Tag: Russia
Which President Ignored Bounties on Our Murdered Soldiers?
Either the ignoramus president was told the intelligence and did nothing about it or no one on his staff told him. Which sounds worse?
If Stalin Had a Least-Favorite Musical, Would This Be It?
"The Glorious Death of Comrade What's-His-Name" is based on a 1928 play, "The Suicide," by Nikolai Erdman, who was later exiled to Siberia.
Putin — and the Pecs That Launched a Million Memes
According to "Putin Kitsch in America," those beefcake shots not only boosted Putin’s image, they sexualized his public image.
The Oranges of Trump and Those GOP Rotten Apples
Post-Mueller time! Now he wants to investigate the investigators!
We Believe You, Michael Cohen! We Believe You!
On our new podcast, we also cover the burgeoning Democratic field and that over-entitled shrew, Ivanka Trump.
Trump, GOP Have a Quiet, Growing Infatuation With Socialist Policies
You're not misreading the headline: they're increasingly out of the Soviet playbook.
Five Reasons We Should Pay Attention to Egypt
A certain country has a lot to teach us about #NotMyPresident, blackface, revolution and mummies.
The Rudy Giuliani Brain Trust
To paraphrase Gertrude Stein, the truth is the truth is the truth is the truth.
What Could Shame a President With No Shame?
Could it be that Trump is willing to let all fall apart in order to save the most important, and perhaps most unlikely, person of them all?
I’m Starting to Think Trump Is a Schmuck Stuck in a...
Trump seems more like a Russian asset than ever. Could a saboteur really be this dumb?
Can Playwright Rajiv Joseph Cure Our Fake News Sickness?
We're not the first nation to face propaganda from a government prone to lies and deceit.
It’s Time to (Finally) Free Julian Assange
He's an arrogant, unkempt, unlikeable, disreputable person. And yet.
Pussy Riot Returns (On the Album of an All-Woman Vocal Quartet)
Lyrics and trial transcriptions join forces in a powerful oratorio.
Authoritarianism Rises Off-Broadway in “Describe the Night”
Playwright Rajiv Joseph offers an allegory for today's corrosive political climate and totalitarian rumblings.
You Wrote a Children’s Play About Chernobyl?
I could say “a play about Chernobyl” and end it there. "Children's play" is the kicker.
I’m an Artist: Is Home Sweet Home Just a Dream For...
As working artists, the first of each month is never easy -- we need to save nearly 60% of our income to pay our rent and bills.
Summer Read: Hot-Blooded Saga of a New York Immigrant
Anna Fishbeyn's brash and impressive debut novel queries, "What price assimilation?"
Feasting on Farce, Michael Urie Finds Us All Fools
Nikolai Gogol took for granted that government officials, major and minor, were corrupt. He believed the same of anyone who attained the slightest amount...
“Finding Babel”: Family Documentary Uncovers Soviet History
The mystery remains unresolved, but as the film ends, we are invited into the search.
RIP RGB, RIP GOP, RIP USA
None of the second-rate white men currently on the Supreme Court will receive the honors given to RBG when they finally die.
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Herman Cain (and Republicans Unable)
And then there was Jerry Falwell, Jr., with his open pants, evangelical FUPA and his hands veering into prime side-boob territory with -- hey, doesn't she have a name?
