The world’s four legacy empires are going down.
Was Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, a private research facility in Suffolk County (NY), pivotal to the spread of eugenics through the United States and the world?
Letter Calling for Tracking People of Color Circulates in an Oregon County
Christian Nationalists Are Reshaping Texas’s Public School Curricula
John Green: About THAT Scene in Looking for Alaska
Happy Public Domain Day 2025 to all who celebrate
Ask Arthur 2024: Pardon? and An Orange Hue
Culcha
A Conversation with Nikki Giovanni, recorded November 4, 2024, at Charleston Literary Festival
Rickey Henderson, baseball’s ‘man of steal,’ dies at 65
Linda Lavin, Busy Broadway Actress and Star of TV’s ‘Alice,’ Dies at 87
Greg Gumbel, Longtime CBS Sports Studio Host, and Play-by-Play Man, Dies at 78
Olivia Hussey, Star of Franco Zeffirelli’s ‘Romeo and Juliet,’ Dies at 73; I saw that 1969 film in the theater at the time.
Richard Parsons, Former Time Warner Chairman, Dies at 76
On Beauty
Thank You, 39 (Jimmy Carter)
MTA conductor lauded as calming presence during F train outage
You’re driving a car; you’re not driving an igloo.
U.S. Population Grows at Fastest Pace in More Than Two Decades
Top 10 Largest U.S. Cities by Area
The Art of Explaining Your Hobby to Non-Genealogists Without Seeing Their Eyes Glaze Over
A decade after its publication, the book “Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents” is surging in popularity and making people rethink their family dynamic.
27 new, exciting, and blobby species discovered in the Peruvian rainforest
Who’s a Good Boy? A Brief History of Krypto the Superdog
Dave Fleischer’s fourth preserved National Film Registry movie
The Actor Roundtable: Daniel Craig, Paul Mescal and Colman Domingo on Impostor Syndrome
The Angel of the Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge
EOY
A Look Back on 2024 Through U.S. Census Bureau Data
‘Polarization’ is Merriam-Webster’s 2024 word of the year
J. Eric Smith’s Best Films of 2024, with links to his TV, music, book and music video lists
Chuck Miller’s 10 Best Photos of 2024, including his CPKC Holiday Train miracle
The Hollywood Reporter’s Top 24 Stories of 2024
Hollywood’s Most Notable Deaths of 2024 and TCM Remembers
Pop music mashups for 2024
THR: The 10 Best Songs and Best Albums 2024
Variety: The Worst Songs of 2024
More Music
Blue Moon was composed in 1931 by a 17-year-old, the son of Polish immigrants, after an evening of moonlit skating on a pond in upstate New York.
Mea Culpa (Ah! Ça ira!) -Gojira, at the Paris Olympics.
How Do You Spell Channukkahh – the Leevees
Papa Loves Mambo – Nat King Cole (mambo was the 12/29/2024 Wordle word)
Show Biz Kids – Steely Dan
I Think I’m Gonna Hate It Here – A Randy Rainbow Song Parody
Ruby Tuesday – Melanie (RIP 2024)
Like A Virgin – Madonna, the final US pop #1 for 1984
Remember (Walkin’ in the Sand) – The Shangri-Las (Mary Weiss, RIP 2024)
King Of The Road – Roger Miller
The Streetbeater, aka Sanford & Son Theme – Quincy Jones (RIP 2024)
2 Step In The Living Room – Terrace Martin & Alex Isley
Rebel Rouser – Duane Eddy (RIP 2024)
Sugar In The Tank– Julien Baker & TORRES
Think It Over – Cissy Houston (RIP 2024)
Onyx – Sakura Tsuruta
Box Of Rain – Grateful Dead (Phil Lesh, RIP 2024)
Nine Hundred Miles – Barbara Dane (RIP 2024)
Dubuque ’96 Stage-Crashers Remember a Uniquely Wild Bob Dylan Show
