One of the many things we’ve lost in the years of the Catastrophe is the ability to enjoy Joe Biden.

For our liberal friends, Russia is the mythology that reassures: the catastrophe that has befallen us was not our fault.

The very effort to go to the moon feels like something impossible accomplished by an ancient civilization, like the statues on Easter Island or the Egyptian pyramids.

Professor Hickenlooper spends most of his time trying to keep Professor Warren from being the department chair and bases his courses on historiography circa 1986.

Empathy, Bernie, healthcare, Iraq, hot baristas, and lots of suffering parents.

If the Oscars are any indication, Americans love war, stupidity, royalty, and bestiality.

The President doesn’t just laugh at genocide. He actually cheers it, creating a feedback loop with his most dangerous followers, argues historian Michael E. Carter.

An increasingly stupid world takes solace in Liz Phair, Quixotic cheese, pink buses, and beaver emojis in this week’s round-up.