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On the Dec. 25 holiday my family made up, we get to do whatever we want with no guilt.

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The show can do anything it wants to.

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Are critics who say you have to see Alfonso Cuarón’s masterpiece in a movie theater being advocates or just snobs?

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Dick Cheney Biopic Vice Tries (and Fails) to Give Him a Heart

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The Good Place Became a Perfect Sitcom Machine

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Superstore and Lodge 49 Ask What People Are Worth

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Succession Did What No Other 2018 TV Show Could

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Orange Is the New Black’s Yael Stone Accuses Geoffrey Rush of Sexual Misconduct

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Users are getting more comfortable sharing their whole lives, but the platforms are still designed to market around joy.

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Congressman Says a “WallCoin” Could Fund Trump’s Border Wall

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Court Says It’s Illegal to Resell Songs You Bought on iTunes

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The Government Isn’t Regulating a Deadly Paint Stripper, so Retailers Are Instead

Jamie Smith Hopkins

Congress Is About to Blow Its Chance to Save Net Neutrality

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Facebook Plied Me With Hot Chocolate and Platitudes at Its One-Day “Holiday Privacy Store”

Heather Schwedel

Trump’s Immigration Policies Could Be to Blame for the Recent Food Safety Scares

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Is it an adorable attempt at belief or a trap to catch us in a lie?

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America’s Hottest Housing Debate Is Coming to Oregon

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The Federal Reserve Says Millennials Are Broke. Pew Says Millennials Are Loaded. Which Is It?

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