The psychology of why we're continually seduced by marketing ploys and slogans like, "Hey, you never know"

Hashtagging Rihanna's pizza dress, Gosling's cereal and Uncle Denzel is an act of communal redemption

In "Joe Millionaire," with its lumpen-wacky TV vision of the rich, pop culture finally faces inequality in "classless" America.

A Rooster and a Tiger hit the lotto of love, but are they about to squander their jackpot?

"For Schiff, today’s vote was thrilling, in ways that only a court-appointed psychiatrist could fully appreciate"

The only thing worse than the candidates this year is the shockingly biased liberal press. Plus: A frankfurter geography of America.

Sen. John Cornyn and Lt. Dan Patrick of Texas exploit the deaths of 10 people to push for anti-immigrant crackdown

Imagining a very different presidency, one in which Obama isn't scared to speak in clear and urgent moral terms

Meet the sweet nothings of "Laguna Beach"! Learn why women are from Venus, but Veronica is from Mars! Plus: Watch empty non sequiturs barked at the candidates in HBO's "Diary of a Political Tourist"!

As a recovering football addict, all I want is for fans to stop deluding themselves about the sport I used to love

Head "Late Night" writer spoke to Salon about the show's early days, the writers' room and Dave's notorious anxiety

Commercial radio will have only itself to blame if the Internet ends up eating its pablum lunch.

Rupert Murdoch buys Pat Robertson's fundamentalist family cable network, uniting Bart Simpson with John-Boy Walton at last.

Jobs are vanishing for young Americans, thanks to a narcissistic national politics that's disconnected from reality