Consider the wishbone
It started almost 3,000 years ago with the Etruscans, who believed birds could foretell the future
G. Washington's Thanksgiving message
Washington delivered a unifying proclamation and donated food and drink to prisoners confined for debt in NYC
Expert Dr. slams Trump's covid messaging
Dr. Redlener discussed the dangerous and unimaginable "level of incompetency and toxic messaging" that Trump spread
Did anything good happen in 2020?
2020 has been awful — but a few good things did happen this year
Thanks, Four Seasons Landscaping fiasco!
"We as a nation need to remember where the travesty of the Trump administration died with a whimper"
Verzuz brought live music back to us
The pandemic took live music away from us. Verzuz gave it back and brought us closer to the musicians we love
Gritty rallied with us to save democracy
The chaotic orange mascot for the Philadelphia Flyers became an icon of democracy in 2020
Thanks to TikTok teens who trolled Trump
In this otherwise terrible year, Gen Z scored a small victory by landing a blow to Trump's MAGA delusion
Weird Al perfectly nailed an awful year
In a single music video, Weird Al and The Gregory Brothers summed up the zeitgeist of 2020 as a "raging hellscape"
"Schitt's Creek" saved my sanity at home
When Moira Rose wailed, “Pick up a hammer and nail this coffin shut!” I felt it in my bones
Fanny packs are back, baby!
I imagine this is how the first Scotsman who adorned himself with a sporran felt – proud, ready to tackle anything
The year Melania's mask cracked for good
It was hard proof that Melania Trump is just as bad as the rest of her clan — and we all heard it
Finding Ronan Farrow's voices in 2020
Reading while I jog or do chores? Great! But also, give me all the random voices and accents while you're at it
"Kentucky Route Zero": A masterpiece
The video game "Kentucky Route Zero" is a 21st century merger of a Southern Gothic and magical realist novel
Yes, I got engaged in this hellish year
A good year is simply when it ends with the people you love still there
This year, we conquered breakfast
The pandemic forced both of us to slow down and crack the morning meal code
During a dark year, a dream realized
I wouldn't be in my master's program — a dream I've long deferred — without the pandemic rearranging my life
Good TV kept me company this year
In my kinder and gentler personal version of Cronenberg's "Videodrome," my favorite shows kept me company at home
America's escape from reality
Donald Trump's delusions and conspiracy theories are only one aspect of a distinctive American bias against reality
It's a good Thanksgiving after all
So much went wrong in 2020. There has been death, suffering and immense anxiety. But our nation will be stronger
How to be alone on Thanksgiving
Millions of Americans will be having Thanksgiving alone thanks to the pandemic
"Stardust" somehow makes Bowie boring
Ground Control to Major Tom: Your biopic's dead; there's something wrong
President Trump pardons Michael Flynn
Flynn pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about his Russia contacts. Trump says it’s his “Great Honor” to pardon him
Mnuchin's "sabotage" may be "illegal"
A watchdog says Mnuchin’s move violated the Cares Act. Democrats call it downright "corrupt"