In 1647, the Puritans in Boston banned Christmas as a pagan ritual. How’s that for a war on Christmas?
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Picking sides in the war on Christmas
Depending on your politics, your rallying cry is either “Merry Christmas” or “Happy holidays.”
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Suppose they gave a war on Christmas and nobody came
A stolen baby Jesus, three eco-warrior wise men and America’s merriest city seem like minor skirmishes in the culture wars of 2019.
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Impeachment: What Maine can teach the rest of the nation
On the evening of April 1, 1940, State Controller William Runnells sustained two self-inflicted gunshot wounds to the chest. Runnells’ nearly successful suicide attempt would punctuate the beginning of the last legislative proceeding in Maine government that sought removal of a high ranking government official. Though it’s been nearly four score years since this dramatic […]
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Baby, it’s cold outside — but it’s heating up on social media
In the #MeToo era, who better than People magazine’s ‘Sexiest Man Alive’ 2019 to remind us that consent is sexy by rewriting outdated lyrics?
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Should children sit on Santa’s lap?
Questions of consent amid the #MeToo movement surround a longtime tradition.
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The Disney+ launch ratchets up talk of streaming competition, but the same creators work for all of them
As the streaming wars intensify – Disney’s steaming service debuts Tuesday – companies are fighting to land creative talent. The skirmish is so fierce and the talent so scarce that competitors end up hiring the same creators.
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For streamers, the great unbundling was too good to be true
A parade of TV apps has consumers missing their cable-TV bundle. Media giants can’t ignore that.
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Apple, Disney and Netflix’s streaming battle isn’t winner-take-all
With the recent launch of Apple TV Plus and the imminent arrival of Disney Plus, the video landscape has never looked so competitive. These services join a crowded marketplace of subscription streaming services that includes Netflix, Hulu and Amazon Prime Video — with more to come next year. For viewers, the proliferation of services means more choice in shows […]
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If that was a retail apocalypse, then where are the refugees?
As the so-called retail apocalypse has shellacked a certain kind of mall retailer, the people who were hit hardest might not have been retail workers at all.