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A young man reading "The Catcher in the Rye" (Craig F. Walker/The Denver Post via Getty Images)

Was Holden Caulfield performative?

Andi Zeisler
Adrian McElwee in "Remake" (Music Box Films)

"Remake" offers a new view of grief

Coleman Spilde
(Courtesy of HBO)

Burning Man was flawed from the start

Melanie McFarland
President Trump during an Oval Office press conference with faith leaders. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Trump has quit caring about the midterms

Brian Karem
Caught in a Netflix streaming hole (nanci santos/Getty Images)

Netflix is turning your brain to mush

Coleman Spilde
Is there such a thing as too many books? (Alexander Spatari/Getty Images)

How many books is too many?

Andi Zeisler
Anthea Hartig, director of the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, faced criticism from Heritage Foundation fellow Mike Gonzalez and House Republicans at a congressional hearing (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

MAGA wants its history simple

Alex Galbraith
FBI Director Kash Patel (Photo by Will Lester/Getty Images)

The FBI has become ICE's co-conspirator

Austin Sarat, Katherine P. Blumstein
Seniors are often on the front lines of anti-Trump protests (Ryan Caron King/Connecticut Public via Getty Images)

MAGA could lose its war on seniors

Heather Digby Parton
Elon Musk, during a news conference with President Donald Trump on May 30, 2025 inside the Oval Office at the White House in Washington. (Photo by Tom Brenner For The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Musk: AI will make accurate "Odyssey"

Alex Galbraith
Inde Navarrette as Nikki and Michael Johnston as Bear in "Obsession" (Focus Features)

"Obsession" hasn't earned classic status

Coleman Spilde
Andy Burnham delivers his inaugural speech as UK prime minister, July 20, 2026. (Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Can Andy Burnham rescue Britain?

Andrew O'Hehir
(©1997 Hayao Miyazaki/Studio Ghibli)

"Princess Mononoke" is a warning

Melanie McFarland
Anne Hathaway, Lupita Nyong'o, Charlize Theron, Zendaya and Samantha Morton at the premiere of Christopher Nolan's "The Odyssey" (Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Universal Pictures)

The real "Odyssey" debate

Katherine Kelaidis
Matt Damon is Odysseus in "The Odyssey," written, produced and directed by Christopher Nolan (Melinda Sue Gordon/Universal Pictures)

Why conservatives hate "The Odyssey"

Alex Galbraith
Sam Reid as Lestat in "The Vampire Lestat" (Sophie Giraud/AMC)

Lestat is a study in nature vs. nurture

Kelly McClure
A sign of support for President Donald Trump in East Palestine, Ohio, in August 2025. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

DC snobbery keeps helping MAGA

Heather Digby Parton
Queer dance floors are places where bodies marked by fear can breathe, move, touch and feel alive again (Sarah Morris/WireImage)

The dance floor was never just an escape

Henry Kurkowski
The merger of Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery will accelerate the decline of entertainment (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

MAGA merger will make movies boring

Amanda Marcotte
Brenda Blethyn in "A Woman of Substance." (Courtesy of BritBox)

A tale of rags, riches and revenge

Melanie McFarland
Secretary of State Marco Rubio (Saul Loeb/Pool - Getty Images)

Rubio goes to war against global justice

Heather Digby Parton
(iStock / Getty Images Plus)

Paying for fresh air? It could happen

Troy Farah
Matt Damon as Odysseus and Zendaya as Athena in "The Odyssey" (Melinda Sue Gordon/Universal)

Nolan's "The Odyssey" is pointless

Coleman Spilde
Ikea catalogs (Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Bring back the catalogs

Andi Zeisler
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