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Better to Reign in Art Than Serve the Algorithm: Ozzy Osbourne as One of the Last Rebels

What distinguishes Ozzy from the boring and unimaginative pop stars of the algorithm is that it was an image he created. And when he created that...

David Masciotra

I’ve conducted an unfortunate and unwanted experiment over the past eight months. I’ve mentioned death and grief to friends, family, and...

Many Democrats are ready to throw the trans community overboard. It's immoral, delusional and politically stupid

My mother cried when I told her that Phil Donahue died. Her mother (my grandmother) was an avid viewer of his daytime talk show, and my mom also...

Imagine how much you would have to hate life to castigate someone for laughing. It is important to dwell on the thought experiment before...

The late Gore Vidal explained that one of his ambitions as a historian and novelist was to determine “when the great cretinism began in the United...