Joel Mathis

One of my most firmly held beliefs is that TV news — cable news, in particular — is terrible for democracy. Television is a medium that often prioritizes being...

America's conservative men are pretty grumpy these days. That seems to be the lesson, anyway, from a new focus group of eight such men convened by the New York Times to gauge their...

Wars have never been very good for free expression in America. That might be true even when America isn't fighting the war. On Monday morning, with Russia apparently on the brink of...

Donald Trump is being Donald Trump again. He held another rally on Saturday night in Texas, the latest event in his probably-running-for-president tour, and as always he used it to...