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It's lazy thinking and, well, kind of fun! Why would we ever be surprised that the "alt-right" has fully embraced the likes of QAnon?
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One would laugh to compare Josh Hawley with Cary Grant, but for this one role in the classic Hitchcock film "Suspicion"
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On his CNN series Tucci proves himself an engaging and knowledgeable guide to the regions of Italy.
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We need more people in politics who not only listen to experts but are more expert at being human beings.
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Half a century ago, Wendell Berry wrote of growing up in rural Kentucky and articulated the “mirror wound” that white people suffer due to our history…
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Has America’s myth of individualism and white resentment–based concept of “socialism” lessened our chances to pursue happiness as individuals and, as a…
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Republicans in Congress fumed about impeachment, but the know-nothing legal firm Trump, Giuliani, Hawley, and Cruz incited a mob to violence, even…
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It's true, Giuliani and Stone may not be lying—in an alt-realty universe.
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The Family Values/QAnon party has some serious problems with their membership.
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The Right has devolved into what even conservative commentator Charlie Sykes calls “performative assholery,” and there is no bottom to it.
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How did it happen that anti-federalists styled themselves federalists?
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Sir Paul's life and work exemplify the courageous striving toward happiness described by philosopher Bertrand Russell — and we all get a share of it, in…
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