film Coming soon from filmmaker Case Esparros: "The Absence of Milk in the Mouths of the Lost" Mister Dobo
guns Letters to Newtown: digitally archiving sympathy cards sent to town after school shooting massacre Xeni Jardin
punk rock Revisiting the Clash's American debut: The 45th anniversary of "Give 'Em Enough Rope" Mark Frauenfelder
ousted puppets McCarthy has choice words for ouster Gaetz, who hurls back a snarky retort (video) Carla Sinclair
books "Bridge" is a dimension-hopping thriller about grief, motherhood, and parasitic worms Thom Dunn
politics Fox News refuses to apologize for fabricated story about dead Marine whose sole source was a far-right Florida congressman (Update: they finally puked one up) Rob Beschizza