Ann Patchett: The Decision I Made Thirty Years Ago That I Still Regret
I checked the shelves of my own bookstore, Parnassus Books in Nashville, doubting we’d have a copy of a paperback from 2019, ...
The Law Enforcement Officers With Surprising Power
As chief law enforcement officers, sheriffs shape how laws around immigration, guns, health and much else play out at the ...
Opinion: Walz gave a lackadaisical debate performance. Beshear would've been better.
One thing was obvious in the Oct. 1 vice presidential debate between Democratic Tim Walz and Republican JD Vance: Walz’s ...
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Ta-Nehisi Coates and the Temptations of Narrative
Few writers have seemed as aware of the hazards of professional opinion-mongering as Ta-Nehisi Coates. “Columns are where ...
Children ‘Shot In The Skull’—Why News Outlets Should Authenticate Images
Deepfakes are everywhere. Should news outlets do more to authenticate images? How could this be done, and who does it benefit ...
Opinion: Small businesses want low health care costs, but Big Pharma proposals do opposite
The essay author, Nina Matthews, is a small business owner in Tennessee who is opposed to plans that would make health care ...
Opinion: Children are feeling parents' anxiety about election. Here are tips to to help
This essay's author, Tricia Thornton, is a licensed professional counselor in private practice and author of "Blessing from ...
Opinion: In a chaotic world, what can we learn from billion-year-old stones?
As Emily Dickinson knew, unfeeling rocks can remind us of death, but they can also provide perspective on our human troubles ...
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‘Joker: Folie à Deux’s’ Fatal Flaw Is Turning the Fans Into the Villains of the Sequel
“Folie à Deux” does neither. Taking a cue from the last scene of “Joker” — a psych evaluation where Arthur hears Frank Sinatra’s “That’s Life” in his head and starts to sing along — the film is ...