Emilio Estevez clearly had good intentions in making this fictional drama about the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy.

In a Muslim country, waiting to announce the end of Ramadan until the moon appears is fine. In the U.S. it's tricky

The aged televangelist is really a big fan of that nice young governor of Louisiana (who was born in the U.S.)

Hunter S. Thompson blasted through the world like a big-finned rocket of defiance and revulsion. He leaves a big burned hole and a safer, duller world.

A copy of a forthcoming speech from the Louisiana governor reveals just how bankrupt of new ideas the GOP really is

The exclusive story of Robert F. Kennedy's secret search for the truth about John F. Kennedy's assassination. From the new book by Salon's founder and former editor in chief.

Relegated to the loser debates, the man once touted as the GOP's Obama is now less popular than hurricane season

In her second feature, Gillian Robespierre handles infidelity as deftly as she handled abortion in "Obvious Child"

Bayou Republicans plead with anti-tax wizard Grover Norquist to release Gov. Bobby Jindal from his evil spell

Republicans like Bobby Jindal can't cop to the fact that Trumpism is their fault, so they punt blame elsewhere

Rachel Maddow talks GOP candidates stuck at the bottom of the polls

Once a megastar, Whitney Houston is now a tabloid "crackhead." But when I looked for someone to blame, I kept finding the diva herself.

The front-runners for 2016 come from political families. Is this the only way to lead America?

A lesbian scholar remembers her youth as a pinup model, stripper and wide-eyed adventurer among the denizens of the seamy Sunset Strip.