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Bad Boston baseball and “American exceptionalism” myths.
Is there anything I can do?
What's in a 13-letter name like Knickerbocker?
Does anyone else think Monica sounds a little strange here? -Ed.
Steven Spielberg has been trying in vain to return home for his entire career.
Making sense of the ambient mess.
Americans don’t need reminders about Independence Day. What year is it (#634)?
With Citizen Vigilante, Uwe Boll becomes a relevant filmmaker for the first time in his career.
Girls Like Girls, based on a novel based on a song, is a winning if predictable coming of age film.
Orientation doesn’t disappear because you’re in a particular relationship.
Season 2 of Apple TV’s Los Angeles noir is a stylized throwback to hardboiled detective stories, strengthened by its sci-fi twist.
The joy of Textu.
From Broadway to Bolivia, blood flows where there are money woes.
The conspiracy theorists were looking in the wrong direction.
The third season of HBO’s Game of Thrones prequel brought the franchise back on track.
Stare into the Orb, and a handful of crypto tokens land in your wallet.
For 17 months I was undercover, a spy in the house of capitalism.
Dentistry in the Old West was not easy.
There Is No Antimemetics Division by the writer qntm serves as a parable for the horror of how easily people forget horrible things perpetuated by horrible people.
Hanging out with Uncle Stu.
USA vs Iran!
The last person you want to be right.
Democrats don't understand how risk-taking entrepreneurs create prosperity.
Katja Hoyer’s Weimar examines lives caught in a crucible of history.
The actress talks about Boogie Nights, Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, getting starstruck, and her most unusual sexual experience.
The country music star talks Religulous, quitting drinking, and never cancelling a show.
The legendary musician on The Beatles, "Helter Skelter," Yoko Ono, and more.
Danielle Fishel, Will Friedle, and Rider Strong argue with Maitland Ward on a recent reunion podcast.
The Earth, Wind & Fire bassist talks dropping out of college, recording "That's the Way of the World," and being snubbed by Soul Train.
The legendary musician and Fleetwood Mac songwriter rates various modern covers of "Never Going Back Again," the third song on Rumours.
The actress returns to talk about The Comeback, working with drug addicts, and Stanley Kubrick.
The band play a 41-minute set drawing from De-Loused in the Comatorium and Tremulant.
The Wisconsin legends cover Nirvana at Seattle's Crocodile Cafe in the fall of 1995.
The director on his new film Disclosure Day and the importance of theatrical exhibition.
The former NFL quarterback talks football, music, and sports commentary in this new interview.