beethoven actor Rest in peace Charles Grodin, 86 Kevin Reome

music The Hardest Thing shows Gorillaz at their best again Grant St. Clair

tabloids A paranoid prince, proof of UFOs, and a panicked Trump in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

music The Swedish rock album that came with a supplemental reading list Elías Villoro

christianity Watch: Michele Bachmann said she spent Christmas telling her 3- and 6-year-old grandkids that the "eternal fires" of Hell await them Mark Frauenfelder

sociopathic cults One-fifth of Americans believe every school shooting is a fake event filled with "crisis actors" Jennifer Sandlin

very stable geniuses MAGA-loving Christian prophetess Kat Kerr promises you can ride sabertooth tigers and woolly mammoths in Heaven Mark Frauenfelder

christian nationalists Kirk Cameron, Christian Reconstructionism, and The Homeschool Revolution Jennifer Sandlin

live music Carsie Blanton is making live music great again Matt Maranian

meat loaf Antivaxxers at Lincoln Memorial play Meat Loaf to honor their fallen covidiot hero Mark Frauenfelder

tabloids Obama Public Enemy No.1 in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

art "In" is a gorgeous graphic novel about trying to find genuine human connections Thom Dunn

guns AR-15-worshipping Christian church opens new private compound in Texas Thom Dunn

Rock n Roll Prince's epic "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" guitar solo has a new director's cut Thom Dunn

tabloids Hollywood's most hated in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

AI Text this number with the name of a musical artist, and an AI responds with lyrics written in that style Thom Dunn

tabloids Prince Harry a drug kingpin, Bill Clinton's latest sex scandal, and escaping Scientology, in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

tabloids RFK's mystery shooter, the Queen's wrath, and Doris Day's dogs, in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

trump Guatemalan boy, 16, dies in US Border Patrol custody — 5th child dead at border under Trump Xeni Jardin

science fiction Exclusive excerpt of Rudy Rucker's new novel: Million Mile Road Trip Mark Frauenfelder