Can Stormy Daniels and Robert Mueller Save America?
Frustrated Americans are looking to a porn actress and a lawyer to save us from the tyranny of Trump. But history tells us we need to be our own heroes.
Paula Young Lee
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Paula Young Lee is a cultural historian, food writer, and backwoods cook. Her latest book is "Deer Hunting in Paris: A Memoir of God, Guns, and Game Meat." Follow her on Twitter @paulayounglee
Trump’s America Is An Oligarchy
Journalists are missing the bigger picture of what is going on at the White House: It isn't chaos. It's consolidation.
America, You’re Fired!
Voters cast the entire world in a brutal reality show when they elected Donald Trump. And none of us can change the channel.
With Hillary Clinton, We’ve Seen This Witchhunt Before
We've seen unprecedented level of murderous vitriol spewed at the Democratic presidential candidate. But it's just another chapter in a long history of demonizing women seeking power.
The GOP’s Outrage Over #TrumpTapes Tells Us Everything We Need to Know About Them
It’s fine to insult anyone, as long as they aren’t white women.
Is Stupid Having a Moment?
Forget about good versus evil, it’s the spectrum of intelligence that’s really at war in the 2016 election
No, NBC There’s Nothing Hilarious About Human Trafficking
The network may have nixed “Mail-Order Family” due to online pressure, but green-lighting the show in the first place is the real issue
Can We Handle the Truth?
We are a nation obsessed with fake news sites and conspiracy theories—which may very well be paving the way to victory for a president for whom fiction always trumps the facts.
With the First Uterus Transplant in the US, are we Making Women Obsolete?
Welcome to the “Brave New World” of procreation
Why the CDC Warnings About Women and Alcohol Is Actually a Red Herring
If you think it’s just about women, booze and babies, think again.
