Originally published August 30, 2016 on Paste As usual, the Left has its workers-collective-manufactured panties all up in a bunch over Henry Kissinger. This time, the furor is over rumors that H...
Originally posted October 13, 2015 on RawStory If you read one summary of the Democratic Debate, don’t read this one. But if you read a few and want to hear some observations and thoughts, insi...
A political comedian reviews the first of the new Late Show. Originally posted September 16, 2015 on The Nation It was a no-brainer that Stephen Colbert as The Late Show host would be less politi...
https://katiehalper.com/2015/10/14/%EF%BB%BF-are-colberts-new-politics-softer-or-just-more-subtle/
The new Daily Show host doesn’t have much to say, which leaves him making jokes about tramp stamps and body weight. Originally posted October 9 on the Nation Unlike Jon Stewart, Trevor Noah doe...
The unlikely presidential candidate and the rap star share eerie similarities Originally posted on Rolling Stone Bill Maher recently described Donald Trump as “the white Kanye.” But Maher, wh...
https://katiehalper.com/2015/07/28/7-ways-donald-trump-and-50-cent-are-the-same-person/
Who, in the media, will have the courage to call out Israel once Jon Stewart leaves the Daily Show? (On Monday, the date of Stewart’s final show – August 6 – was announced.) As a… More
Originally posted on Feministing I guess it’s utopian of me to think that today’s politicians and mainstream media would be as radical as a Batgirl from a 1970’s Department of Labor PSA. Bu...
Check out this photo of Ted Cruz checking off George W. Bush’s win in the Texas governor’s race in 1994. Cruz was then a student at Harvard Law School. But what you may not know… More
A week after her death, Joan Rivers remains in the headlines. The exact cause of her death is still being debated. And reports of her star-studded theatrical funeral continue to emerge. Howard ...
Happy Women’s Equality Day! And happy 94th birthday to the 19th Amendment! August 26th commemorates the 1920 passage of the 19th amendment, giving white women the right to vote. The day wa...
https://katiehalper.com/2014/08/26/happyish-womens-equality-day/