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The Downside to Staying Home
The Downside
to Staying Home
OPINION
Aug 5, 2025 12:52 PM CDT

The Downside to Staying Home

Do we really need to be more isolated and sedentary, asks Diana Lind?

(Newser) - Blame the pandemic. Blame rising prices. Whatever the reason, Americans are increasingly staying home, which might be good for the wallet, but not so great for the person or the country, writer and urban policy specialist Diana Lind argues at the Washington Post , noting this "great retreat" into "...

Op-Ed: DeGeneres Was Fleeing Her Own Embarrassment

Must be nice 'to go on holiday and seemingly decide, on a whim, to stay for ever'

(Newser) - Comedian and former talk show host Ellen DeGeneres says she left the US , home of "so much hate," because of President Trump . But at Spectator World , Kara Kennedy suggests the woman, "celebrated, empowered and massively enriched" by American culture until allegations that she ran a toxic workplace...

There's a 'Very Clear Problem' With Assisted Suicide

Writing for NYT , Louise Perry fears medically assisted dying may lead to coercion of vulnerable

(Newser) - Medically assisted dying can seem the "logical" and "compassionate" route when a terminally ill patient seems to have nothing but pain and suffering in their future, concedes journalist Louise Perry. But Perry, whose native UK recently saw its lawmakers greenlight plans to legalize assisted suicide, notes in her...

The Kiss Cam Fallout Includes Schadenfreude, Shaming

One columnist hopes tech CEO, HR chief become 'folk heroes' of sorts; others issue warnings

(Newser) - The Kiss Cam scandal has dominated headlines over the better part of a week, leading to the resignation of Astronomer CEO Andy Byron after he was spotted on a giant screen at a Coldplay concert embracing his company's head of HR, Kristin Cabot. Although some are celebrating the public...

Justin Bieber's New Album Adds Fuel to Marriage Rumors

Lyrics from songs on Swag suggest some trouble in paradise with wife Hailey Bieber

(Newser) - Justin Bieber's seventh studio album, Swag, was a surprise release last week, his first album since 2021 and since becoming a dad last year with wife Hailey Bieber. If you'd hoped, however, that the Biebs' latest offering would tamp down on whispers of mental health issues , struggles with...

Columnist: He's a Tennis Great— but a Horrible Analyst

Sally Jenkins of the Washington Post questions why John McEnroe is still on TV

(Newser) - Top sports analysts work hard at their craft, memorizing athletes' details, keeping tabs on up-and-comers, studying tactics and technique, all while ensuring they convey information to viewers in a coherent way. So how in the world did former tennis star John McEnroe—"an entitled air quaffer, a lapsed past...

Bezos' Venice Wedding Illustrates Rise of Tackiness

Flaunting one's wealth is in, writes Amy Odell

(Newser) - "Stealth wealth" is out. "Swaggy and braggy" is in, or so it seems as we approach the nuptials of Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez. The occasion has Amy Odell taking a look at how wealth is manifesting itself these days: Being understated and quiet about it is no...

Why TV's 'Worst Human Beings' Make the Best Comedy

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia heads into Season 17, the longest-running sitcom ever

(Newser) - This summer marks 20 years on the air for It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, making the show the longest-running sitcom ever, Alan Sepinwall writes at Rolling Stone . In his view, it might also be the "funniest." From showrunner and star Rob McElhenney, the FX dark comedy follows...

The Streaming Wars Ruined Live Sports
How the Streaming Wars
Ruined Live Sports
OPINION
Jun 16, 2025 10:32 AM CDT

How the Streaming Wars Ruined Live Sports

Journalist Joon Lee says leagues are mining fans by selling broadcast rights to highest bidder

(Newser) - Sen. Ted Cruz asked an audience last month, "Why does it seem to be getting harder and more expensive to just watch the game?" Sports journalist Joon Lee has pondered the same question, but unlike Cruz, he's offering up solutions. In a New York Times op-ed, Lee argues...

Pleading for Obama to Save You Is Weak
Stop Waiting
for Obama
to Save You
OPINION
Jun 13, 2025 11:00 AM CDT

Stop Waiting for Obama to Save You

NYT columnist says Trump foes who do so are misguided and weak

(Newser) - Earlier this week, Atlantic columnist Mark Leibovich wrote a buzzy piece critical of Barack Obama , suggesting the former president had succumbed to the "fierce lethargy of semi-retirement" as the world burned. "Where Is Barack Obama?" asked the headline of the piece. In response, New York Times columnist Tressie...

Revenge Is Like an Addiction
Essay: Revenge
Is Like an Addiction
OPINION
Jun 6, 2025 8:45 AM CDT

Essay: Revenge Is Like an Addiction

WSJ columnist talks about addiction to revenge, how forgiveness can serve as a detox of sorts

(Newser) - If you've ever wanted to go the Count of Monte Cristo route and take vengeance on all of your enemies, your ego may revel, but your brain may not thank you. That's because "your brain on revenge looks very much like your brain on drugs," according...

Why Sister Wives Is the 'Most American Show'
Why Sister Wives Is the
'Most American Show'
OPINION
Jun 5, 2025 1:54 PM CDT

Why Sister Wives Is the 'Most American Show'

It's the story of a family brought together and torn apart, and the ties that still bind: Monica Hesse

(Newser) - TLC's Sister Wives may have dropped off your TV radar after 19 seasons on the air, but if so, Monica Hesse believes you're missing out. Some of you out there "wouldn't be caught dead tuning in to this dumpster fire, you have better things to do,...

Editorial Board to Fetterman: Do Your Job or Step Aside

Democratic senator suggests left-wing media is trying to smear him

(Newser) - Sen. John Fetterman is facing more pressure from his home state amid criticism of his behavior , voting record , and dedication to the job . On Sunday, the Philadelphia Inquirer 's editorial board, which endorsed the first-term Democrat during his 2022 Senate campaign, said it appears Fetterman "enjoys the perks...

People Are Surprisingly Bad at Reading Their Dogs
People Are Surprisingly Bad
at Reading Their Dogs
OPINION
May 26, 2025 10:53 AM CDT

People Are Surprisingly Bad at Reading Their Dogs

When gauging emotion, humans 'fail to look closely at the animal,' researchers write at WaPo

(Newser) - After thousands of years living with dogs, humans have learned surprisingly little about how the animals express emotion, according to Arizona State researchers. As professor Clive DL Wynne and his former PhD student Holly Molinaro explain at the Washington Post , people are quite bad at recognizing the emotional state of...

Reagan's Daughter to Biden: Speak About Cancer
Reagan's Kid
Has Advice for
Biden on His
Cancer
OPINION
May 20, 2025 8:18 AM CDT

Reagan's Kid Has Advice for Biden on His Cancer

Patti Davis: Biden should talk openly about his illness, much as her dad did about his Alzheimer's

(Newser) - With the news that former President Biden has an aggressive form of prostate cancer , former first daughter Patti Davis acknowledges that while it's obviously a very personal matter for the ex-president, it can also be "an opportunity to show leadership, not in the arena of national or global...

She's Researching Aging. ICE Has Her Behind Bars

Russian scientist Kseniia Petrova writes for the New York Times from a Louisiana detention center

(Newser) - When Kseniia Petrova fled Russia two years ago, she did so because she didn't feel she could freely and safely carry out her work as a scientist there, especially after she was arrested for taking part in a protest. She landed at Harvard Medical School, and her work on...

When Talking Suicide, Avoid One Word
When Talking
Suicide, Avoid
One Word
OPINION
May 9, 2025 9:42 AM CDT

When Talking Suicide, Avoid One Word

'Commited' suicide could suggest criminal intent, further stigma, writes Laura Trujillo for USA Today

(Newser) - When Laura Trujillo's mother, a retired nurse with eight grandkids, took her own life, Trujillo told others her beloved mom had "committed suicide." Writing for USA Today , the columnist now takes herself and others to task for using that phrase, noting it insinuates something more sinister than...

Donors Deserve Cash for Their Kidneys
Cash for Kidneys?
It Beats 'Altruism'
OPINION
May 1, 2025 8:56 AM CDT

Cash for Kidneys? It Beats 'Altruism'

Free Press columnist Sally Satel stumps for the concept of paying kidney donors

(Newser) - Should organ donors get paid? Most definitely, says Sally Satel, who believes that remedy would close "the enormous chasm between supply and demand," especially in the world of kidney donations. Satel writes about the issue for the Free Press , and she has her own experience to draw on...

Larry David's Essay Takes Bill Maher to Task

Comedian tweaks fellow comic over his meeting with Trump

(Newser) - Larry David wrote a satirical essay for the New York Times on Monday in which he envisioned a critic of Adolf Hitler having dinner with the German dictator in 1939 and coming away charmed. A day later, the chatter around the essay is about how David was really writing about...

Carville: Dems Need to Exploit Trump's 'Economic Chaos'
Carville:
Trump Gives
Democrats
an Opening
OPINION
Apr 14, 2025 3:28 PM CDT

Carville: Trump Gives Democrats an Opening

Political consultant says Trump is badly mishandling the economy

(Newser) - Calling President Trump's aggressive moves on tariffs "one of the most ignorant acts of political leadership in American history," James Carville writes at the New York Times that he doesn't think the commander in chief will be able to gloss it over. The Democratic political consultant...

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