fox news Watch Tucker Carlson's bizarre Friday the 13th monologue about Patriotic Optimism Thom Dunn

art National Parks Service publishes hi-rez scans of Heinrich Berann's iconic, panoramic paintings of America's parks Cory Doctorow

America The Beautiful This man sang "America The Beautiful" in every National Park in America Caroline Siede

qanon shaman QAnon Shaman is back, dropping new "wisdom" on Twitter Jennifer Sandlin

politics Washington Post analysis of post-Jan. 6 Trump shows that he's become even more radical Ruben Bolling

music Joan Baez, 82, talks about drawing, panic attacks, and America's backward spiral David Pescovitz

tabloids LBJ killed JFK in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

wonderful thing Beloved Berkeley boutique Tail of the Yak closing Rusty Blazenhoff

Rest in Peace Watch John Prine sing a song to Gordon Lightfoot Jennifer Sandlin

elliott smith Watch this recently unearthed footage of Elliott Smith playing "Clementine" on a morning show from 1995, flanked by a weird puppet and a snarky Tom Bergeron Jennifer Sandlin

racism "Crying Indian" anti-pollution ad to be retired for good Rob Beschizza

Reframing railroad history Railroads and US Imperialism Elías Villoro

MAGA's America Florida college cancels concert because singer openly lives a "lifestyle that contradicts scripture" Carla Sinclair

lies Contact lens applicators and misappropriated memories Andrew Yi

1st Year = 31st Dog Year'ish Dog Years is to Human Years as 7 is to 1 = Wrong Andrew Yi

sports Brazilian soccer legend Pelé, RIP David Pescovitz

corruption On sportswashing, FIFA, and being a critical consumer of the sports you love Jennifer Sandlin

events Slow Impact is "A skate vacation in the desert" with panels, art, live music and more Elías Villoro

Booth and the Bad Angel is a Badalamenti classic worth revisiting Elías Villoro

trauma Arizona's Carefarm is where grief can be embraced, not avoided Elías Villoro