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Joshua David Stein is the critic-at-large at The Daily Beast.
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Meet Britain’s Banksy of Punctuation
Own ItFor years an anonymous Englishman has gone around erasing misplaced apostrophes in the signs on shops and offices and inserting them where they’re needed. Now he’s a folk hero.

Did Insane Clown Posse Rip Off A Poet?
CLOWNINGThe clown-themed horrorcore duo is being sued by a poet whose work is best known by readers of ‘Chicken Soup for the Soul.’

Hollywood Has No New Ideas and That’s OK
Déjà Vu Again?The plethora of movie sequels clogging the multiplex can make you feel as though your life were stuck on spin cycle. But if the movies don’t change, we do, and that’s a blessing.

'Girl' Toys Take On the Patriarchy
TOYS ARE USToys used to reinforce rigid gender roles for boys and girls—now they're tearing them down.

Farewell to Ringling's Sad Spectacle
RIPThere are a few residual thrills—who doesn’t love to see motorcyclists whizzing in a cage—but mostly the Greatest Show on Earth is anything but.

Is This the Best Sex Ed Book Ever?
Wise CounselTeenagers’ ignorance and inexperience about sex is matched only by the mountains of misinformation they contend with. Lucky for them, Paul Joannides is here to help.

Arianna Naps Through Trump’s Nightmare
OpinionArianna Huffington thinks we’d all be better off if we got more sleep, but her fixation on snoozing comes at precisely the wrong time. In the age of Trump, wakefulness is the key.

Can We Really Call Motorsport a Sport?
AROUND AND AROUNDAfter watching the Rolex 24, um, race at Daytona International Speedway, it’s hard not to think that motorsport is less about racing and more about big egos, vanity, and loud, loud marketing.

Chuck Yeager: The Last Man Standing
We Have a ProblemChuck Yeager is the last of the early generation of space pioneers, a vestige of an heroic era that seems to hold little inspiration for the science-phobic Donald Trump.

The Hunt for Missing 'Caddyshack' Yacht
Show BoatNever mind that the boat helmed by Rodney Dangerfield makes what might politely be called a cameo appearance in the movie. It’s still got a story all its own.
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