‘Game of Thrones’ Open Thread: The Educations of Sandor and Sansa
This post contains spoilers through the May 27 episode of Game of Thrones. In the world of Game of Thrones , the greatest challenge for the characters is often knowing how to behave in any given...
View ArticleMedia Matters staff: Watch Fox’s The Five Dance Around Donald Trump’s Birtherism
During today's edition of Fox News' The Five , the co-hosts spent a ten-minute segment talking about Donald Trump and his impact on Mitt Romney's presidential campaign with only a ten-second mention...
View Article‘Push Girls’ Is a Smart Critique of Hollywood’s Narrowness
We’ve had some, if not enough, discussion on this site about the people rendered most aggressively invisible by Hollywood norms: people with disabilities. Which is part of the reason I wanted to call...
View ArticleWhy NASCAR Needs To Think About Energy Use
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about possible ways that climate change could effect baseball . This time I want to talk about how a sport can impact the climate
View ArticleInnocence and Experience: Rewatching ‘The Wire’ Part 2
This post contains spoilers for episodes 1 through 6 of the first season of The Wire. Feel free to discuss events that happen beyond these episodes in comments, but if you do so, label your comments...
View ArticleAnderson Cooper and a New Era of Celebrity Coming Out
I was on the road yesterday when Anderson Cooper, in response to an Entertainment Weekly cover story about celebrities who are coming out in increasingly casual ways, came out in an email to Andrew...
View ArticleWhat ‘Homeland’ and ‘The Wire’ Have In Common
The always-excellent Maureen Ryan talked to Homeland executive producer Alex Gansa about the second season of the show, which stars Claire Danes as bipolar CIA agent Carrie Mathison and Damian Lewis...
View ArticleThe Freeh Report, Jerry Sandusky, Empathy and Penn State
Reading through former FBI Director Louis Freeh’s deep report into the culture and decision-making at Penn State that allowed former football coach Jerry Sandusky to go unpunished for so long, I was...
View ArticleGlobal Warming Deniers Are Getting Burned: Open Thread and Cartoons of the Week
A penny for your cyberthoughts. Global Warming Deniers Are Getting Burned By Clay Bennett via the Cartoonist Group Plus a bonus cartoon Mike Smith via the Cartoonist Group
View ArticleFrom Baseball To The Olympics, The Challenges And Succeses In ‘Greening’ Sports
By Max Frankel The multi-billion dollar American sports industry may not be the most polluting industry , but it is among the most visible.
View ArticleSenate Climate Hearings Hosted By Denialists, Obstructionists
On Wednesday, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee is holding hearings to provide an “ update ” on climate science. While presumably the Senators will discuss the new Koch-funded study...
View ArticleJusticeline: August 2, 2012
Welcome to Justiceline, ThinkProgress Justice’s morning round-up of the latest legal news and developments. Remember to follow us on Twitter at @TPJustice Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli (R)...
View ArticleFree animated gifs: Games development image sets
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View ArticleUS NBA stars deliver Olympic blowout vs Argentina
Argentina's Marcos Mata (L) and US centre Anthony Davis go to the basket during their men's basketball preliminary round match of the London 2012 Olympic Games, at the Basketball Arena, on August 6....
View ArticleUganda Makes History At The Little League World Series
When a group of pre-teen Ugandan baseball players arrived in Williamsport, Pennsylvania for the Little League World Series early this month, they couldn’t believe what they saw: nice uniforms, brand...
View ArticleMakers Vs. Takers: Romney’s "47 Percent" Rhetoric Echoes Fox News
Mitt Romney's remarks about the 47 percent of Americans who he said are "dependent upon government" echoed right-wing "makers vs. takers" rhetoric -- an argument that has been repeatedly promoted on...
View ArticleSimon Maloy: Romney Turns To Fox News’ Chief "47 Percent" Antagonist: Neil...
Mitt Romney, taking a considerable amount of heat over leaked videos showing him bashing 47 percent of voters as incorrigible moochers, will reportedly sit down with Fox News' Neil Cavuto this...
View ArticleNo, NFL Owners Didn’t ‘Lose’ The Lockout Battle With Referees
There’s an idea floating around the internet today that the National Football League owners “lost” their labor dispute with the NFL Referees Association after the two sides reached a deal last night....
View ArticleIt’s Global Warming, Stupid: Bloomberg Editors Endorse Unleashing Tar Sands...
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness….
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