I took over the column in August 2016 and the events of the world, the events of the city we live in, the country we live in, they’ve gone a bit haywire. The news never stops, and it’s overwhelming, and things are changing, and it’s like whiplash back and forth, and everything is contentious. The […]

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In little more than a decade, the term “ultra-processed foods” (UPFs) has risen from an obscure academic coinage to one of the most potent ideas in the American food imagination. It has saturated media coverage of diet and disease, spawned a profusion of guides teaching shoppers how to spot UPFs at the supermarket, and animated […]

David Simon and Ed Burns imagine a world where Charles Lindbergh becomes president and fascism rises in America.

America’s 250th anniversary has arrived, and, at a national level, the narrative is set: Presdient Donald Trump has made the semi-quincentennial into his personal party.  The White House has rolled out a series of headline-grabbing events, from a UFC fight on the South Lawn to a failed concert series eventually replaced with — what else? […]

Baldur's Gate 3 has been praised for its writing, but the excess of choices and alternate paths undermine the storytelling