Tag: humor

Ben Rhodes was a speechwriter and security adviser for President Obama. His book, All We Say, is a collection of 15 speeches — from Ben Franklin to Trump — about what it means to be American.

The new movie tells a story about how good meteorology can literally win wars. It also takes us back in time, to when the United States was at a disadvantage when it came to weather science.

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A painting of George Washington is being used by the Trump administration to argue the founders were devout Christians, but historians have doubts about whether the moment depicted actually happened.

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NPR’s Steve Inskeep speaks with Dana White, president and CEO of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, about his plans to build a fighting arena on the White House lawn.

Roland Garros, a WWI-era pilot, is credited with revolutionizing aerial combat. The major Paris tennis tournament was named after him in 1928, a decade after his death in combat.

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The End of the Sahara is a kaleidoscopic murder mystery by the Algerian writer Saïd Khatibi. An Enigma by the Sea is a witty, socially astute novel set along well-to-do Tuscan coast.

Sedaris says the best part of reading his work to an audience is earning the laughs — or the groans. “A collective groan is fine with me,” he says. His new book is The Land and Its People.

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I take a mental health walk and call my mother. I then take another mental health walk.

CBS and Paramount backed away from copyright challenges to limit distribution of Stephen Colbert’s appearance on a Michigan cable access show. He ended his run as host of “The Late Show” on Thursday.

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Pity the poor large language model!