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In one of the first hockey games at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, the United States beat China 8-0. This was not exactly a surprise;... Read More

Harry Styles is asking for advice. He’d been nervous about today, almost couldn’t believe it was happening. But excited too, to... Read More

In high school, I was a huge Rolling Stones fan. I remember reading that their second guitarist, Mick Taylor (who replaced Brian Jones), had... Read More

It’s a Tuesday night and after work I’m meeting up with six other guys at a nearby British pub for a couple of pints and some... Read More

A few weeks ago I taught a creative writing class to a group of teenagers from an international high school. They hailed from all over the... Read More

The old horror movie franchise Scream is still going strong, with Scream 7 playing in theaters and making so much money... Read More

You can’t pop to Trader Joe’s for a pint of milk these days without having to fight through squadrons of Carolyn Bessette... Read More

For his most visible Q&A during final Oscar voting, live on stage before an audience including Academy members, Timothée Chalamet... Read More

It’s alive! I’m talking about the legend of “Frankenstein.” I thought the reanimated corpse of it came close to... Read More

Social trust is a barometer for the health of society. A trusting society is more energetic, more collaborative, and more hopeful. America,... Read More

When the check arrived, Carlos “The Ronin” Newton was at home in Newmarket, Ontario. It was 2012, two years after his last... Read More

The Body of This Death is difficult to classify. Authored by Ross McCullough, a theologian in the Honors Program at George Fox... Read More

Never bet against Michelle Yeoh. Over a four-decade long career that’s taken her from wuxia epics to A24 indies to big-budget movie... Read More

That month of betwixt and between, we march into March yearning for spring, fortified with books across genres to steady our impatience.... Read More

The key question posed by Fifty Shades of Grey, as sociologist Eva Illouz recognizes in her brilliant 2014 book on the... Read More

“WHAT’S OUR FAIRY TALE?” Jack, our narrator, asks. “The Dream and the Disappointment?” In this scenario, Jack... Read More

In 2012, M.L. Stedman’s debut novel, The Light Between Oceans, bounded onto bestseller lists around the world like a globetrotting... Read More

There is a famous quote attributed to Leon Trotsky to the effect of: “You may not be interested in the war, but war is interested in... Read More

While others have worried, loudly, about the death of white men in literary fiction — a generation lost to the trenches... Read More

Two years ago, at the age of 39, I began training to be a school teacher. I wanted to teach English – to help young people become... Read More

Milan, Italy  —  There comes a time during fashion week, as you look at a throng of photographers fighting to capture photos... Read More

Last week the American people were served up two good “let the midterm rumble begin” spectacles: President Trump’s State of... Read More

California’s $200 billion-a-year Medicaid program, known as Medi-Cal, is one of the largest public healthcare systems in the nation.... Read More

In March, the Criterion Channel, the premier streaming service for the best and most interesting movies, is offering “VHS... Read More

Consistently popular throughout the history of the internet has been the dream of a global town square. In the early summer of 2021, this... Read More

If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, Bruno Mars’ heroes are drowning in compliments. The pop juggernaut has always been... Read More