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“Baseball’s plan to kill off dozens of [minor league] affiliate teams is a clear act of collusion.” “Among millennials, fewer than half identify as Christians. More than 40 percent identify as nothing in particular.” “Netflix Reportedly Lost 1 Million Subscribers … Continue reading →

Good call, Hallmark Channel. But really, you should have known better. The New England Patriots are here to remind you that when it comes to cheating, the Astros are a bunch of pikers. “The end result of their Christian faith … Continue reading →

“Below we have a roundup of the various Baby Yoda tattoos that have been published to social media by people from as far away as Florida, California, Alaska, and Russia. And while 39 tattoos might seem like a lot for … Continue reading →

All roads lead to Rudy. “The first and most important thing to understand about these deals is that there is no possible set of mitigating circumstances that might make the negotiations remotely ethical.” “Giuliani had been doing business in Ukraine … Continue reading →

“This article is not about PED allegations. Roger Clemens doesn’t belong in the Hall of Fame for an entirely different reason, and one which merits far more attention than it has thus far received.” “Doctors have placed humans in suspended … Continue reading →

Say what you want about Bill Belichick, but NFL coaches go for it more on fourth down now thanks to a famous failed fourth-down conversion attempt by the Patriots ten years ago. “The television show The Golden Girls was originally … Continue reading →

“I realized then that Leia is more than just a character. She’s a feeling. She is strength. She is grace. She is wit. She is femininity at its finest. She knows what she wants, and she gets it. She doesn’t … Continue reading →

“It is not my job to decide if Brett Kavanaugh is guilty. It’s impossible for me to do so with incomplete information, and with no process for testing competing facts. But it’s certainly not my job to exonerate him because … Continue reading →

“What these people are doing goes way beyond that. It’s a direct nuclear assault on the truth. It’s not: I didn’t break the figurine. Instead, it’s: Mom, not only did I not break it, but Susie broke it, and I … Continue reading →

“Trump now finds himself mired in a season of weakness. Foreign leaders feel emboldened to reject his pleas or to contradict him. Officials inside his administration are openly defying his wishes by participating in the impeachment probe. Federal courts have … Continue reading →

“Quiet places have been on the road to extinction at a rate that far exceeds the extinction of species.” When you’ve lost Matt Drudge… “For young people who have absorbed similar messages in Christian spaces, the redemption of Bathsheba matters … Continue reading →

AirBnB’s Antarctica tour is a bad idea. The story of Willie Ito, who went from an internment camp to being a Disney animator. “I don’t know who needs to hear this, but back in the day, when I was a … Continue reading →

“In my research, I came across so many doommongering quotes about how texting was ruining the English language, when we obviously now know it as a cultural renaissance in writing that ushered in the new genre of the textolary novel … Continue reading →

What actors are actually doing when it looks like they’re doing cocaine on TV. “The number of states in the union has been fixed at 50 for so long, few Americans realize that throughout most of our history, the addition … Continue reading →

Gun licensing is a very effective solution to gun violence. “Why Do We Need Super Accurate Atomic Clocks?” RIP, Ric Ocasek, guitarist and lead singer for The Cars. “How Grocery Stores Became A Cultural Flashpoint In The Gun Debate”. “There … Continue reading →

“In 2009, Conservatives Shouted Down Efforts to Confront Right-Wing Threats. We’re Still Dealing With the Consequences.” “Though it can’t change everything, Walmart’s act is likely to change something. The employees’ response shares the logic of a previous people’s fight, against … Continue reading →

Don’t put non-recyclables in the recycling bin. It does more harm than good. “Stephens fell victim to the Megyn Kelly Syndrome, the pattern whereby those who were groomed by the peculiar insular culture of right-wing media find it hard to … Continue reading →

How to reshape the federal judiciary for the better. What the ginormous coconut crabs may have to do with Amelia Earhart. “Trump’s haphazard style of governance forces journalists, lawyers, and government officials to expend innumerable hours on doomed initiatives and … Continue reading →

“Kids, in our school, you’re always #1!” “As many as 32,000 women get pregnant through rape every year, and at least one-third decide to raise the baby instead of getting an abortion or choosing adoption. But because more than a … Continue reading →

The “Bin Laden” bill is finally going out of circulation. “A multibillion-dollar business that embraces advanced technology and cherishes precision, Major League Baseball would prefer not to need an oozy substance harvested by one family in a secret location along … Continue reading →

“What lawyers can learn about criminal liability from Beavis and Butthead“. Phree the Phanatic! What “doing life together” really means. More than you wanted to know about the spinning wheels used on game shows. Reconsidering Tracy Flick, the actual heroine … Continue reading →

Is the classic movie Airplane! now problematic? “The 69 Best Alternative Rock Songs of 1999″. I probably know more of these songs than I can recognize just from the titles. “Better to have a few rats than to be one“. … Continue reading →

“The Zero for Zeros campaign is asking companies with pro-equality records to stop bankrolling the fiercest opponents of equality.” This is the best Twitter thread I’ve ever read about the Kodak corporation, the International Fixed calendar, and nuclear bombs. “As … Continue reading →

How the Atlanta Braves wound up in the original NL West. “Unlike immigrants, natural-born citizens such as Carlson are neither screened nor forced to pass a citizenship test nor made to swear an oath. And when they stray from the … Continue reading →

“Cockroaches developing resistance to multiple classes of insecticides at once will make controlling these pests almost impossible with chemicals alone.” Eh, who cares about honeybees, anyway? “The sport should be so much further along by now; these women should be … Continue reading →

“Does anyone doubt that despite his seemingly good-faith call for Congress to eliminate gerrymandering, that any kind of national law seeking to overturn the practice would make its way back to the Roberts Court? Does anyone trust this court to … Continue reading →

Facebook content moderator is not a job you want. “How scout Noelle Needham and superstar Hayley Wickenheiser are smashing hockey‘s glass ceiling”. “Though the number of people who are ideologically opposed to vaccination is vanishingly small (1 to 2 percent, … Continue reading →

The day the music burned. “The widespread adoption of renewable energy technologies creates employment opportunities up and down the supply chain. Worldwide, the sector employed 11 million people at the end of 2018, according to this sixth edition of the … Continue reading →

You don’t bring me flowers any more. “That means Border Patrol can perform traffic stops and searches (on both private vehicles and Greyhound buses) not just in El Paso, but also in cities like Philadelphia, Portland, and Chicago.” “The Internet … Continue reading →

“How to Travel at (Nearly) the Speed of Light“. “Every year, thousands of women suffer life-altering injuries or die during childbirth because hospitals and medical workers skip safety practices known to head off disaster”. “To recycling experts, the shift could … Continue reading →

Trump administration officials as Blazing Saddles characters. “I therefore charted the ratio of minimum coach seat width to the proportion of U.S. adults who are overweight. At the risk of being cheeky, I label this variable the Airline Seat Size … Continue reading →

“[N]one of the people who submit grievances to the form will have their accounts restored or content promoted. They won’t get explanations for why social media isn’t working the way they think it should, and they almost certainly won’t get … Continue reading →

“If bitcoin is so safe, why does it keep getting hacked?” “Why abortion access is not only a right according to the 14th amendment (privacy) but also the 1st (prohibiting free exercise of religion.)” “Instead of obtaining plum positions in … Continue reading →

“And the most important thing to understand about Thomas of Monmouth’s massively, enduringly influential and culture-shaping story is this: It’s a lie. It’s a vicious, outrageous fabrication — the product of an evil, deceitful man with a twisted mind.” “So … Continue reading →