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Margo Price’s furious protest songs meet the moment
“I want to be doing everything I can to change the world and it’s hard to know where to start,...
“Foreign Tongues” is a worthy new chapter for The Rolling Stones
A mere 64 years after their debut, The Rolling Stones make their bravura return with “Foreign Tongues,” their 25th studio...
It’s time to reclaim the Luddite
Delivering the commencement address at Wesleyan on May 24th, Senator Chris Murphy (D-Connecticut) inadvertently demonstrated the success of a century-spanning...
Gaming is in serious trouble. GTA VI may be the nail in the coffin
My first encounter with a “Grand Theft Auto” game was way back in 1999 with “GTA 2” at, of all...
It’s a gamble”: Damon says we’re unlikely to see another film on scale of “The Odyssey
Odysseus may have held out hope throughout years of setbacks, obstacles and traps laid by vengeful deities, but the man...
“Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass” is absurdism done right
Jennifer Aniston has a problem that most aspiring actors would die to have: She’s too beloved. Factor in that she’s...
We’re mature enough to reconsider “Little House on the Prairie”
In Netflix’s new “Little House on the Prairie” adaptation, the first person that the Ingalls family encounters on their journey...
The emotional turmoil Americans face after moving abroad
In September 2025, Ruby Mora, a 34-year-old from Pennsylvania, packed her bags and moved to the Netherlands with her husband....
Xiu Xiu channels the spectral sounds of “Eraserhead”
Listening to Xiu Xiu’s “Eraserhead” on a hot and stormy Friday afternoon is an atavistic summoning of the many gifts...
The sex ed icon who won’t go quietly
Surveying the massive archive of tapes tightly nestled in her Manhattan apartment, Robin Byrd — the New York cable-access icon...
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