A very 60s Christmas

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Noam Chomsky: Social media is "undermining democracy"

New House Democrats want to curtail executive power to wage endless war

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Brexit: Britain entering a state of emergency

Never mind the fat guy at the North Pole: Tell your children about the real St. Nick

The year that wasn't: Ben Carson almost got the Sacha Baron Cohen treatment

Gen. Wesley Clark wonders if Trump was blackmailed into pulling out of Syria

Merry Christmas, and happy birthday to a Jewish immigrant

Why you should give your grandparents a 3D printer for Christmas

Bring the troops home — but stop the bombing too

White evangelical Christians need Jesus — not Donald Trump — if their movement is going to survive

How the More Than Me charity gamed the internet and Hollywood to win a million dollars

How to celebrate Christmas amid so much misery: Advice from the 1800s still relevant

Yes, America's schools are still segregated

Understanding apocalyptic events through literature

Nicole Kidman is gunning for an Oscar in "Destroyer"

How the red kettles of a British evangelical army conquered America's Christmas shoppers

Author of Neil Armstrong biography "First Man": He understood "the place of humankind in the cosmos"

How manipulative are "loyalty points" programs?

10 best "Saturday Night Live" political sketches of 2018

Reality Winner's mother is furious at the Justice Department's double-standard

The 5 key trends in globalization during 2018 that will change America and the world

Paul Krugman calls Mnuchin "clueless" for needlessly roiling markets