What Boredom Actually Means
The virtues and frustrations of being bored
The virtues and frustrations of being bored
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Every president has wide authority to use military force.
The platform seeded its own content-moderation crisis.
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The reboot of the classic teen comedy Mean Girls sands off its source material’s edges, to mixed results.
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And ignoring its clear dictate is a dangerous choice to make.
Neither conservatives nor liberals trust academic institutions, because they are dishonest.
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