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Dolly Parton was fond of saying, ‘It takes a lot of money to look this cheap.’ Paul Natkin/Getty Images

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Dolly Parton took control of her career by making men the butt of the joke

Staff Writer - September 2, 2026

The legendary artist often spoke about her own evolving faith. AP Photo/Jae C. Hong

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Dolly Parton was more than a musical idol – for some fans, she was a spiritual icon

Theatergoers arrive for ‘Leopoldstadt,’ a play about several generations of a Jewish family in Vienna, at Wyndham’s Theatre in London in 2020. Isabel Infantes/AFP via Getty Images

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Many Americans are moving away from congregations, but not necessarily from religion – movies, plays, art and social media fill the gap

William T. Vollmann has spent his career refusing to distill the world into dichotomies. Maria Moratti/Getty Images

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Just as the world appears to be losing its appetite for books, William T. Vollmann pens a 3,000‑page novel

The ‘Three Pure Ones,’ the deities considered the most pure representation of the Dao. Unknown author via Wikimedia Commons

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From ancient texts to modern practices, Daoism provides a profound framework for understanding the world not as broken but as naturally seeking balance

Bruce Springsteen performs in Atlanta on Aug. 22, 1975, during the ‘Born to Run’ tour. Tom Hill/WireImage via Getty Images

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Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Born to Run’ still speaks to a nation vacillating...

Staff Writer - August 24, 2025

The outspoken wrestler attends a news conference in 2014. Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images

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Hulk Hogan’s daughter can’t write herself out of the wrestler’s will...

Staff Writer - August 23, 2025

Stephen Colbert has been defiant following the cancellation of The Late Show. Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP

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What an old folktale can teach us about the ‘annoying persistence’...

Staff Writer - August 19, 2025

Hulk Hogan was arguably WWE’s biggest star in the 1980s. Wally McNamee/Corbis via Getty Images

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Hulk Hogan and the unraveling of worker solidarity

Staff Writer - August 7, 2025

‘Boys’ love’ literature depicts an idealized version of gay male sex. Ed Gottschalk/Wikimedia Commons

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China’s arrests of boys’ love authors does not equate to a...

Staff Writer - July 31, 2025

Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, pose for a photo in 1986 in Los Angeles. Donaldson Collection/Michael Ochs Archives via Getty Images

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Gene Hackman had a will, but the public may never find...

Staff Writer - July 30, 2025

Once viewed by elites with disdain, bachata has become popular worldwide. Erika Santelices/AFP via Getty Images

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How bachata rose from Dominican Republic’s brothels and shantytowns to become...

Staff Writer - July 27, 2025

Musician Jimmy Buffett and his wife, Jane Slagsvol, attend a Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts event in 2018 in New York. Evan Agostini/Invision via AP

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Legal wrangling over estate of Jimmy Buffett turns his widow’s huge...

Staff Writer - July 2, 2025

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