On this day in 2007, Prince won Super Bowl XLI with a soaring halftime performance that climaxed with the skies opening up to honor his guitar solo. It is not just the best-regarded halftime show ever, but was to that point the most-viewed musical performance in American history.
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A Vintage Paper Airplane Collection
Harry Everett Smith was an artist and a collector. One of the things he collected was paper airplanes — he picked up hundreds of them from the streets and buildings of New York between 1961 and 1983.
It’s Time: The COVID Tracking Project Will Soon Come to an End
After a year of collecting, analyzing, and interpreting COVID-19 data for the United States, we’re ending our data compilation work in early March.
What the Hell Is Going On With GameStop’s Stock?
In April, GameStop was a struggling video game and electronics retailer trying to sort out its future as the pandemic worsened consumer trends that were already working against it.
@JasonKenney on Twitter, a Virginia man, is hearing from angry Albertans
EDMONTON — Jason Kenney is in the United States sending out tweets about his cabinet; not Alberta premier Jason Kenney, but a man who shares the same name and is renovating his kitchen.
A tale of two Jason Kenneys: Virginia man often mistaken for Alberta premier on Twitter
On Twitter, Jason Kenney is often confused with Alberta’s premier. You see, the man from Richmond, Virginia has the same name as the prominent Alberta politician.
The Dunning-Kruger Effect Is Probably Not Real
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Your brain on cortisol: Why overstressed gray matter is leading us astray in lockdown
When it comes to vices during the pandemic, simply put, it’s been difficult to say “no.” Drinking an extra glass of wine here, eating half a birthday cake in one sitting there — whatever it takes to escape the constant strain of life under lockdown. That seemed reasonable in March, anyway.
Billion-Dollar Book Companies Are Ripping Off Public Schools
For most of America’s 10 million middle schoolers, English class means enjoying—or, perhaps, enduring—the timeless narratives of the Western canon: Fahrenheit 451, Black Boy, The Giver, Parable of the Sower, 1984.
Zoom & its long-term impact
The cool, crisp fall weather, the smell of roasting turkey, the prospect of soft, silky pumpkin pie, and a chance to be with family are the usual harbingers of Thanksgiving in America. In pre-pandemic times, these things indicated that it was time to kick back and get into the holiday spirit.