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Looking Back at a Very Strange Year in Reading

The awful news cycle had us longing for escape — but also ready to face our demons

Liberals Are Afraid to Defend Looters. This Writer Isn’t.

People seizing property in an unjust system has a long, historic legacy

The Most Faithful Adaptation of ‘A Christmas Carol’ Is Narrated by Gonzo

Sorry, Patrick Stewart, George C. Scott and the rest of you dramatic Scrooges — you can’t hold a candle to the Muppets

Why Nazis Loved the Queer Masculinity of Wagner’s Operas

One of history’s most famous composers had his sexually subversive work borrowed by... fascists?