The hidden cost of gasoline
Almost every gas station eventually pollutes the earth beneath it and much of it has been stagnant for decades
"Flamin' Hot" star talks Cheetos origins
Actor Jesse Garcia reveals how he perfected the narration and how he relates to the story of Richard Montañez
Finding dinner in the watershed's bounty
"I realized it was time to answer the question, 'What am I going to do with the rest of my life?' It was cooking."
Vietnam and "alternative facts"
Fifty years later, we still can't agree on what went wrong in Vietnam. Now we can't agree on anything at all
It's the Satanic Panic all over again
I too have been afraid of things that couldn't hurt me. It is never too late to interrogate your fears
An artist's guide to eating on the road
It's easy to fall into the fast food trap. Don't do it. Seriously.
Pinball vs. Big Tech's obsolesence love
In Big Tech's wasteland of planned obsolescence, praise for the defiant joy of flippers and steel
A sober farewell to "Endeavour"
The longest running contemporary "Mystery!" series moves our hero toward his lonely future, as we knew it would
How Biden hurt folks who need SNAP
"Republicans are more obsessed with hurting poor people than holding banks accountable"
Why Big Oil loves renewable energy
Wind and solar can only output so much. Fossil fuels often fill a gap better suited for nuclear power
The cucumber salad of your dreams
You'll be eating Sheela Prakash's cucumber salad all summer long
Silvio Berlusconi: Trump before Trump?
Berlusconi was a fake outsider selling fake populism and a path toward fascism — but still, there are differences
The memories my father has forgotten
The most powerful thing a father can leave his child is a collection of good times, memories and transferable love
The rise of the older dad
Male celebrities make it seem like men don’t have a biological clock. That’s not the case, experts say
Tom Papa wants you to give dad nothing
The comedian weighs in on who's really being canceled, "the McCarthyism of the left" and how we're all a mess
Climate migration news spurs border fear
A study suggests that learning about the subject can trigger a close-the-borders response
Muslims and the anti-LGBTQ right
Conservatives exult in a new culture-war coalition — but how long can right-wing Christians and Muslims coexist?
Fatherhood, fear and our family gifts
"You turned out fine, right?" my mother said when I wanted to confront my own father. But had I?
Tableside service deserves a renaissance
Because we all deserve something special when we go out to eat
Opioid settlement payouts made public
Opioid settlement funds have been doled out. In some cases, it's not clear how they're being spent
Grief is a distant planet: Sci-fi & dad
From Madeleine L'Engle to Ray Bradbury, sci-fi favorites from childhood help me make sense of my sorrowful present
Black Mirror: AI maps Netflix's self-own
"Joan Is Awful" presents the peril posed by artificial intelligence with brisk humor that can't be generated
More evidence COVID-19 changes brain
A new study using an updated imaging technique finds white matter abnormalities following COVID infection
How did TJ's become the king of snacks?
Their snacks are so popular that any threat of discontinuation is met with petitions to get them back on the shelf