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“It Ends” beat Hollywood at its own game to reach theaters
Preparing to set out on a long car journey, naivety tends to get the best of us. “Google Maps says it’ll take eight hours, but I’m pretty sure I can make it in six.” We plan, and God laughs. Pull…
Cornered by Big Bend backlash, Texas Republicans tread carefully around Trump
For over a generation, Texas Republicans have owned the politics of the southern border. Now the Trump administration’s latest border project has them cornered, stuck between constituents outraged over federal plans to carve roads and barriers through Big Bend and…
“They’re my people”: Trump shrugs off concerns of MAGA ranchers’ beef
President Donald Trump has some beef with the price of beef. American ranchers — many of them among his most reliable supporters — have some beef with his solution. Trump announced Friday that the United States would temporarily allow up…
Are kids “guinea pigs for chatbots”? McMahon backs classroom AI use
Education Secretary Linda McMahon praised the growing use of artificial intelligence in classrooms Sunday, even as she acknowledged there is little evidence yet showing how the technology affects student learning. During an interview with CNN’s Dana Bash, McMahon pointed to…
Sean Duffy’s Great American Road Grift
At least once while watching “The Great American Road Trip,” I found myself wondering what the Founding Fathers would make of all this. It happened in the Philadelphia episode, after Transportation Secretary and “Real World: Boston” alumnus Sean Duffy herded…
Even in loud movies, the power of silence is undeniable
It is bizarre to watch someone like Alan Ritchson follow in the footsteps of Charlie Chaplin. That’s less of a stretch than it seems, I promise. Stick with me. In case you’re unfamiliar with Ritchson, he’s a muscles-on-muscles behemoth whose…
The best band you’re probably not listening to yet
If you’ve never heard of the band Black Marble, that should change, and today’s as good a day as any for that to happen, because their new album, “Life in Small Spaces,” was just released on Sacred Bones. Since I…
Columbia House closure sparks nostalgia for a bygone music scam
Even if you aren’t old enough to remember the heyday of Columbia House, you’re probably familiar with the scam at its center. The mail-order club would offer customers eight to 12 CDs, tapes, records — and, in later years, DVDs…
Harry and Meghan’s UK return tests a press under fire
There can be many reasonable reactions to the surprising news that Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, along with their children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet, are returning to Britain. But when it comes to the Duke and Duchess of…
“The End of Oak Street” does pastiche right
In 2015’s “Jurassic World” — the first of the “Jurassic Park” franchise’s largely interminable bastard step-children — there’s a moment of action that briefly suggests the film might exist for reasons other than to extend its source material and make…