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Americans have long wanted the perfect endless summer. Jimmy Buffett offered them one.
It seemed wistfully appropriate, somehow, that news of Jimmy Buffett抖阴ap death emerged at the beginning of the Labor Day weekend, the demarcation point of every American summer鈥檚 symbolic end. Because...
From Hollywood鈥檚 illusion factory, some unexpected reality
Hollywood, the illusion factory, had churned out some unexpected reality at the Oscars. And 鈥� surprise! 鈥� a lot of people thought it was another illusion.
COVID-19 has killed a million people. Watch the coronavirus spread in this map in motion
On a Thursday night in early January, the disease that would become known as COVID-19 claimed its first victim, a 61-year-old man who succumbed to the newly identified coronavirus in...
Kirk 2.0: Capt. Christopher Pike of new “Star Trek” a welcome new icon
鈥淭rek鈥� aficionados were thrilled this month to learn that Pike (now played by Anson Mount), his first officer 鈥淣umber One鈥�(Rebecca Romijn) and the still-evolving, pre-Kirk version of Spock (Ethan Peck)...
Me and we: Individual rights, common good and coronavirus
We, the people. But individual rights. The common good. But don’t tread on me. Form a more perfect union and promote the general welfare. But secure the blessings of liberty...
In coronavirus times, have Americans found a shared experience?
As an uneasy March unspooled, as coronavirus dread descended upon the United States, it became commonplace -- and, for public figures, quite practical 鈥� to point out how, unlike most...
American attitudes make coronavirus response a hard sell
When Americans are summoned to deal with an attack or defy overwhelming odds, the response typically goes something like this: Fight. Hold the line. Stand together. This won鈥檛 stop us....
“You can’t just not go”: Life in public-shooting-era America
Ohio: A bar district where friends gathered for drinks on a warm Saturday night. Texas: A Walmart stocked with supplies for back-to-school shopping on an August morning. California: A family-focused...
Pyeongchang breathes, bids Winter Olympics farewell
From volunteers to support staff to the joint Korea women's hockey team, people from many cultures bid farewell to each other and to the 2018 Winter Olympics on Monday as...