raises class vs. race debate

May 23, 2019 at 9:06 p.m.

Did Sen. Bernie Sanders really say that white people "don't know what it's like to be poor?" Well, yes, he said it, but he didn't mean it, which only shows...

Comedian Robert Smigel and his puppet Triumph the Insult Comic Dog attempt to speak to members of the audience as Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump signs autographs at a rally Jan. 24, 2016, at Muscatine High School in Muscatine, Iowa.

President Tr(i)ump(h), the Insult Comic Dog?

May 23, 2019 at 9:06 p.m.

"You can't insult your way to the White House," Jeb Bush told Donald Trump in an early Republican presidential debate. Oh, really? Trump has since seized a commanding lead as...

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump gestures during a rally at Radford University in Radford, Va., Monday, Feb. 29, 2016.

Donald Trump bites the media hand that feeds him

May 23, 2019 at 9:06 p.m.

To those who admire Donald Trump's pushback campaign against political correctness, please note how quickly he takes offense when his fragile ego is poked. "I'm going to open up our...

Apple’s standoff with FBI is about more than one iPhone

May 23, 2019 at 9:06 p.m.

In the final Republican presidential primary debate before Super Tuesday, all five of the candidates took the FBI's side in the bureau's dispute with Apple over a terrorist's cellphone that...

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump walks on stage before speaking during campaign rally at the Georgia World Congress Center, Sunday, Feb. 21, 2016 in Atlanta, Ga.

‘Reverse racism’ and the allure of Donald Trump

May 11, 2019 at 3:04 a.m.

Donald Trump has achieved an important milestone. Winning big in the New Hampshire and South Carolina Republican primaries has given him "big mo," as President George H.W. Bush used to...

Pope Francis meets journalists aboard the plane during the flight from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico to Rome, Italy, on Feb. 17, 2016.

Donald Trump shoves Pope Francis into 2016 race

August 21, 2019 at 6:11 p.m.

So now The Donald is running against The Pope. After waging a presidential campaign that appears to have been all but directed by Triumph the Insult Dog, billionaire developer Donald...

Supreme Court Justices Antonin Scalia and Ruth Bader Ginsburg are shown at an April 2014 discussion at the National Press Club in Washington. The two jurists had a cordial relationship despite political differences.

With Scalia death, your vote just took on new life

August 21, 2019 at 6:11 p.m.

The Onion's wizards of wacky wit struck just the proper tone with this headline: "Justice Scalia Dead Following 30-year Battle With Social Progress." I can easily imagine the late Supreme...

Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders give voice to frustrated voters

June 20, 2019 at 9:34 p.m.

After the New Hampshire primary, a new narrative to describe Campaign 2016 has taken shape. It is a narrative of class warfare that, despite the smiles on the candidates' faces,...

Beyonce, Chris Martin of Coldplay and Bruno Mars perform onstage during the Pepsi Super Bowl 50 halftime show at Levi's Stadium on Feb. 7, 2016, in Santa Clara, Calif.

How Beyonce made conservatives squirm

May 23, 2019 at 9:06 p.m.

I want to thank Rudy Giuliani. As supremely unenlightened as I may be about pop culture, hearing the former New York mayor's cranky critique of Beyonce's Super Bowl halftime show...

President Barack Obama shakes hand with students of the Al-Rahmah School during his visit to the Islamic Society of Baltimore on Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2016.

Why Bush could defend Islam easier than Obama can

May 23, 2019 at 9:06 p.m.

Both President Barack Obama and former President George W. Bush can say they have visited a mosque as president. Can you guess which one has gotten slammed for it by...

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