Seven-minute Opinions

I am not a fascist. I am not a communist. I just disagree with you.

Make no mistake: Donald Trump is a boorish, megalomaniacal ignoramus sporting the worst bouffant in the Western hemisphere. But he also represents something rare: truth in advertising.

Trading tattoos for grades? Yup, guilty.

Ban dumb baby names!

Jessica Fletcher is not just the star of your grandmother's favorite show. She is a phenomenon.

On the dark side of democracy

What was it all for?

Tatum's next role is a mermaid. Nothing could be more perfect.

On House of Cards, Shakespeare, and the release of catharsis

I'm a progressive millennial feminist — and no, I'm still not ready for Hillary the Hawk

The 2016 race has seen a flood of ghostwriters and speechwriters peeking out from behind the curtain to remind us of their existence — and that these are not your politician's words

Kermit the frog used to be a real jerk

An audio picture of what the country was like when Hillary Clinton was growing up.

The Republican Party burned its bench in 2016. There's a better way to run primaries.

America's greatest innovation might be preservation

New data suggests a degree is no longer an automatic ticket to the good life

Autonomous robots might sound scary, but in the future, they could actually prevent a lot of unnecessary deaths

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