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Tom Lehrer (April 9, 1928 – July 26, 2025) was a satirical song writer and mathematics teacher, whose biting commentary is still eerily and sadly relevant. Read the full obituary.

A careful analysis of the newly released surveillance footage from Jeffrey Epstein’s jail the night of his death, and a comparison with the claims in the official report.

Why we're the only country that sings the national anthem all the time, and any way we want

The massive problems caused by gang databases, how people wind up on them, and why nobody looks good in lime green.

Don't expect Trey Parker and Matt Stone to hold back. Cartman, the Devil and his little orange worshiper, and the Power Christian Principal are at it again.

Children get a lot of shots in the first few years of life. Here’s why they get them and why they get them when they do.

Faced with a deepening Epstein crisis, Trump makes gobbledygook drug price promise and points to Obama.

The business owner and a bystander stepped in as uniformed officers walked into a car wash in Torrance, CA.

Seven out of the 21 volunteers aboard the Handala are U.S. citizens, including our guest, the Palestinian American human rights attorney Huwaida Arraf.

Turnaround Arts infuses struggling schools with arts as a strategy for reform. Prominent artists and "everyday people" perform this timely song by Sly and the Family Stone.