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• Against the Tyranny of Opinionated Ignorance
• What's certain: The papal conclave will be a contest between two competing visions of Catholicism
• A three-part Netflix documentary, Bad Influence, paints a troubling picture of the no-rules world of child influencing
• This week’s Now That I’ve Left, a column from noted ex-wife Scaachi Koul
• Brickbat: Come at the King
• Labour’s great nature sellout is the worst attack on England’s ecosystems I’ve seen in my lifetime | George Monbiot
• A high school singing audition inspired by Flashdance haunted me for years – until I found my voice again | Nova Weetman
• The First Shadow is a glorified teaser for the final season of Stranger Things
• The legacy of Pope Francis: Letters to the Editor — April 24, 2025
• How to do it: I’m a 42-year-old woman and I have an interesting situationship with a guy friend of mine. What can we do to make the sexting sessions as hot as the sexting?
• How an ‘anti-terrorism’ law cancelled a flower show
• Eva Longoria says diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) is 'good for business' on 'The View'
• Critics falsely accused JD Vance of committing a faux pas while visiting the Vatican, claiming his team did not have permission to take photos in the Sistine Chapel
• I’ve promised to buy all lunch in return for the best chippy in Brighton. This is a bold claim, but it takes a special kind of stupid to imagine
• The road that built England
• I, Jack Hall is a riot of a show
• The road that built England
• New Details Emerge in Viral Squirrel’s Seizure and Death Read More: New Details Emerge In Viral Squirrel’s Seizure And Death - Judicial Watch
• The sinking of the Titanic is one of those historic events that only grows more vivid in our cultural imagination
• From Omar El Akkad to Laura Spinney: new books reviewed in short
• The first and last New Journalist
• Letter of the week: The stories we tell
• From the 1960s through the 1990s, Wink Martindale helmed several popular game shows, making him a fixture in viewers’ lives for decades
• If you know someone graduating high school or college next month, here's what to give them
• Help! I Want to Get Families With Loud, Reckless Kids Kicked Out of Restaurants.
• 41% of children in Vienna's schools are Muslim. How much longer will Austria survive?
• The most gripping thing I’m watching on my phone? Swedish moose migrating in real time | Claire Cohen
• The blind singer cancelled for being anti-abortion
• The late Pope stands as a metaphor for a conflict at the heart of St Peter’s
• Shannon Sharpe naming his accuser reveals the weakening grip of #MeToo, for better or worse
• My fellow Catholics: Don’t read this article about the Papal election - Washington Examiner
• Bill Owens, the longtime executive producer of CBS’s ‘60 Minutes,’ has officially stepped down from the role
• Oscar voters now must watch all nominated films in each category to be eligible to vote
• NY planned to decapitate ‘Peanut’ even before the ‘squirrel raid’ - Judicial Watch
• Europe once hailed as birthplace of free speech, now it seems intent on curtailing it
• Judicial Watch: New York Authorities Planned to Euthanize ‘Peanut the Squirrel’ and ‘Fred the Raccoon’ Before Seizing Them from Owner - Judicial Watch
• Are we still living in 1999?
• Prudie answers your questions about dating, ex-boyfriends, and more
• Unlocking the Secrets in Your Family History Can Be Overwhelming—or Empowering
• It turns out you’re never too old to go Interrailing around Europe | Phil Mongredien
• What if the finest actor in America is the guy we all assumed was a joke?
• "My Dinner with Adolf": Larry David roasts Bill Maher's meeting with Trump in satirical NYT essay
• Pope Francis’ gift to us was his big heart — he lives forever
• Trump says he and Melania will attend the funeral of Pope Francis
• Even a $1 billion funding freeze hasn’t stopped Cornell from inviting a virulent antisemitic musical artist
• American manufacturer welcomes level playing field against China - Washington Examiner
• Prudence: My family is pressuring me to apologize and make up with my brother. Do you have a script for telling them to back off?
• Bible-based animated film 'The King of Kings' earned $17.2 million over Easter weekend
• How to become the Pope: The centuries-old process that determines who becomes the next pontiff
• Q. Is it time to get over my ex-husband’s affair with my sister?
• Trump declares, 'We’re bringing religion back in America' at White House Easter Egg Roll
• The Death of Pope Francis - The American Spectator | USA News and PoliticsThe American Spectator | USA News and Politics
• I find it misguided that more and more people are opting for dogs over kids, ostensibly because the canines are seen as the easier option
• The art of resistance: Trump’s attack on humanities triggers a blowback movement.
• Fox’s new game show makes people guess what Trump’s been up to. Somehow I can’t see the joy in that | Dave Schilling
• The story of the 11-year papacy was a story of illusions
• I’m delighted to see gen Z men flocking back to church – I just hope it’s for the right reasons | Jessica White
• Joan Didion without her style
• A Fascinating Nation at the Crossroads of Civilizations - The American Spectator | USA News and PoliticsThe American Spectator | USA News and Politics
• This week's episode of HBO's The Last of Us killed off one of the main characters
• This week marks the 250th anniversary of the first musket shot of the American Revolution, fired across the old North Bridge near Lexington. No one knows who shot first, but everyone knows what came of it
• How to do it: Don’t be an accessory to cheating if you want to live ethically
• One of TV’s Best Shows Is Back, and This Time, It’s Completely Different
• A ‘Black Snape’ in the new Harry Potter seems designed to cause controversy – but it could work | Jason Okundaye
• Maggie Smith talks with John Dickerson about her new book, Dear Writer: Pep Talks & Practical Advice for the Creative Life
• Walking the Pennine Way put everything into perspective for me, including my right to be here | Anita Sethi
• Teenagers having sex is news to no one. Thank goodness the government has seen sense on this | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
• How Easter eggs spread around the world
• Easter is the celebration of the finished work of the Messiah, Jesus Christ
• The Easter Bunny is, you know, a bunny. Where did it get all those eggs?
• There’s a deep ugliness and some slippery ethics behind the snail slime beauty boom | Catherine Bennett
• Saturday Night Live has lost its bite, so why would we want it here? | Sarah Manavis
• This is perhaps the film’s greatest achievement: it rejects the seductive rhythm of combat
• After the Cross: The Eternal Paradox of the Christian - The American Spectator | USA News and PoliticsThe American Spectator | USA News and Politics
• The Resurrection: The True Meaning of Easter - The American Spectator | USA News and PoliticsThe American Spectator | USA News and Politics
• Tolkien’s Eucatastrophe and Easter - The American Spectator | USA News and PoliticsThe American Spectator | USA News and Politics
• As a kid I hated Easter because nothing happened – now I treasure its stillness and strange beauty | Paul Daley
• Stepmothers, relax, you’ll always be wicked but true love is worth it | Kate Maltby
• Even if you’re not a person of faith, there are reasons to see Antoni Gaudí as a saint | Rowan Moore
• Miss Bridgerton? Netflix’s New Hit Rom-Com Will Scratch That Itch and More.
• Netflix’s new series Ransom Canyon has been compared to Taylor Sheridan’s popular show Yellowstone
• Sinners, the latest film from Black Panther director Ryan Coogler, is a different kind of vampire movie
• Police departments sell their used guns. Thousands end up at crime scenes.
• Podcast #281: Making the Case for ‘Free-Range Parenting’
• Joe Dunthorne’s lessons in chemistry
• The tale of Paul Revere’s Ride remains very much worth telling — 250 years later
• My Little Chickadee: Six Years, Nine Months, and 24 Days With a Los Angeles-based Rooster - The American Spectator | USA News and PoliticsThe American Spectator | USA News and Politics
• This week's Dear Prudence is hosted by Jenée Desmond Harris and Solomon Missouri
• Flip Out by Putting a Whole Egg in Your Cocktail
• At its core, HBO’s hit zombie thriller The Last of Us is a character study of father-daughter relationships, one that doesn’t coddle or lionize teenage girls but depicts them in all their obnoxious glory
• In a speech at Coachella, Sen. Bernie Sanders spoke to the crowd about the importance of justice
• I’m not sure how we’re all going to fit on Sunday, but I can’t wait to see
• An atheist tries the prayer app beloved by MAGA celebrities — the results are unnerving
• A proxy for Katy Perry is demanding an apology from Wendy’s
• Why isn’t it the industry standard to just work with eggs in terms of mass? Why isn’t it the industry standard to just work with eggs in terms of mass?
• What is the most unusual egg people eat? The answer really just depends on where you live
• The first time I ate animal sperm was on Valentine’s Day. Why don’t we eat the other?
• Friel’s short stories, while in some cases providing the groundwork for later plays, should not be seen as apprentice work
• I fear I’m doing friendship wrong: why do we lose the art of just hanging out?
• Three Cheers for Kid Rock - The American Spectator | USA News and PoliticsThe American Spectator | USA News and Politics