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Moviegoing Has Split Into Two Miserable, Opposite Experiences. It's a Problem. Rebecca Onion

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The Major Oscar Contender That Left Me Almost As Cold As a Nordic Winter -- Justin Chang

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The Underrated 2025 Movie That's Going to Make People Lose Their Minds When It Hits Netflix -- Alison Willmore

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Judge Blasts ICE for "Evasive and Demonstrably False" Lies Under Oath -- Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern

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We've All Been Overthinking Christmas Dinner. The Best—and Easiest—Menu Has Been Right There All Along. -- Danny Palumbo

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Are You Putting These No-Nos in Your Christmas Cookies? You'd Better Check Twice. -- Danny Palumbo

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One of the Oldest Christmas Traditions Has Outlived Its Value. Toss It, and Join Me in the Glittering Yuletide Future. -- N.C. Stevens

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Amtrak Supposedly Just Committed a Cardinal Sin Against Gay Passengers. I'm Not So Sure. Lawrence Costa

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Slate Crossword: Biblical Advice That's Hard to Follow When Your Apartment Has Thin Walls (15 Letters) -- John Hawksley

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Slate Mini Crossword for Dec. 21, 2025 -- Kaitlin Hsu

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Sydney Sweeney Has Found Quite a Way to End Her Weird Year -- Heather Schwedel

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The Dangerous Message Hiding in Karoline Leavitt's Face -- Megan Burbank

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It's One of the Most Popular Channels in the World. It's Also a Punchline. It Shouldn't Be. -- Leah Prinzivalli

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It Used to Be the Coolest Band in the World. How Did It Get So Cringe? -- Luke Winkie

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Jessica Stoya and Rich Juzwiak -- I Suspect I Know Why There's Something Very Off About My Wife ... Down There. She's Not Ready to Hear It.

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A.J. Daulerio -- My In-Laws Want to Bring a Special Guest for Christmas, But I'm Not Having It.

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Elizabeth Spiers and Athena Valentine -- Our Shotgun Wedding Didn't Give Us a Chance to Discuss the Future. Now I've Seen What My Husband Wants His to Look Like. Uh Oh.

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Jenée Desmond-Harris -- Help! My Uncle Acted Horribly at Our Holiday Meal. But He Didn't Deserve the "Punishment" I Just Witnessed.

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Rich Juzwiak -- I've Recently Developed What I Think Is a Foul Odor ... Everywhere. My Husband's Reaction Makes No Sense.

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Michelle Herman -- I Think I've Done Irreparable Damage to My Kids When They Were Little. It's Too Late.

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Laura Helmuth -- One of Our Co-Workers Has a Reputation That Precedes Her. We All Dread Working With Her.

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The Radical Power of Assuming Good Faith -- David Plotz

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The Horniest Show on TV Actually Has a Weirdly Conservative Message. Don't Fall for It. -- Jim Downs -- Why do we keep skating in circles?

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The Lawsuit That Launched 2025's First Constitutional Crisis Is Coming To A Head In 2026. -- Amicus

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A Judge Was Found Guilty of Obstructing ICE. That's Not the Most Farcical Part. -- Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern

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It's a Dangerous Disease With Complicated Science Around It. So of Course RFK Jr. Has Called It a Military Bioweapon. -- Molly Olmstead

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This Newspaper Editorial Should Be Making Pentagon Leaders Sweat -- Fred Kaplan

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Trump Now Shares One More Thing in Common With History's Worst Dictators - Paul Finkelman

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