Senator calls for criminal investigation into RFK Jr.’s lies to Congress over vaccines
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. allegedly lied to Congress last year during his confirmation hearings, according to a new report from
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HBO Max is sacrificing its credibility to vertical video
Historians like to claim that the pre-millennium monoculture is dead. Really, it’s just blurred. Smartphones have fooled us into thinking
Read more“Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma” made me want to date again
There are two scenes in Jane Schoenbrun‘s “Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma” that I hope will be among
Read moreDolly Parton blazed a path that modern country stars can’t follow
Dolly Parton made a lot of things across her 60-plus-year career: massive hit songs, a theme park, a children’s literacy
Read moreMAGA influencers are still paying for the Big Lie
With less than two weeks before some states begin mailing ballots for the 2026 midterms, there is plenty to worry
Read moreTrump’s mystery meat problem
One of the things I have always loved about “Bob’s Burgers” is the bittersweet certainty that the Belchers may get
Read moreReal men don’t bike: How cars became the symbol of American manhood
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Read moreCIA’s visit to Moscow is no big deal, according to Trump
Earlier this week, CIA director John Ratcliffe made a surprise visit to Moscow. It was Ratcliffe’s first publicly known trip
Read moreTim Curry’s devilish charm was irresistible
The seduction of sin was only theoretical to me until I fell for Tim Curry’s performance in “Legend.” That title
Read more“Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma” withers in metaphor Hell
There comes a time in every English-speaker’s life when they learn the meaning of the French phrase “la petite mort,”
Read moreDolly Parton embodied the best parts of Appalachia
My cousin tells a story: Several years before I was born, she was sitting on our great-grandmother’s lap at her
Read moreThe Lindsay Clancy murder trial exposes MAGA lies
Having kids is easy, and anyone who says otherwise is an ugly feminist trying to scare other women out of
Read moreDolly Parton’s TV specials showed her sparkle was universal
Funnily enough, when Dolly Parton made her debut on “The Porter Wagoner Show,” she wasn’t wearing any rhinestones. Faux jewels,
Read moreThese women don’t trust politicians. They do trust Candace Owens
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Read moreDolly Parton, American hero and icon of inclusion, dies at 80
American icon Dolly Parton, whose career as a country singer, songwriter, actor, entrepreneur and philanthropist spanned six decades, has died
Read moreAfghan Whigs don’t sound like the ’90s anymore
Greg Dulli and his Afghan Whigs are back with “Soft Control.” The new Whigs record is a strong collection of
Read moreThe pasta that starts in the freezer
For most of last fall, kielbasa was always on sale at my local Mariano’s. Not dramatically on sale, in the
Read moreFired columnist rehired as right’s Charlie Kirk campaign collapses
In the wake of Charlie Kirk’s killing in September 2025, MAGA influencers like Laura Loomer famously worked to ruin the
Read moreMark Carney tells Trump he will never own Canada amid tariffs
The lead-up to the Iran war seemed so abrupt that it’s easy to forget that there was a brief stab
Read moreMissouri Republicans are trying to repeal abortion rights by leaning into anti-trans sentiment
Two years ago, abortion opponents in Missouri tried to defeat Amendment 3, a ballot initiative to enshrine reproductive rights in
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