Rush Limbaugh

Donald Trump has lost, writes Scott Gilmore. So let’s worry about what comes the morning after.

The fatheads who resent the war on fat, plus Quebec announces a new anti-corruption unit

The late president is getting respect from the GOP—and Obama

Nobody wants a mellow host anymore, at least not on cable news

Plus, a gun-down of food-world icons, Beethoven’s ninth, McGill and the Dead Sea scrolls, a literary classic and an even-handed treatment of Rush Limbaugh

Crazed militias. Grassroots revolt. A capital at war. The country is tearing itself apart.

I really wish I had a good reason to post this. I don’t, but here it is anyway.

Some personalities are putting their own spin on the disaster—others are just clueless

If the GOP could get its act together, it could challenge Obama

Last Friday, the International Olympic Committee selected Rio de Janiero for the 2016 Summer Olympics, a wise choice by the Olympic movement as these will be the first games ever held in South America. Anyone who knows anything about Olympic decision-making knows the IOC is among the most mysterious and byzantine organizations in the world. Like the Vatican, it operates in a virtual vacuum and is nearly immune to outside pressures. Given this, Barack Obama’s appearance in Copenhagen to push Chicago’s bid was hardly guaranteed to make it a fait accompli. If anything, it may have been counterproductive. That said, it would have been difficult for Obama to turn down the opportunity when other heads of state, like Brazil’s Lula and Spain’s King Juan Carlos, were scheduled to attend.

The current debate over whether Barack Obama’s opponents are motivated by his policy or his race dominated the Sunday news shows, with a general consensus emerging that policy was the main factor. It was nonetheless conceded that racism was a disturbing presence in many of the protest events. Sadly, no Republican spokesperson on the shows said anything to condemn the organizers that allowed and may have encouraged the ugly manifestations of racism.

I never liked Family Guy, but now that they’re doing an episode with such delightful people as Rush Limbaugh and Karl Rove, I’m clearly on board.