christmas music Run-DMC's lesser-known holiday track 'Christmas Is' asks listeners to 'give up the dough' Rusty Blazenhoff

podcast Podcast: Listen to me dissect the very first episode of "Real World" with "TV Show Show" Rusty Blazenhoff

television Paramount backs off attempt to suppress Stephen Colbert's post-Late Show public access party Ruben Bolling

politics Scottish politician illegally used party funds to pay for camper van, fancy pencil sharpener, toilet seat, and curry sauce Rob Beschizza

Weird Caracas has a mysterious black highway goo that has killed 1,800 people Ellsworth Toohey

economics Why America is deeply, uniformly unhappy Ellsworth Toohey

new york city Hudson river fish edible for first time in 50 years Rob Beschizza

Science A 1992 paper proposed classifying happiness as a psychiatric disorder Ellsworth Toohey

music Neil Sedaka dead at 86 Rob Beschizza

The Simpsons Michael Stipe returns to The Simpsons with "Everybody Kirks" Jennifer Sandlin

Entertainment DinoLand U.S.A., R.I.P. Ruben Bolling

History How comic publishers tricked the trademark office with garbage comics Ellsworth Toohey

politics "We executed one of you": MAGA cheers ICE killing of a mother of three Jason Weisberger

History The Pennsylvania town destroyed by a fire burning since 1962 Ellsworth Toohey

Delightful Creatures Perhaps don't let the bear into the house Jason Weisberger

vaccination Canada loses measles-free status as anti-vax ignorance spreads faster than the virus Jason Weisberger

Food Private equity group eats Denny's for breakfast Rob Beschizza

worse things happen at sea Watch as the replica of Columbus's Santa Maria sinks (video) Jason Weisberger

art Tina Turner statue dismays fans: "Simply the worst" Rob Beschizza

mondo 2000 San Francisco, June 7: Celebrate the cyberculture with Mondo 2000's RU Sirius, Mark Pauline, Cintra Wilson, Rudy Rucker, Cindy Cohn, and phriendz David Pescovitz