Before the Apocalypse

Making fun of porn stars would typically be the epitome of “punching down.” Some women pick this profession knowing full well what they’re…

Need a little pick-me-up now?

The decline in journalism — actual journalism, not talking heads on cable — has little to do with the journalism. It’s the business…

Great idea here from the former Secretary of Education.

Is every generation doomed to think the next generation’s music is worse?

Joe Biden won, no matter how much Donald Trump’s most brainwashed followers want to believe otherwise.

What a quote here from singer-songwriter Julian Baker, who considers herself Christian even though some alleged “Christians” would…

Virginia’s reputation as a “dark state” is getting brighter.

https://www.npr.org/2020/11/29/939882228/metallic-monolith-in-utah-vanishes-just-as-mysteriously-as-it-appeared

Is there anything Dolly Parton can’t do?

Biden has already had phone calls about it with major European leaders, and the goal seems to be an all-out blitz upon taking office.

What was the first video played on MTV? And how wonderful was that song?

One of the many great things about the existence of Friday Night Lights is that introduced the world to Explosions in the Sky, a band that…

This publication is all about creativity and progress, and while a nation holds its breath to see if we can dump a petulant tyrant and his…

It’s fun to make fun of inspirational sayings. They’re superficial. They don’t offer real solutions. They’re often divorced from reality.

Caring isn’t weakness. Responsibility for others is strength. Kindness and respect for basic humanity isn’t complicated, whether you’re an…

White’s stripped-down trio used a guitar, a bunch of guitar pedals, a bass and a backwards-facing drum kit to tear it up.

So says a BBC Radio 2 poll.

One of the oldest pieces I’ve ever read on media bias is still the best.

We all get angry. We all forget everyone else is human. We all say things we would never say if we knew the whole story.

Our hero overcomes the bungling of Rebel leaders and Luke Skywalker to save the galaxy and usher in an era of peace and love.

Few shows walk the Spinal Tap line between clever and stupid as well as HGTV’s Tiny House Hunters.

No, it’s not just tech stocks and a vaccine that’ll come any day now.

No, we can’t do everything European countries do. They’re smaller. Many are homogeneous, though less so than they used to be, with less of…

Give some credit to your college faculty and local school boards. They’re trying to figure out how to have some semblance of school this…