The fake hit song we could all agree on - Alex Galbraith - The fake hit song we could all agree on - Alex Galbraith - Tom Hanks' directorial debut produced a fake song that was undeniable

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I grew up next door to Ted Kaczynski - Jamie Gehring - I grew up next door to Ted Kaczynski - Jamie Gehring - Netflix's "Unabomber" wants to know what "made" him. I was his neighbor. There was no single moment

2 hours ago

The dark love affair with Richard Nixon -- Heather Digby Parton -- MAGA needs to maintain its grip on the GOP after Donald Trump — and the 37th president is key

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Man City scandal isn't about soccer -- Andrew O'Hehir -- It's a tangled tale of global corruption and cynicism, and we're all complicit

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We have no business running a school - Jennifer Smith Richards, Jodi S. Cohen, Jennifer Berry Hawes, Milo Strain, Carli Brosseau - ProPublica - Our reporting has shown how easily people have founded their own private schools in barns, strip malls and more

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Please don't send me your robot music -- Troy Farah -- Generative AI can churn out endless songs. Its evangelists miss why we hit play

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Christa Pike needed competent doctors -- Austin Sarat -- Lethal injection is a cruel procedure. If it's going to be done, doctors should be allowed to administer it

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Maybe we've misread "East of Eden" -- Melanie McFarland -- Zoe Kazan's adaptation of Steinbeck's classic asks us to rethink what leads to evil

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Donald Trump abdicates as leader of the free world -- Trump abdicates as free world leader -- Heather Digby Parton -- The president's UN address showed he has ceded that position to Canada's Mark Carney

9 days ago

Wife school can't fix MAGA husbands -- Amanda Marcotte -- A new wave of Christian influencers claim women can save their marriages with more self-loathing

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After Democrats beat Trump in the midterms, here's how they finish him -- After Dems win, they can crush Trump -- Dan Froomkin -- A Democratic majority will have the tools to stop the Trump agenda — but it must use them

6 days ago

Clavicular's charges shows the real danger of MAGA manhood -- MAGA manhood is a real danger to women -- Amanda Marcotte -- Long before his arrest for rape, the looksmaxxing star built a brand based on contempt for women

6 days ago

Brad Pitt's comeback act has faltered -- Coleman Spilde -- "Avengers Endgame: Encore" snapped its fingers to make Pitt's "Heart of the Beast" disappear

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Trump TV is the end of an era for the "king of ratings" -- Trump TV is already dead -- Sophia Tesfaye -- Trump's bid to go around the press shows he's lost his once-reliable touch with the media

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Cornell case exposes a legal gap - Shefali Luthra - The 19th - Voluntary intoxication laws can make it harder to prosecute an assault when the person attacked chose to drink

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Trump demands Tom Cotton release the sun -- CK Smith -- The president wants more daylight and more golf, but fewer clock changes and fewer criminals working in the dark

18 hours ago

Trump: $90 for his "wonderful Seniors" -- CK Smith -- The one-time Medicare payment is less than half a standard monthly Part B premium, arrives just before the midterms

19 hours ago

Trump's superpower is fading -- Brian Karem -- Relentless persistence has driven his quest for grift and revenge. With midterm payback coming, it's not enough

1 day ago

Cornell case shows #MeToo's limits -- Amanda Marcotte -- Cornell case shows #MeToo's limits -- Amanda Marcotte -- The backlash against the woman suing Chi Phi fraternity members is turning into a witch hunt

2 hours ago

Hegseth puts on the "full armor of God" -- CK Smith -- His religious affairs office reports directly to him, allowing for "spiritual readiness" of the military

21 hours ago

Get in, loser! We're going to Oklahoma -- CK Smith -- President Trump's motorcade approached 100 mph on wet roads between two rallies after storms grounded his aircraft

1 day ago

Wrestler Pac's death was a labor issue -- Alex Galbraith -- Pro wrestling turns the precarity of American gig workers into a glorious spectacle

2 days ago

The film Cornell has people rewatching -- Coleman Spilde -- The film Cornell has people rewatching -- Coleman Spilde -- The Cornell Daily Sun staff's courage points to what Emerald Fennell's debut got right

2 hours ago

A magical comedy for a mad world -- Melanie McFarland -- Produced by Lilly Wachowski, this show is a darkly funny delight for occult history buffs

1 day ago

How "The Swan" gave us Mar-a-Lago face -- Melanie McFarland -- Erin Lee Carr's documentary explores the era before extreme surgical makeovers became a MAGA status symbol

2 days ago

Why Gen Z sees itself in "Primetime" -- Coleman Spilde -- A24's Chris Hansen biopic cleverly reveals the surveillance state's rapid escalation

3 days ago

Kaepernick would kneel again -- Rann Miller -- In "Perilous Fight" Kaepernick doesn't need permission to stand up for Black people

4 days ago

Werner Herzog's lonely hearts club film -- Coleman Spilde -- This extraordinary sister act says even the closest companions can be starved for love

5 days ago

Oprah is our cultural Oppenheimer -- Melanie McFarland -- Oprah Winfrey shaped what America reads, buys and believes. Not all of it aged well

6 days ago

The controversy of Tim Tebow & LifeSurge -- CK Smith -- Christian star is taking heat over Life Surge, but dozens of celebs lent credibility to questionable financial org

7 days ago

Pro-Trump ads paid for by taxpayers -- Troy Farah -- The controversial ads have invited bipartisan criticism. The White House said it was "educational" and "patriotic"

8 days ago

Fast food and the private equity fallout -- Alex Galbraith -- The places Americans once loved for being cheap are a lesson in what buyouts do

9 days ago

Texas unplugs over 900 Flock cameras - Ayden Runnels - The Texas Tribune - Fourteen cities and counties have dropped Flock contracts or cut their number of cameras

6 days ago

I don't want another restaurant app -- Ashlie D. Stevens -- I don't want another restaurant app -- Ashlie D. Stevens -- In an age of predictive shopping and fake-friendly alerts, a paper punchcard respects your appetite

3 days ago

Personal bankruptcy filings are soaring - Jay L. Zagorsky - The Conversation - Here's what to know about this growing trend

1 month ago

Kalshi kicks out George Santos forever -- Troy Farah -- Meanwhile, a federal appeals court ruled 3-0 that states can regulate prediction markets like gambling

1 month ago

Trump's Iran war has economists aghast -- Troy Farah -- No "endgame" in sight, says JPMorgan, as gas prices keep soaring

14 days ago

The cost of scheduling conversations -- Nicole Karlis -- What's lost when spontaneous communication declines?

3 days ago

New MLB ballpark could be in Grand Teton -- CK Smith -- MLB & federal officials are considering Grand Teton for future game, despite strict rules protecting national parks

6 days ago

Fat Bear Week should be every week -- Troy Farah -- Give me the "American Idol" version of meadowlark songs

8 days ago

Are we in the AI end times? -- Troy Farah -- Anxiety over the dangers of artificial "intelligence" says more about human nature than about the machines

18 days ago

Suing Ken Paxton over abortion access - Shefali Luthra - The 19th - The case argues that Texas' near-total abortion ban violates the state and U.S. constitutions

17 days ago

Ectopic pregnancy deaths nearly doubled - Andrea Suozzo, Agnel Philip - ProPublica - Ectopic pregnancy deaths nearly doubled - Andrea Suozzo, Agnel Philip - ProPublica - ProPublica's analysis of CDC data found that almost 200 women died after an ectopic pregnancy from 2020 to 2025

21 days ago

Lying about clean water will backfire -- Troy Farah -- The ruling begs the question: What is even the point of government?

21 days ago

Alito is complicit in climate disaster -- Troy Farah -- The Supreme Court justice has made millions from companies that profit from our planet's destruction

28 days ago

We're over restaurant slop -- Ashlie D. Stevens -- We're over restaurant slop -- Ashlie D. Stevens -- From ghost kitchens to AI menus and PE slop, diners are hungry for food that feels like somebody meant it

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Generic food lost its stigma -- Ashlie D. Stevens -- Private label used to mean settling. Aldi and other store brands turned it into a reason to shop

3 days ago

For better soups, start in the oven -- Ashlie D. Stevens -- Roast first, simmer later

6 days ago

The women reshaping kitchen culture -- Francesca Giangiulio -- From the Chef's Table Festival, chefs with different styles show there's no one way to lead

6 days ago

The banana cake that gave me back myself -- Helene Rosenthal -- I left advertising to raise my daughters. A banana cake helped me find the creative life I thought I'd lost

7 days ago

A menu for Dolly Parton Day -- Francesca Giangiulio -- A Southern spread honoring the Queen of Country, with recipes tied to her life and legacy

9 days ago

Julia Child's home is for sale -- Ashlie D. Stevens -- Her longtime Cambridge home is on the market for $6.475 million, with plenty of Child history still inside

9 days ago

Is iced coffee unprofessional? -- Ashlie D. Stevens -- The drink is trivial. The unwritten rules around professionalism are not

11 days ago

My affair with witchcraft -- Sarah Herrington -- Reeling from two break-ups — romantic and spiritual — I went to a local witch's Halloween healing event

3 days ago

"Where will you spend eternity?" -- S.J. Stover -- An evangelical theater experience like "Sleep No More" meets Dante's "Inferno," as interpreted by Franklin Graham

3 days ago

I smell dead people -- Kelly McClure -- You may believe that ghosts don't exist because you've never seen one, but eyes aren't the only indicators

3 days ago

What owning a cemetery taught me -- Sarah Gundle -- Despite being featured on Zillow Gone Wild, the house — a renovated church — sat on the market for nearly a year

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