Why the right is so afraid of the Girl Scouts
The American culture war has always had a bit of a sweet tooth. There were the Oreos that became boycott…
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…
“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…
Dolly 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…
Trump’s mystery meat problem – Salon.com
One of the things I have always loved about “Bob’s Burgers” is the bittersweet certainty that the Belchers may get…
Marco Rubio won’t give up his Pop-Tarts for MAHA
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has enough on his plate managing American foreign policy. Apparently, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.‘s sauerkraut…
Real men don’t bike: How cars became the symbol of American manhood
This story was originally reported by Jessica Kutz of The 19th. Meet Jessica and read more of their reporting on…
Tim 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…
“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,”…
I was fired for resisting technology. It saved my career
I was not surprised by recent news that online classes have become swamped by artificial intelligence cheating, eroding academic integrity.…