Variety: Stephen Colbert’s Push Into Politics May Have Hurt the Late-Night Format

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Here’s some news that might shock you. It turns out that turning late-night entertainment programs into soapboxes for their hosts’ leftist political views may have damaged the format. We learned this from Variety, which reports that Stephen Colbert’s push into politics might have ultimately hurt late-night TV.  — Variety (@Variety)Continue Reading

One year after their brief war, how close are India and Pakistan to another conflict?

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A year has passed since conflict broke out between India and Pakistan, briefly raising fears of an all-out war between the two nuclear powers. While violent conflict between the neighbours has been commonplace for the past 80 years, this latest round of fighting felt different. Both sides used new weaponsContinue Reading

The real reason RFK Jr. is coming for your antidepressants

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commentary The HHS Secretary’s attacks on psychiatric medication follow a pattern of putting politics over public health Published May 18, 2026 6:45AM (EDT) Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) The siren call was apparently irresistible. “Kennedy Starts a Push to Help Americans Quit Antidepressants,”Continue Reading

Boots Riley, Marx Brother

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On a cool, drizzly day in Oakland, California, the film director Boots Riley often seemed less like a person than like a landmark—clockable from a distance. In part, this was because Riley, who is fifty-five, wore a gargantuan, lumpy tomato-red felt hat with a wide brim, like the cowboy hatContinue Reading

Are far-right politics just the new normal?

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TORONTO — At a conference bookended by speeches from former President Barack Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, the leading lights of the global center-left gathered to consider their fate. The Global Progress Action Summit was billed as a “progressive version of CPAC,” the right-wing conference that has becomeContinue Reading

Nebraska Democrats clash in U.S. House primary for the state’s ‘blue dot’ district

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OMAHA, Neb. — The fate of Nebraska’s “blue dot” – a small, but significant factor in presidential politics – will take center stage Tuesday as Democratic voters select a congressional nominee in the state’s high-profile 2nd District. The Omaha-area district, where Republican U.S. Rep. Don Bacon is retiring, is oneContinue Reading