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*This review contains spoilers* "We're all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars." That's one of my favorite Oscar Wilde quotes, from Lady Windermere's Fan. The playwright ...

Venice is a city of water. Its roads, commerce, security, and success are due to the intertwining canals that appear labyrinthine to the stranger yet form a safety net for natives. For over a ...

Excerpted from The Body of This Death: Letters from the Last Archbishop of Lancaster (Word on Fire Academic) +++++ Note to the Reader: I was given this manuscript two years ago by a friend ...

Bob Woodson died peacefully at his home on the evening of May 19, 2026, at the age of 89. He was a national treasure, beloved by the thousands he served through the Woodson Center for over four ...

Two things can be true at once. In the new movie You Can See Everything, from Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim, Amanda Seyfried is an annoying liberal who nags Elizabeth Holmes' rich fiancé,

It wasn't so long ago that if you wanted some boudin, Louisiana's tasty and versatile pork-liver-veggie-and-rice sausage, you had to live in or visit Louisiana to get some. In fact, through the ...

Gaming has a new breakout genre--but it's a weak substitute for meaningful memory-making. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, "friendslop," or cooperative, small-budget online games, has become the ...

As the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art opens its doors to great fanfare in Los Angeles, it's worth remembering that there is much more to George Lucas than Star Wars and Indiana Jones. In the 1980s,

An Excerpt from Sun Deluxe: New and Collected Stories by Frederick Barthelme Celia and Em sit in a booth at a diner near the bus station. The place is filled with jangly rock music. Their table has ...

As a slow train passes through Ukrainian towns, one sight is impossible to miss: cemeteries filled with flowers, flags and recently turned earth. By Zelensky's count, Ukraine has lost more than ...