It’s difficult to tell if the video is pro- or anti- Trump, but I’m guessing the world blowing up is a clue.

Colbert responds to Donald Trump’s claim that Obama is a secret Muslim terrorist.

The NYT’s Jonathan Weisman, is abandoning Twitter after the service refused to enforce its TOS against neo-nazis.

A group of anti-science Republicans are trying to pass a resolution literally promoting magic. Seriously.

Wishful, wistful themes and missed opportunities to accurately dramatize contemporary American politics.

No word yet on the neuroscience of humbug.

I’m headed across the border to Brazil for a week or so. Regularly scheduled blogging will resume on the 5th.

Pack it up, folks. The War on Christmas is over.

How do you explain mass violence to a toddler? Here’s how.