Opinion Category: Business

Ever feel like you are talking to an empty room? According to some Twitter users, that has been their experience. Conservatives are accusing the social media platform of placing them under a “shadow ban,” preventing others from seeing their posts and content but not letting those banned know. Republican Party Chair Ronna McDaniel and Donald […]

America’s worst spin artist, Rudy Giuliani, took his media tour as President Trump’s attorney to a new level of ridiculousness over the weekend. In a conversation with NBC’s Chuck Todd on Meet the Press, Giuliani said that he didn’t want Trump to testify in the Mueller investigation because POTUS could perjure himself — not by […]

As President Trump endlessly tweets about the Mueller investigation and onetime ally Omarosa Manigault Newman and her book, his Administration has come up with a new tactic for punishing critics: revoking the security clearances of those who are critical of POTUS. The first person to go was former CIA Director John Brennan. In response, a […]

Fad diets have come a long way since Atkins and Paleo. The latest trimming trend sweeping the world is intermittent fasting, in which adherents either fast for one day regularly or eat only during restricted hours. Recent studies suggest that fasting can help people lose weight, but others have found serious reasons to be skeptical. […]

While President Donald Trump’s supporters have rallied around his mission to “Make America Great Again,” many progressives have decided that goal is unrealistic. Some allege that America was never all that great because of its legacy of slavery and imperialism, among other injustices. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is discovering that whatever the truth is, […]

Try as they might, not every NFL team is equipped with an Aaron Rodgers or Tom Brady at quarterback. In fact, a fair number of teams are trotting out unproven or over-the-hill options and hoping for the best. Unsurprisingly, there aren’t too many Super Bowl contenders from that list. Perhaps the only exception is Kansas […]

The election of President Trump has exposed the frailty of the Democratic Party, which is the minority in both the House and the Senate and controls just 16 governorships nationwide. But poll after poll in recent months has pointed to the potential for a “blue wave” this November, with Dems easily taking back the House […]

Public urination can land you in jail in most of the developed world, or at least earn you a heavy fine. Parisians, however, have forced officials to be more lenient. But letting nature take its course wherever has become so common that the City of Lights is installing exposed, open-air urinals. The urinals stand out […]

After a long career raising awareness about “frogs turning gay” and “sodium fluoridated water” though his Infowars brand, alt-right provocateur Alex Jones is on the ropes. On Aug. 6, Facebook, Apple, YouTube, and Spotify all removed content by Jones, citing policy violations. Vimeo, Pinterest, and even LinkedIn quickly followed suit. Jones has previously accused Muslim […]

Viewers are now five episodes into Sacha Baron Cohen’s latest effort, Who Is America? The Showtime original, which features Cohen assuming the roles of an ever-increasing number of oddball characters, has managed to book huge guests, including former Vice-President Dick Cheney, former Trump campaign chairman Corey Lewandowski, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), disgraced Alabama politician Roy […]

President Donald Trump may be the biggest reality television star in Washington, but until earlier this year, he was not the only one. Omarosa, who appeared as a contestant in The Apprentice and The Celebrity Apprentice, served as Director of Communications for the Office of Public Liaison at the White House. She left in January, […]

It’s been a while since acclaimed director Spike Lee has put out a genuine hit, but with BlacKkKlansman, he’s firmly back in the spotlight. As Variety notes, the film, which debuted on Friday, “delivered Spike Lee’s best opening in over a decade.” BlackKkKlansman finished fifth at the box office over the weekend, bringing in close […]

It’s been a year since the murder of Heather Heyer, a counter-protestor who was allegedly killed by a neo-Nazi during a rally of racists in Charlottesville, Va. In the ensuing weeks and months, many thought that President Trump repeatedly bungled his response to that violence, famously saying there were “very fine people on both sides” […]

Neither the Houston Texans nor the San Francisco 49ers was very good last NFL season. The Texans finished 4-12; the 49ers were 6-10. But both teams got a tantalizing jolt from their young quarterbacks — Deshaun Watson in Houston, and Jimmy Garoppolo in the Bay Area. Watson, a first-round pick from Clemson, guided his squad […]

Last Friday, President Trump couldn’t help but call out an interview with CNN host Don Lemon and NBA superstar LeBron James in which James said he would never sit face-to-face with the current Commander-in-Chief. Trump—who apparently doesn’t have anything better to do— tweeted: “Lebron James was just interviewed by the dumbest man on television, Don […]

The saga of President Donald Trump’s trade war continued this week with allies in the steel industry clapping back against calls from American companies for exemptions to stiff metal tariffs. The Commerce Dept. has the authority to grant such exemptions, but companies are allowed to file formal objections, as Charlotte-based Nucor and Pittsburgh-based United States […]

“Fortnite: Battle Royale” is taking over the gaming world. It’s been released on every major gaming console (with cross-platform support except on the PlayStation 4), in addition to its accessibility on PCs, Macs, iPhones, and—very soon—Android phones. Already, more than 125 million people around the globe have taken part in the “Fortnite” phenomenon, and the […]

White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders has never made much of an effort to hide her disdain for the media, but she—along with her boss, President Trump—have been particularly antagonistic of late. On Thursday, CNN reporter Jim Acosta asked Sanders to affirm that she doesn’t believe the press is the “enemy of the people,” […]

CNN has long been on the receiving end of President Trump’s most unhinged “fake news” rants, and CNN Chief White House Correspondent Jim Acosta has become Public Enemy No. 1 to the loyal followers of POTUS. He’s not the only one taking hits—reporter Kaitlan Collins was banned from an event last week—but Acosta has gotten […]

Orange is the New Black has been, without question, a wildly successful Netflix show, scoring 19 Emmy nominations (and four Emmy awards), plus six Golden Globe nominations. But it’s also been steadily falling off of late, and the recently released Season Six — while generally receiving decent marks from critics — is getting panned on […]

Julian Assange has probably has not been too comfortable holed up in London’s Ecuadorian embassy, where the Wikileaks founder has lived since 2012, but all that could change in the next few months–and not necessarily for the better. Assange was granted political asylum by Ecuador since he fled to its embassy while Sweden was seeking […]

Last week, 20-year-old rapper XXXTentacion (legal name Jahseh Onfroy) was shot and killed outside a motorcycle and boat shop in Florida. His death has been met with a polarized reaction from Twitter. XXXTentacion was one of the biggest names in hip-hop—he started as a so-called “SoundCloud rapper” and quickly rose to fame, with many of […]

Lionel Messi is universally considered one of the best soccer players ever, which makes his paltry performance at the 2018 World Cup all the more stunning. His team, Argentina, is coming off a 3-0 blowout loss to Croatia, and sits in last place in the Group D standings. In order to advance to the round […]

Sports betting has long been considered a legal foul, but on Monday the U.S. Supreme Court took a gamble by striking down a 25-year federal ban on sports bets. Seven states, including New Jersey, New York, and West Virginia, are ready to make it legal. Other states are getting ready to pitch the prospect to […]

Although there is plenty of baseball still to be played, the two best teams in the MLB through May 10 are none other than the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox. The Yankees got off to a ho-hum 9-9 start but have been on an absolute tear of late, going 17-1 since April 21. […]

Janelle Monáe ‘s Afro-futurist concept albums have always pushed the hip-hop envelope, but last week she broke a few more barriers when she came out as pansexual in an interview with Rolling Stone. A new term for many, pansexuality is defined by GLAAD as attraction to all people regardless of sex, gender, or gender identity. […]

The NBA career of Lonzo Ball got off to a miserable start earlier this year. The rookie point guard shot just 31 percent — including 25 percent from three-point range –through his first 20 games with the Los Angeles Lakers. As the second overall draft pick in a loaded class, Ball was already facing murmurs about […]

Cleveland’s baseball team is getting a makeover next year, but that doesn’t mean just new uniforms. The Cleveland Indians’ “Chief Wahoo” logo will stop being used both on and off the field by the 2019 season, according to a New York Times report. Indians CEO Paul Dolan admitted that although Chief Wahoo is beloved by […]

Skier Lindsey Vonn is taking a stand against President Trump, but it’s not endearing her to Twitter. The Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea, are fast approaching, and Vonn—who won gold at the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver—is one of America’s highest-profile participants. Last Thursday in an interview with CNN, Vonn said she hoped “to represent […]

The battle of the smartphone titans has come down to the Apple vs. Samsung, the iPhone vs. the Galaxy. Yes there are many other, and very good, smartphones on the market but most deciding eyes are on the iPhone and the Galaxy. Perhaps not terribly surprising the two phones index about the same, not terribly […]

The Wolverine is Above the Fray for Movie Openings at 75% Positive but The Heat Still Dominates at 94% Positive.