Stupidity

The Creative Value of Stupidity

Brian D. Cohen | Posted 04.07.2012

Brian D. Cohen

Evolutionary biologist Mark Pagel concluded that we humans just might be infinitely stupid. That might explain what's special, even most hopeful about us.

Study Finds Conservatives Are Morons

Floyd Elliot | Posted 03.27.2012

Floyd Elliot

Good news, social conservatives: according to a new study, you're not bad people; you're just stupid. And also? Racists. Fox News: at long last explai...

"Stupid Crook Tricks: Global Dumbing"

Jerry Zezima | Posted 07.26.2011

Jerry Zezima

The crook told the cabbie to ask a cop for directions. The cop recognized the idiotic passenger from a surveillance tape and arrested him. For once a man asked for directions and look what happened.

TSA Protects America by Groping My...Poodle

Robert L. Cavnar | Posted 05.25.2011

Robert L. Cavnar

If you have been reading the news the last couple of weeks, you know that we have been covering the new enhanced (read "illegal") searching and gropin...

Newsweek Poll: Is The Tide Turning?

Frank Dwyer | Posted 05.25.2011

Frank Dwyer

What? Stupidity, lies, vicious policies now hurting GOP?...

The Genius of Democracy; or, Boy, Does Uncle Sam Need You!

Frank Dwyer | Posted 05.25.2011

Frank Dwyer

Voters fed up with lesser may try greater of two evils again....

Social Media: Are We Ever Going to "Get it?"

Peter Shankman | Posted 05.25.2011

Peter Shankman

I spent a day last week speaking to a Fortune 100 company about the best ways to integrate social media into their marketing plans. These are smart people. But you say "social media" to them, and you have the ability to lead them around by waving a shiny object.

Tea Party Animals

Ellis Weiner | Posted 05.25.2011

Ellis Weiner

Time and again we get variations on one of two themes: Indignation about things that are demonstrably not true, or open and defiant disbelief at things that demonstrably are true.

Acting Dippy on Blippy

Patrice Peyret | Posted 05.25.2011

Patrice Peyret

People sacrifice their privacy for financial gain on a regular basis. This trade-off is the foundation of loyalty cards. Every day, I allow SafeWay to...

How Not to Work a Cocktail Party

Fortune's Stanley Bing | Posted 05.25.2011

<i>Fortune</i>'s Stanley Bing

People who make a lot of money tend to talk about it too much to people who don't. Why do people do these things? Do we all, to some extent, undermine ourselves in one way or another?

The KFC Double Down: One Sandwich To Kill You All (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

Mark Morford | Posted 05.25.2011

Mark Morford

Behold, the KFC Double Down sandwich. It is, if you really want to know, two slabs of fried chicken intersliced with two pieces of bacon, two slabs of cheese, and the Colonel's "special sauce."

Wing-Nut Tea

Susan L. Travis | Posted 05.25.2011

Susan L. Travis

These are interesting and difficult times for all Americans, though the predicament of our Republican brothers and sisters bears special reflection.

Boehner's Four Horsemen

Jeff Danziger | Posted 05.25.2011

Jeff Danziger

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Crack Law: Not only Cruel and Racist, But Scientifically Wrong

Maia Szalavitz | Posted 11.17.2011

Maia Szalavitz

For years, those concerned with fairness in America have been distressed by the alarming racial disparities seen in the criminal justice system. Curr...

Apparently, You CAN Fool All of the People All of the Time

Brian Ross | Posted 05.25.2011

Brian Ross

We are a fear-driven culture. There is a large segment of the population that, no matter how well you document it, will not let a good fact get in the way of their fears about health care reform.

Occidental College Offers Course In Stupidity

Huffington Post | Alex Leo | Posted 05.25.2011

We honestly don't know what's funnier the class title or the hyper-deconstructionist language used in the course description. Only in the bubble of th...

Ba(ra)ck to the Word "Stupid"

Karen Kisslinger | Posted 05.25.2011

Karen Kisslinger

One meaning of the word stupid relates to being "stupefied." By its definition, I think Crowley and Gates were probably both stupefied by the situation that escalated in the Professor's home.

The Stupidity of Crowds

Bart Motes | Posted 05.25.2011

Bart Motes

Who knew that NPR listeners and the GOP had so much in common?

Are Americans Still Stupid?*

Rick Shenkman | Posted 05.25.2011

Rick Shenkman

Misinformation is as apt to be swallowed by people as factual information. More troubling, voters don't seem to know where to turn for reliable information.

Stupid Republican Tricks

Senate Guru | Posted 05.25.2011

Senate Guru

We worry that some Republicans are too influenced by greed or fear or hatred. However, some Republicans are just mind-numbingly stupid.

A Suggestion for Obama: RE: Jets Flying Past NYC Buildings

Jacob Dickerman | Posted 05.25.2011

Jacob Dickerman

Okay, Barack. That wasn't you. Okay. I'll accept that, because I like you. I'll go along with this not being on your head thing. But here's a little thought you might want to pass along to your staff.

Bull Dinky From National Geographic

Stephen C. Rose | Posted 11.17.2011

Stephen C. Rose

The Religion Code is a little piece I did a while back to flag the shameful pandering of mass media in dealing with Christian themes. Religion in itse...

Sarah Palin: A Farce To Be Reckoned With

Tina Dupuy | Posted 05.25.2011

Tina Dupuy

In the post-debate, post-partisan, postpartum, postmortem by those that think about stuff, those vilified media types, it was a pretty clear consensus...

Get Ready, Kids; Time For Musical Chairs

Richard Laermer | Posted 05.25.2011

Richard Laermer

A thousand years ago, back in 1999, zillions of young people came to cities like New York and ran around looking for jobs even though they had one waiting for them -- at work. It was so much fun to look and change and jump; to job-hop at will.

Behar Takes Heat on The View for Calling Palin's Statement Dumb

Caroline Presno | Posted 05.25.2011

Caroline Presno

Things like energy and persistence are important, but look at it this way: Would you rather have an energized horse pulling an empty cart or a cart filled with ideas?