Jonah Goldberg, a Republican National Review columnist, is a white man. Do you think this means that he is not attuned to the nuances of race in America? You are wrong.

Exciting news for fans of Capt. Alfred Dreyfus—Roman Polanski will get to continue filming a movie about him in Poland after the country rejected an extradition request from the United States.

Isiah Gay appeared in a New Mexico court this week after being arrested for burglary, his first alleged criminal offense. Judge Christina Argyres sentenced him to five years probation, but not before dangling a 15-year prison sentence in front of him during which he would “probably be raped every day,” she said.

The latest report on New York City real estate prices, out today: Manhattan and Brooklyn home prices and rents are at all-time highs and rising, and the market is saturated with expensive luxury homes while anything affordable sells faster than ever. You could leave, but where would you go?

Later today, the White House will announce a “shift” in the the U.S. policy against ISIS that will include sending a small group of special operations forces into northern Syria, according to NBC News. The reported announcement will come eight days after an American commando was killed while freeing hostages from ISIS fighters in Iraq.

The higher education community is aghast today at news that no one expected to hear: a dumb idiot in an unlikely position of power has proposed a stupid regressive anti-intellectual idea—in Florida.

Shaker Aamer, a British citizen who spent more than 13 years in Guantanamo Bay, was freed Friday and is reportedly on his way back to London.

If these allegations are true, I think we can probably stop referring to Edward Tucker as a deputy. He’s a wild man!

After the blimp—you know the one—gently came to rest in a quiet corner of the Pennsylvania countryside on Wednesday afternoon, state police swarmed over it and pumped that fucker full of lead.

On Wednesday, at least 27 women at the T Don Hutto immigration detention center in Texas began a hunger strike, The Guardian reports. The women are protesting conditions at the so-called “residential center.”

Rand Paul, brave conservative hero, has had enough of this shit. The fading Republican presidential candidate, horrified by the excesses of the budget deal passed by the House, and its failure to address America’s growing debt, knew in his bones this was a time for action.

Yesterday, my colleague Hamilton Nolan wrote that Chris Christie, governor of New Jersey, was a “poop butt toilet” candidate in the upcoming presidential election. One wonders whether he’d have made the same claim if he had known that several members of Hillary Clinton’s campaign staff were stuck in a bathroom.

The Departments of Education and Justice have firmly come down on the side of a transgender teen who is suing for the right to use the restroom that corresponds with his gender identity, reports the Associated Press.

A terrorism crime drama television show loosely based on the career of former New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly is being developed for ABC, Variety reports. Kelly held the position twice, serving for 12 years in his second appointment. He will serve as a producer on the ABC show.

According to a report from the World Health Organization released yesterday, you have herpes. Your mom has herpes. I have herpes. Herpes for everyone.

During a TV performance Thursday in Oslo, TMZ reports, Justin Bieber—who is just having one of those weeks, you know?—walked off the stage after a fan spilled something. Bieber tried mopping it up at first before deciding he just couldn’t, ugh he just couldn’t.

In a recent issue of T Magazine, a glossy New York Times supplement that serves mostly as a catalog of luxe advertisements, billionaire heiress Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen helped out her billionaire husband, venture capitalist Marc Andreessen. This is why we should banish the rich from all media.

Today, Dr. Phil played several recordings of Jared Fogle talking to a friend-turned-FBI informant about his attraction to children, and, well, it’s all as bad as you think.

Owen Labrie, a now 20-year-old former student at the elite St. Paul’s School in New Hampshire, was sentenced today to one year in jail plus probation after being convicted in August of having sex with an underage student at the school.