Dreaming of a dark Christmas: Decoding the seasonal iconography we take for granted

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Peace on Earth — and at home for the holidays

Gift of the fungi: Mushrooms — yes, mushrooms — could help save the world

Shep Gordon managed Alice Cooper, George Clinton and Parliament-Funkadelic, Blondie, and Luther Vandross and then he wrote a book

Beloved Wham! singer George Michael, dead at 53

Suffering from Trumpsomnia? “Now I feel like a madman has taken over”

My face is catfish bait: I'm the "40-year-old man" face of deceptive online dating — and I think I know why they do it

Online TV revolution: Hulu and Google could upend the TV industry in 2017

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WATCH: NYC council candidate discusses the future of conservatism

Why Donald Trump won — and how Hillary Clinton lost: 13 theories explain the stunning election

What populist revolution? So far Donald Trump is supercharging the failed Republican policies of the past

WATCH: NY Times best-selling author embraces vinyl, tapes to gain "real-world pleasures" lost in digital world

Faced with Donald Trump and David Friedman, Jews must resist the toxic allure of tribalism

In spite of the Paris climate agreement, American oil exports have increased

Unraveling the cult of Trump: American people must once again take power into their own hands

Take @realDonaldTrump seriously: Don't dismiss Trump's Twitter madness as "just tweets"

Lessons from Al Franken: Can Donald Trump shed his entertainer persona baggage once in office?

George Michael's magical fluidity: Remembering the pop icon's modern and progressive sound

Rendezvous with destiny: Newt Gingrich's long war against FDR and the New Deal enters its final stage