Susan Collins’ vote on impeachment comes with a cost no matter what

If U.S. Sen. Collins votes to impeach President Donald Trump, it may well cost her job. If she doesn’t, it will almost certainly cost her reputation.    

2020: aka 2019 Part II

The ideas, debates and questions that we'll be talking about for the next 12 months

Your definitive guide to Christmas season arguments

All we want for Christmas is to fight about it online.

The ‘War on Christmas’ dates back to colonial America

In 1647, the Puritans in Boston banned Christmas as a pagan ritual. How's that for a war on Christmas?

Picking sides in the war on Christmas

Depending on your politics, your rallying cry is either "Merry Christmas" or "Happy holidays."

Suppose they gave a war on Christmas and nobody came

A stolen baby Jesus, three eco-warrior wise men and America's merriest city seem like minor skirmishes in the culture wars of 2019.

Impeachment: What Maine can teach the rest of the nation

Baby, it’s cold outside — but it’s heating up on social media

In the #MeToo era, who better than People magazine's 'Sexiest Man Alive' 2019 to remind us that consent is sexy by rewriting outdated lyrics?

Should children sit on Santa’s lap?

Questions of consent amid the #MeToo movement surround a longtime tradition.

The Disney+ launch ratchets up talk of streaming competition, but the same creators work for all of them

As the streaming wars intensify - Disney's steaming service debuts Tuesday - companies are fighting to land creative talent. The skirmish is so fierce and the talent so scarce that competitors end up hiring the same creators.