Think the Cold War ended? Think again. Russian codebreakers reportedly hacked into the FBI's comm systems and interfered with the agency's tracking ability. Nearly 50,000 General Motors workers are out…
Democrats, especially those running for president or re-election, are demanding impeachment -- not of Trump, but of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, based on his lies to the Senate about…
Mavis Staples can make any song sound like gospel music. This John Fogerty song was an under-appreciated deep track from CCR's 1969 "Green River" LP until Mavis recorded it for…
The New York Times published a long story about Deborah Ramirez' experience with Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh's during his time at Yale and found that yes, actually, it was…
Eddie Money, the classic-rock hitmaker from the '70s and '80s, died yesterday in Los Angeles, age 70. Born Edward Mahoney in Brooklyn, he ditched a would-be career as a New…
Democratic dithering over their sort-of impeachment inquiry is being used against them by the Trump Department of Justice, which is arguing Congress doesn't deserve to see grand jury testimony from…
At this point my problems with Joe Biden's policy preferences are taking a back seat to worries about his slipping mental acuity. I'm starting to think a debate between Joe…
Beto O'Rourke caused a stir at the Democratic debate by saying "Hell yes, we're gonna take your AR-15" in describing his call for a buy-back program. A Republican state lawmaker…
Valerie Plame, the former CIA agent who was controversially outed by the Bush administration in 2003, left Washington for New Mexico a few years back and is now running for…
Nobody's heard much from Michael Avenatti lately, but I thought of him again when I was listening to FOW's "Out-of-State Plates," its collection of B-sides from 2005. In fact, the…
Maybe you saw the story about CNBC shouter Jim Cramer saying Wall Street was freaking out about the possibility of a President Elizabeth Warren, claiming he's heard a lot of…
Green Day made its name with a pop-punk combination, starting with "Dookie" in 1994, but this simple ballad is probably Billie Joe Armstrong's most lasting contribution to popular music. He…