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This Shakespeare tragedy has changed radically over time.

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The judge needs to account for his conduct with the independent counsel.

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The ballet is still spectacular, but the rest of the show is more political than the Gene Kelly movie you remember.

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It wants to be in your microwave, and your clock, and your car, and everywhere in between.

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Every time we fight, we’re replaying an old argument that’s rooted in our drastically different political views.

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Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination is in dire straits.

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The Real Power of #WhyIDidntReport

Trump: New Kavanaugh Allegations Are “Totally Political,” “I Am With Him All the Way”

Feinstein Says the Nomination Must Pause for FBI Investigation

Second Woman Alleges Sexual Misconduct—This Time While Kavanaugh Was in College

The Kavanaugh “Evil Twin” Theory Is the Apex of Republican Bad Faith

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Count the New England Patriots Out at Your Own Risk (Because It’s Fun!)

The Worst Part of That Putrid Titans-Jaguars Game

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Should We Trust Britney Spears’ Impossibly Hot Boyfriend?

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Andy Richter Gives His Side of the Story Before the Cult Murder Scandal Breaks

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A Social Psychologist on Why Campuses Are Consumed by Identity Politics

The Time I Didn’t Sleep for Two Weeks

Why Neighborhoods Still Need Libraries

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With iOS 12, Siri May Finally Make Life Easier

Why Androids, and Not iPhones, Will Soon Have Screens That Scan Your Fingerprint

Why Tech Companies Test All New Ideas on the Unsuspecting Citizens of Australia

Dysphoria is not simply internalized misogyny turned up to 11.

Dear Prudence Uncensored: The Envious Heiress

Help! I Had to Give My Flaky Friends the Freeze-out—but Now I Really Miss Them.

Help! My Niece and Nephew Took My Teenage Daughter Out of State to Get an Abortion.

Help! My Son’s Summer Fling Is Pregnant, and I Want Her to Keep the Baby.

Trump Says Kavanaugh Sexual Misconduct Allegations Are “Totally Political” and “I Am With Him All the Way”

You Haven’t Fully Heard Rihanna’s “Stay” Until You Listen to Cat Power’s Cover

Should We Trust Britney Spears’ Impossibly Hot Boyfriend?

Why Green Bell G-1008s are the Best Nail Clippers

Anxiety-Based Insomnia Nearly Tore My Life Apart—Until I Learned How to Fight It

Count the New England Patriots Out at Your Own Risk (Because It’s Fun!)

This Is the Most Disturbing Paragraph in the New Kavanaugh Story

Second Woman Alleges Kavanaugh Sexual Misconduct—This Time While He Was in College

Why the Brett Kavanaugh “Evil Twin” Theory Is So Diabolical

How Kavanaugh Likely Violated DOJ Policies While Working for Ken Starr

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You Haven’t Fully Heard Rihanna’s “Stay” Until You Listen to Cat Power’s Cover

Count the New England Patriots Out at Your Own Risk (Because It’s Fun!)

Help! I’d Like to Watch David Duchovny, Sharon Stone, Jeff Daniels, Henry Winkler and Other Celebrities Give Life Advice on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert!

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The Worst Part of That Putrid Titans-Jaguars Game

Amazon Wants to Be In Every Room of Your House

Siri May Finally Be Able to Make Your Life Easier

A New California Bill Would Require Better Passwords for Internet of Things Devices

I’m Tired of Australia Being Facebook’s Testing Ground for New Features

What the Washington Post’s Margaret Sullivan Makes of the Tech CEOs Taking Over the Media—Including Her Boss

Trolls Are Still Tweeting Christine Blasey Ford’s Address, and Twitter Hasn’t Stopped It

Should You Buy the iPhone XS? Only if You Fall Into One of These Five Categories.

Why There’s No Fingerprint Sensor on the iPhone XS

The Liberal vs. the Pro-Lifer

Should We Trust Britney Spears’ Impossibly Hot Boyfriend?

Why Green Bell G-1008s are the Best Nail Clippers

Anxiety-Based Insomnia Nearly Tore My Life Apart—Until I Learned How to Fight It

These Cloth Bags Kept My Kale Fresh for 16 Days

Yandy’s Sexy Handmaid Costume Is the Perfectly Logical Merger of Halloween Sexification and Consumer Feminism

Remembering Dick Richards, the Atlanta Public Access Genius Behind RuPaul and Countless Other Queer Artists

The Architect Who Wanted More

For North Carolina, and for the Rest of Us, the Danger Is Rain

Commerce Secretary Uses Office Space Logic to Defend Tariffs

Tesla Stock Plummets After Report of Criminal Probe Into Musk’s Buyout Statements

Why the Middle-Class Black Neighborhood Doesn’t Exist in the White Imagination

Why Trump’s Expected Tariffs on $200 Billion in Chinese Goods Is Actually Not Such a Big Deal

Jeff Bezos’ $2 Billion Donation to Build Preschools and Fight Homelessness Is, Well, Morally Complicated

Welcome to the Weed Bubble

Is Ed Whelan’s Conspiracy the Best the GOP Has?

Trump Says Kavanaugh Sexual Misconduct Allegations Are “Totally Political” and “I Am With Him All the Way”

Feinstein Says Kavanaugh Nomination Must Pause for FBI Investigation

#WhyIDidntReport and #MeToo Have Higher Aims Than Converting Skeptics

This Is the Most Disturbing Paragraph in the New Kavanaugh Story

Second Woman Alleges Kavanaugh Sexual Misconduct—This Time While He Was in College

Does the Latest Argument Against Campus Identity Politics Hold Up?

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