At the end of 2026’s biggest summer blockbuster, Odysseus laments that his tale will only be sung, because there will be no one left who can read or write. I don’t know if Christopher Nolan intended t...

·        Yes, I did put The Dark Is Rising in largely because of its sweeping overture, but it really does sweep. ·        The ...

Embarrassed, she initially didn’t want to report attack. Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office's investigation is ongoing. A Phoenix New Times exclusive.

Anojan Sivarasa faces execution after he was found guilty of blasphemy over a Facebook comment.

Now that it’s officially Q4 of 2026, it’s time for me to finally get around to posting the list of TV shows I watched – in 2025. Not shows from 2025, just shows I watched last year, which I’ve been si...

No one actually cares about how immigration impacts the economy

Fishermen have always exaggerated the size of their catches. But AI has taken the practice to a different level.

When I got my first smartphone in 2015, I also had an enormous amount of leeway outside of my minimal English teaching duties, time which I devoted to driving hither and thither all about montane Japa...

Migrant children as young as 2 are showing up at immigration courts nationwide, many without attorneys, to try make their case to stay in the US and avoid deportation.

The world moved on after Kilmar Abrego Garcia, but people continue to disappear.

Beyond resentment and entitlement in the Social Security debate

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What I learned from 400 focus groups

Raising independent kids shouldn’t be this hard.

Advocates describe a military-wide “witch hunt” that is exposing closeted troops and ending the careers of qualified service members.

The two latest deaths suggest that the true number of infections is much larger than reported.

Trump’s recent kerfuffle with the press is a preview of his next era.

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Superlative things were done in the past century by marshalling thousands of people in the service of a vision of the future

People gather at a hotel as Pakistan's under-16 cricket team are wrongly identified as migrants.

Several Baptist colleagues reached out to Richard Land, stunned by a fellow leader s recent remarks on Christian Nationalism Here s why Land who has known him for 30 years believes those remarks

Marco Rubio is taking the wrong approach to free speech.

When I was in middle school, I was certain I wanted to be an architect. I kept returning from the library burdened with larger and heavier coffee-table sized books of glossy pictures of buildings in s...

Francis Fukuyama has long been considered a naive triumphalist. He now wants to set the record straight.

America gave Rubio’s family a second chance. He gave this family a cage.

David Huerta was arrested while protesting ICE raids in L.A.  

Thousands of Kenyans made a living writing essays for overseas students. With A.I., the work has dried up, a warning for online gig work that has been a global lifeline.

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The Taiwanese don’t trust Trump, and they don’t believe America will come to their defense. A deal with China is starting to look inevitable.

The president again rejected calls to try to regulate the industry, even as some of its leaders are speaking more openly about the risks of rapidly developing artificial intelligence.

·        At 26 years old, Dare You to Move remains as potent a motivator as ever, gilded by Switchfoot’s particular brand of sunny-but-not-naïve sound. · &nb...

Far-right ideologues have transformed American foreign policy into a tool of private gain and antidemocratic reaction.

The cages, called “calming areas,” were used for detainees to “reflect on their behavior choices, manage their emotions, reduce stress and practice self-directed behavior,” according to the inspector ...

Bo French’s xenophobia should force Republicans to confront the prejudice in their ranks.

Our biggest social flaw should be addressed

And remember Joshua Wong: political prisoner, democracy champion, braveheart.

The years-long project to discredit fact-based media and replace it with MAGA slop has been disastrously successful.

On the paradox of willpower

Before I say anything else, I want to say up front that I am Grandpa Simpson in this meme; and that beyond being a crank, I recognize that I am probably more than a little bit arrogant. It is possible...

On the 25th anniversary of September 11