Actually, Louis C.K. was right about Common Core — Ravitch

Louis C.K. (Gus Ruelas/Reuters )   Louis C.K., the multi-talented entertainer, has suddenly found himself in the news for an unlikely reason. It has nothing to do with any of his projects but, rather, his comments on Twitter and the “Late Show With David Letterman” about how standardized testing and the Common Core State Standards are affecting his daughters, who attend public school...

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What Happened to the Weird 'Louie' of Last Season?

Last October, shortly after an expletive-laden rant against ISIS fighters (“Oh, fuck you, ISIS. Sincerely please fuck each other in the mouth with forks.”), Louis C.K. deleted his Twitter account. He hasn’t publicly discussed...

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Louis C.K. Slams Trump: “The Guy is Hitler,” “We Are Being Germany in the ’30s”

Louis C.K. at the 2016 Vanity Fair Oscar Party in Beverly Hills, California on Feb. 28, 2016.  Adrian Sanchez-Gonzalez/AFP/Getty Images In case you were wondering, Louis C.K. is no Donald Trump fan. In fact, the comedian is a tad bit frightened at the prospect that so many Americans want to elect an “insane bigot” who is “dangerous.” In an email to fans announcing...

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Review: With 'Horace and Pete,' Did Louis C.K. Con Us Into Paying For a Two-Act Play?

This weekend Louis C.K. surprised his fans with a new TV pilot available directly from his website. But what exactly did you get for your five bucks?    Louis C.K. in "Horace and Pete."   Is "pulling a Beyonce" the official term for when a creator suddenly drops a new work on his or her unsuspecting fanbase? I like it,...

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Louis C.K.'s Warning About Donald Trump

Over the weekend, comedian Louis C.K. made news for telling his fans in an email that Donald Trump is like Adolph Hitler. And that’s a bit much, isn’t it? Doing The Apprentice for NBC while selling ties is rather unlike attempting...

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Louis C.K. Compares Donald Trump to Hitler: ‘He’s an Insane Bigot’

A.M.P.A.S/REX/Shutterstock March 5, 2016 | 09:21AM PT Louis C.K. is the latest public figure to criticize Donald Trump, calling him an “insane bigot” and comparing him to Adolf Hitler. In a Saturday morning email blast announcing the sixth episode of his web series “Horace and Pete,” C.K. included a lengthy postscript urging readers not to vote for Trump. “Please stop it with voting for Trump,”...

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