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Who among us doesn't enjoy a good conspiracy theory?

• By Adam Tod Brown
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• September 15, 2016

Running for president and then losing is the first step toward a life of soul-crushing misery and heartache.

• By Michael Hossey
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• September 14, 2016

• By T. S. Obiech, Scott Laffey
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• September 13, 2016

The steps we take in the name of curbing gun violence often come off as ceremonial gestures at best.

• By Adam Tod Brown
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• September 08, 2016

Sure, you could keep up with the news. But then you'd miss the balls-to-the-wall action of Mark Hamill shaving his beard.

• By T. S. Obiech, Scott Laffey
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• September 06, 2016

Rumors continue to circulate about Donald Trump possibly dropping out of the election. That is understandably making GOP leadership nervous. So what are their other options?

• By Aaron Kheifets
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• September 01, 2016

What rarely comes up during discussions about the modern-day terror crisis is that, at least in the United States, terrorist attacks used to be a way bigger problem than they are now.

• By Adam Tod Brown
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• September 01, 2016

Keeping up with the news is like trying to play Whack-a-Mole with a spork.

• By T. S. Obiech, Scott Laffey
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• August 30, 2016

You can't judge an entire country by their government. Which is why we reached out to two Saudi women to find out what life there is really.

• By Cezary Jan Strusiewicz
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• August 28, 2016

We feel you. Some weeks you just get too busy erecting life-sized, naked Trump statues to keep up with the news.

• By T. S. Obiech, Scott Laffey
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• August 23, 2016

Some people fire up the video camera and turn it right on themselves as soon as they start acting insane. Even worse, they're obviously proud of what they're doing.

• By Adam Tod Brown
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• August 18, 2016

It's impossible to predict exactly what kind of dumb, expensive television stunt the Trump campaign might go with. But there's a high probability that it will completely bizarre.

• By Robert Evans
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• August 17, 2016

It's not just you. It's gotten a little weird, out there. Even the news seems like an Orwellian fever dream.

• By T. S. Obiech, Scott Laffey
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• August 16, 2016

You probably heard that the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro were going to be an absolute disaster. But every virus-laden cloud holding you up at gunpoint has a silver lining.

• By Kathy Benjamin
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• August 14, 2016

There are plenty of responsibilities where cribbing off of whatever's new on Netflix is a really, really bad idea. Like shaping government policies.

• By Carolyn Burke
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• August 14, 2016