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Daily Humor
The Daily Cartoon, Shouts, and other funny stuff from our Dept. of Hoopla.
The Strange Science of Scheduling a College-Football Season
“Cupcake games” are a critical part of the sport’s ecosystem—but why?
R.F.K., Jr., Wants to Eliminate Fluoridated Water. He Used to Bottle and Sell It
Donald Trump’s nominee to lead H.H.S. once started a bottled-water line, Keeper Springs. What was in it?
The Long Way Home After a Cancelled Flight
Had I proposed earlier that we invite someone stranded to come with us to New York, Hugh would have said no. But now there was really no way for him to back out.
What Google Off-loading Chrome Would Mean for Users
A landmark antitrust ruling could change the Internet’s power balance, but the industry is shifting regardless.
A Portrait of the Artist as an Amazon Reviewer
Between 2003 and 2019, Kevin Killian published almost twenty-four hundred reviews on the site. Can they be considered literature?
The Asymmetry in the Abortion-Rights Movement
Grassroots activists believe that high-altitude advocacy is taking precedence over helping patients access care.
Daniel Craig’s Masculine Constructs
The actor discusses making the new movie “Queer” and breaking out of his Bondian image.
Looking Back on a Fallen Life in “Oh, Canada”
In Paul Schrader’s latest film—his most audacious religious vision yet—a documentarian on his deathbed confesses, on camera, to a lifetime of misdeeds.
The Fundamental Problem with R.F.K., Jr.,’s Nomination to H.H.S.
Kennedy has many bad ideas. Yet the irony of our political moment is that his more reasonable positions are the ones that could sink his candidacy.
How the Syrian Opposition Shocked the Assad Regime
A historian explains why U.S. sanctions and Iran and Russia’s entanglements in other wars helped create an opening for rebel groups to overrun the Syrian Army.
How Old Age Was Reborn
“The Golden Girls” reframed senior life as being about socializing and sex. But did the cultural narrative of advanced age as continued youth twist the dial too far?