VIDEO: "Farm It Maybe"
Just when I was about to give Cookie Monster the award for best parody of "Call Me Maybe," this kid comes along:"Hey, I just milked you. This cow is crazy! But here's her udder. So milk her maybe."
View ArticleThe Most Clint Eastwood-y Clint Eastwood Quotes in "Trouble with the Curve"
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View ArticleQuick Reads: "The Story of My Assassins" by Tarun J. Tejpal
The Story of My AssassinsBy Tarun J. TejpalMELVILLE HOUSETo remedy a "journalism of public relations" in his native India, Tarun J. Tejpal cofounded a muckraking magazine whose exposés earned him an...
View ArticleShort Takes: "The Waiting Room"
The Waiting RoomOPEN'HOOD INC.81 minutesThis engrossing, fly-on-the-wall documentary captures the faults of our health care system through the eyes of ER patients and staff at the public Highland...
View ArticleA Beautiful Book of Glam, Proto-Punk, and Bubblegum 45 RPM Record Sleeves
It's been 30 years since Glam, Proto-Punk, and Bubblegum burned up the music charts. Even then it was a brief flareup, especially in the US where Gary Glitter and his ilk were mere hemorrhoids on the...
View ArticleIs "Gangnam Style" a Hit Because of Our Asian Stereotypes?
Pro tip: Dress classy, dance cheesy, play into American racial stereotypes. YG EntertainmentIf you haven't been following South Korean rapper PSY's meteoric ascent to transcultural ubiquity, allow me...
View ArticleWATCH: The Romney Résumé [Saunders Cartoon]
Editors' note: Mother Jones illustrator Zina Saunders creates editorial animations riffing on the political news and current events of the week. In this week's animation, Romney applies for a real job...
View ArticleQuick Reads: "The Signal and the Noise" by Nate Silver
The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail—But Some Don't By Nate SilverPENGUIN PRESSNate Silver, now the New York Times' resident stat-head, began earning his rep as something of a whiz by...
View ArticleWATCH: Mitt Romney's Bain Employees Gone Wild!
Our own David Corn had yet another video scoop today: Footage from a CD-ROM created to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Bain Consulting in which a young Mitt Romney speaks of "harvesting" companies...
View Article"Movie & An Argument" Podcast: Terrorists, Serial Killers & Samuel L. Jackson
On this week's episode of A Movie & An Argument, With Alyssa Rosenberg & Asawin Suebsaeng, we discuss:Last Resort, a new serial drama about a rogue US nuclear submarine, premiering on Thursday,...
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