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I don't want to disappoint.

She said she wanted to be a mom. Did she?

Perhaps we are finally freed from the task of deciding how to interpret Donald Trump.

I can't do another holiday like this.

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Underweight and overweight kids are at higher risk for psychological harm. What’s the answer to proper nutrition in a world full of weight s...

The WNBA’s biggest season ever reveals the tension between queer visibility and mainstream success

Slate writer Luke Winnie tried a YouTuber recommended fad diet. It was both better and worse than he expected.

As Fox News gathered strength, the left started to punch back.

I'm tired of being the bad guy.

The Browns quarterback is maintaining one of the worst ratings in over a decade.

I don't want to hear one more thing about my "spending."

Again, it’s all about the demographics of Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Michigan.

At first cut, one might think that Trump judges wouldn’t be influential. That's wrong.

How did the Al Pacino of the 1970s become the Al Pacino of today? His new book provides an answer.

My usual strategy here has backfired.

In 2020, we lost one of our funniest songwriters. A new Netflix special finds a way to do him justice.

Tim Robinson and Sam Richardson’s brilliant show Detroiters feels ripe for a rediscovery.

Peter Goodman on the pandemic shipping crisis

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Wanna bet…on politics?

Plus, the power of internal theater!

“I was wearing a coat of red flags.”