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Hillary Rodham Clinton, escorted by Leonard Riggio, chairman of Barnes and Noble, arrives to sign copies of her book "What Happened" at a book store in New York, Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2017.

Hillary Clinton’s unintended revelations

May 31, 2019 at 4:15 p.m.

In "What Happened," Hillary Clinton's new 512-page recollection of what was perhaps the most painful and awkward election in American history, the former secretary of state recounts an infamous presidential...

President Donald Trump gestures while walking across the South Lawn to board Marine One, bound for Camp David, on Sept. 8, 2017, in Washington, D.C.

Washington politics is the goofiest show on Earth

May 11, 2019 at 4:16 a.m.

"Of all the ways to try to understand Donald Trump, the one I keep returning to is professional wrestling," CNN's Chris Cillizza wrote Thursday. He was responding to the president's...

Taylor Swift performs at the DIRECTV NOW Super Saturday Night Concert in Houston, Texas, on Feb. 4, 2017.

Politics is causing the death of fun as we know it

May 11, 2019 at 4:15 a.m.

These days, when people ask me what I do, I tend to brace myself a bit, battening down the proverbial mental hatches. "Oh, I'm a writer," I'll say cheerily, warily...

The U.S. Capitol is seen at sunrise in Washington, D.C., in October 2013.

Government shutdowns: A (sort of) love letter

May 11, 2019 at 4:14 a.m.

There's an infamous figure looming large in today's politics, a rogue of sorts, often unfairly maligned. Shunned by the national political establishment, it darts in and out of the shadows,...

Wonder Women fill out the viewing stand at the premiere of the movie, "Wonder Woman," at the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood on May 25, 2017.

Run, Wonder Woman! The feminists are after you!

May 11, 2019 at 4:05 a.m.

In "Wonder Woman," the new smash-hit superhero movie, audiences see Princess Diana, our valiant heroine, transported from the idyllic and isolated all-female island of Themyscira to the gritty, violent and...

#8220;The Vanishing American Adult: Our Coming-Of-Age Crisis — And How to Rebuild a Culture of Self-Reliance,” by Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb.

Bringing adulthood back

May 11, 2019 at 4:04 a.m.

Ben Sasse's "The Vanishing American Adult" is ostensibly a parenting guide, and indeed, it serves as an excellent one. "Our kids are not ready for the world they are soon...

Children would be far better off if no screens were allowed at the dinner table.

The counterculture begins at dinner

May 11, 2019 at 4:03 a.m.

Imagine a crowded restaurant. Glasses clink. Conversations buzz. You're ushered to your seat, take a nonchalant glance around and then, after an inevitable subtle double take, there he is: the...

The 1986 Challenger explosion was a shared memory for children of the 1980s.

Desperately seeking catastrophes

May 11, 2019 at 4:02 a.m.

"I'm from a different time, a dark time," declares comedian Dave Chappelle in his new Netflix special, "The Age of Spin." Back in the day, he notes, "I didn't even...

An art installation on the High Line in New York promotes Hulu's new miniseries "The Handmaid's Tale."

Making sense of ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ hysteria

May 11, 2019 at 4:02 a.m.

Exciting news, America! In case you haven't heard, we're living in "The Handmaid's Tale." Normally, I would take this shot of news with a chaser of instant panic given that...

Sen. Bernie Sanders, D-Vermont, and Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez cross paths as Sanders takes the stage at the James L. Knight Center in Miami on April 19, 2017.

Bernie Sanders: King of dysfunction junction

May 11, 2019 at 4:01 a.m.

Poor Tom Perez. The new chairman of the Democratic National Committee just can't catch a break. It's quite heart-wrenching, really: On his new cross-country "unity tour" with socialist superstar Bernie...

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