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Ed Whelan’s conspiracy theory proves Kavanaugh’s nomination is in dire straits.

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A conversation with the co-creator of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend.

Aline Brosh McKenna on What It Takes to Run a TV Show

My In-Laws Have a Habit of Kidnapping My Daughter

They routinely just don’t return her for days or weeks.

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Can you guess which Tea With the Dames star said each quote?

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Culture

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What kind of series gets young movie stars to TV? One that’s like a bunch of movies at once.

Technology

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

Human Interest

An honest guide to modern life

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

Business

Where the money goes

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The weird, unpopular, and important ideas of Robert Venturi, the most influential architect of his generation.

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What really matters

Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination is in dire straits.

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Is This the Best Republicans Have?

Christine Blasey Ford’s Lawyer Issues Scathing Letter in Response to Grassley’s Deadline

Who Tattled on Rod Rosenstein to the New York Times?

Donald Trump Jr. Is Right. People Really Are Out to Undermine the President.

NFL

Baker Mayfield Can Save the Browns, if the Browns Don’t Destroy Him First

Russia Probe

After Threatening to Declassify FBI Documents, Trump Says Never Mind

Midterms

Texas Senate Race Now Considered a Toss-Up

Democrats Had One of Their Worst Election Nights This Week

The Pickle

My Roommate Destroys the Fridge When He’s Drunk. I Love Him, but This Has to Stop.

A conversation with the co-creator of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend.

My In-Laws Have a Habit of Kidnapping My Daughter

Think You’re Smarter Than Sam Adams?

Movies & TV

Name That Dame

The Sexy Handmaid Costume Is the Perfectly Logical Merger of Halloween Sexification and Consumer Feminism

What Love, Gilda Leaves Out About the Life of Gilda Radner

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.

Christine Blasey Ford’s Lawyer Issues Scathing Letter in Response to Judiciary Committee’s Deadline

What Happens if Trump Fires Rod Rosenstein?

Donald Trump Jr. Is Right. People Really Are Out to Undermine the President.

Baker Mayfield Can Save the Browns, Assuming the Browns Don’t Destroy Him First

An American in Paris: The Musical Is Not Content to Be Simple Escapism

So … Who Tattled on Rod Rosenstein to the New York Times?

My Ex’s In-Laws Always Find Ways to Keep My Daughter Longer Than Agreed. Can I Cut Them Off?

Report: Female Students Were Told It Was “Not an Accident” Kavanaugh’s Female Clerks “Looked Like Models”

Republicans Scramble to Escape Wreckage of Insane Plan to Exonerate Kavanaugh

The GOP’s Kavanaugh Dilemma

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Baker Mayfield Can Save the Browns, Assuming the Browns Don’t Destroy Him First

An American in Paris: The Musical Is Not Content to Be Simple Escapism

In The Sisters Brothers, the Only Thing Wilder Than the Frontier Is Joaquin Phoenix

Aline Brosh McKenna Wants to Build a Hollywood Where Everyone Can Succeed

Michael B. Jordan to Star in Two Movies Based on Tom Clancy Novels

The Daily Show Has the Answer to Racist 911 Calls

Amazon Wants to Be In Every Room of Your House

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.

Pennsylvania Prisons Ban Direct Book Donations in Shift to Expensive E-Books

3D-Printing Gun Pioneer Cody Wilson Charged With Sexual Assault of a Minor

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

The Liberal vs. the Pro-Lifer

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

Meet the Children, Librarians, and Karaoke Singers Who Use One Local Library Every Day

Why the L.L. Bean Pima Cotton Set are the Best Sheets

My Ex’s In-Laws Always Find Ways to Keep My Daughter Longer Than Agreed. Can I Cut Them Off?

For Black Fans Like Me, Will and Jada Pinkett Smith’s Corny Love Is Serious

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?

Christine Blasey Ford’s Lawyer Issues Scathing Letter in Response to Judiciary Committee’s Deadline

What Happens if Trump Fires Rod Rosenstein?

Donald Trump Jr. Is Right. People Really Are Out to Undermine the President.

So … Who Tattled on Rod Rosenstein to the New York Times?

Why the Arguments Against Christine Blasey Ford’s Credibility Don’t Hold Up for Many Women

Beto’s Chances, Sexy Handmaids, and the GOP’s Kavanaugh Problem

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