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December 26, 2015
Michelle Legro
Hey Disneyland, forget Star Wars, you can pry the Thunder Ranch petting zoo from my cold dead hands.
December 25, 2015
Alex Shephard
Today’s NBA games, ranked.
December 25, 2015
Carole Cusack
The Weirdest Christmas Traditions in the World
A religion professor explains the strangest holiday customs from the Netherlands to South Korea.
December 24, 2015
Tim Grierson
Joy: A Manic Cinderella Gets the Job Done
David O. Russell’s quirky hero proves that in his filmmaking, buoyant, messy exuberance has its limits.
December 24, 2015
Joe Perry
How the Nazis Co-opted Christmas
A history professor explores the ways Nazi symbols and rituals influenced Christmas celebrations in the Third Reich.
December 23, 2015
Esther Breger
All I want for Christmas is this New York Times correction.
December 23, 2015
Meaghan Murphy
Is this the ugliest museum sign in the country?
December 23, 2015
Suzy Khimm
The first rule of writing a Hollywood movie as a high-ranking U.S. government official is you can’t talk about writing a Hollywood movie as a high-ranking U.S. government official.
December 23, 2015
Sasha Belenky
Astronaut phones home from space, gets his parents’ answering machine.
December 23, 2015
Alex Shephard
The Beatles are coming to Spotify and Apple and even Tidal (but not Rdio because Rdio is dead).
December 23, 2015
Will Leitch
Concussion: Mad as Hell, But Without Much to Fear
A generic hero weighs down the brutal exposure of the most important sports story of the last decade.
December 22, 2015
Alex Shephard
Richard Linklater’s new film looks like it should be called Brohood.
December 22, 2015
Sasha Belenky
Today in news of the weird.
December 22, 2015
Gabriel Snyder
New Republic: Best of 2015
December 22, 2015
Laura Reston
Victorian Christmas cards featured nightmarish snowmen, boiled children, and the occasional dead robin.
December 22, 2015
Abbie Nehring
Gun Culture’s Dazzling, Dangerous Firework Display
Exploding targets cause spectacular blasts and horrifying accidents. Can anyone regulate them?
December 22, 2015
Tim Grierson
The Revenant: Man Vs. Wild
Once boyish, now bearded, Leonardo DiCaprio taps into a gripping, primal urgency in Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s survival film.
December 22, 2015
Mako Nozu, Brian Thompson
Why Is Japan So Obsessed With Moss?
Two academics explain the rationale behind the country's latest craze.
December 22, 2015
Jamil Smith
Is R. Kelly’s new album tanking because he allegedly preyed on young girls? Don’t ask him.
December 21, 2015
Esther Breger
President Obama reminds us what a cool guy he is by appearing on a Jerry Seinfeld show.

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