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Radical revisionism is a strong contender for the theme of this disruptive year, in which some unique property of political ...

The celebrated writer’s partner sexually abused her daughter Andrea. The abuse transformed Munro’s fiction, but she left it ...

This year’s figurative lumps of coal include a “Star Wars” tree ornament, a knockoff Yeti tumbler, faulty training wheels, a ...

Almost exactly a year ago, a few days before Christmas, after a year replete with death and sorrow, I learned that I’d be a ...

Charlie Brown sighs and continues walking, alone. He comes upon Snoopy decorating his doghouse with Trump paraphernalia. The ...

New Year’s Eve is the only holiday with so much built-in pressure that even those standing under the ball in Times Square are ...

What more can you say about the drones that are attacking—or, correction, appear to be attacking—New Jersey? You’ve heard all the theories: Iranian spy drones launched from a ship; drones ...

Our basic sense of right and wrong appears to be the product of blind evolution. The hard question is how unsettling that ...

Of the hundreds of restaurant dishes I’ve had in the past twelve months, the vast majority were quite enjoyable, a portion ...