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Sideshow Donald: Trump’s Campaign is Right Out of “The Simpsons”

Let's hope Hillary is a better candidate than Joe Quimby. Continue reading →Related Posts:Saturday Short: The Definition of “Trump”How to Vote Right: Donald TrumpHow to Vote Right: Jeb BushHow Well Do...

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The American Scream #5: Beyond Good and Evil

Give evil a chance. We can't do any worse, can we? Continue reading →Related Posts:Looking Back at the Abyss: Reflections on Binge-Watching…The Worst People in America: Dick CheneyThe American Scream...

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With The Ringer and “Any Given Wednesday,” Bill Simmons Jumps the Shark

Two media launches, two failures. It's like Mookie Wilson hit not one but TWO ground balls to first base, and Bill Buckner botched them both. Continue reading →Related Posts:Bill Simmons Meets the...

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We Might Be Heroes (or, Don’t Bother Me, I’m Coloring This Wicked Sweet Dragon)

In his Weeklings debut Scott Waldyn asks the musical question, "What's adulting anyway?" Continue reading →Related Posts:The American Scream #5: Beyond Good and Evil“Mad Men” Eulogies: Don DraperThe...

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Twenty-five Women I Fell in Love With Before I Was Twenty-five

A random and possibly embarrassing list of crushes, inane longings, smoldering gazes, and youthful inamoratas. "Deep down, all we really want is to be righteously hated by a woman not even deigning to...

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Deaths of Distant Friends (or, John Updike Fucking Rocks)

Kurt Baumeister and John Updike met once upon a time. The event probably wasn't memorable for Updike, but it was for Baumeister. Continue reading →Related Posts:What We Talk About When We Talk About...

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How Hamilton Lost Us The Election

Laurie Frankel places the blame squarely where it belongs: right down Broadway. Continue reading →Related Posts:How to Get Rid of Donald Trump: An Action PlanAn Interview with Tucson Mayor Jonathan...

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Turning 30 With Danny Tanner: Life Lessons Learned From ‘Full House’

An essay on turning 30, Full House (and Fuller House), and the fiction of real life in sitcoms. Continue reading →

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The Heroes We Need

Truth, justice, and, unfortunately, the American Way. Continue reading →

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Outlier Aphrodisiacs & Fear of Loss: On Writing Perfectly Broken

Robert Burke Warren on going from acclaimed children's entertainer Uncle Rock to novelist wrestling with how best to render the erotic realities of adulthood. Continue reading →

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Looking Back at the Abyss: Reflections on Binge-Watching “Hannibal”

Binge-watching Hannibal gets to be a pretty harrowing affair. Hear why. Continue reading →

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Fender Jazz

I had only recently discovered the glories of a naked body entwined with mine and, like every sex neophyte since time began, I had figured nothing would ever compare. I was wrong. Continue reading →

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