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‘Succession’ Returns, with no real people involved

“Succession,” whose scabrously funny third season begins Sunday, is superficially in the same genre as “Dynasty,” “Dallas” and other bygone soaps about the unhappy superrich. 

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Review: The math of ‘Foundation’ doesn’t add up

“Foundation” is more consistent than “Wolves,” but less magnetic because of its concessions to sci-fi expectations. It could have been better, if only, like Hari Seldon’s disciples, it had faith…

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Is 9/11 a day, or is it an Era?

Twenty years later, is there anything still to say about Sept. 11? Of course; it would be unimaginable to simply ignore it. A tougher question is: Is there anything more to say than there…

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TV's battle of the binge: Why the wait can be worth it

Slow down? We are not much of a slowdown society these days. If people can have something, they increasingly believe they should, in Costco-size portions, to be savored or swallowed anaconda-like…

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Donald Trump lost his battle. The culture war goes on.

You could say that the Donald Trump presidency effectively ended when the polls closed election night or when news outlets called the contest for Joe Biden four days later

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