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Nicholas Sheppard is a freelance journalist and author of the novels Broken Play and How to Disappear Completely.
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Disney Has the Right to Not Want to Work With Gina Carano
THIS IS AMERICAThe corporate behemoth is heavy-handed and hypocritical, but the former āMandalorianā actress doesnāt have a First Amendment right to a private sector job.

No One Dies In Movies Anymore (and Thatās Not Good)
BRING BACK DEATH!There are no emotional stakes for the audience if a character can get chopped in half, and then reappear later without explanation.

The Age of the Strongman Is Backābut Is It Here to Stay?
RESILIENT ROGUESFrom Erdogan to Netanyahu to Trumpāthis year has shown you canāt keep a populist authoritarian head of government down for long.

Jordan Petersonās Downfall Is How Boring Heās Become
MAPS OF MEHThe clinical psychologist and self-help guru was briefly an interesting and important public intellectual. Now heās just a predictable and dull internet crank.

Did The First Prez Inhale?
HAZY HISTORYGeorge Washingtonās rotting teeth and the gold-and-ivory dentures that replaced them caused enormous pain, which some believe he alleviated with weed.
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