Remember Dr. Oz? Remember when he was dragged in front of Congress for selling a “magic weight loss cure for every body type”—his green tea “miracle” pills that “burn fat fast”? If confirmed, he will ...

There were many people, apparently, who voted for Trump who justified it with plain vanilla doubt. As in: they see the ...

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Benjamin Franklin’s hope and warning, “A republic, if you can keep it,” resonates with too many of us these days. This has ...

Welcome to “Phoning It In,” a gameshow I made up because I am tired and busy but also like to learn about new books! (I am, ...

Thus far much of the commentary about Trump’s cabinet and staff picks alternates between “He values loyalty above all else” and “He wants to generate chaos and break the federal government.” There’s ...

In response to the election, a significant number of people on social media and elsewhere have expressed some form of this sentiment: a lot of voters are going to get what they asked for and learn ...

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In the wake of the 2024 United States presidential election, “Give us Barabbas” emerged in progressive Christian social media circles as a pithy critique of those who voted for Donald Trump. But ...