Nothing makes me feel elderly like logging on to one of the social media platforms to see the same exact damn conversation ...

What has it been like to watch the Giants this year? In 1184, Henry VI, King of Germany, of the royal house of Hohenstaufen, was marching to war in Poland, from his capital in Aachen. His path took ...

The government is keeping more than secrets at Area 51 and basic healthcare from us. They are also withholding a beautiful book of botanical paintings by Deborah Griscom Passmore. I first became ...

The Southeastern Conference has not had a good go of it in this year’s bowl season. The conference reached a low point during ...

Unsatisfied that the Miami Heat didn’t get the hint the first or second times around, Jimmy Butler finally just said it on ...

Perhaps like their shooting percentage, the harmony and good vibes of the Vancouver Canucks were due for regression this year ...

This is what the Defector staff enjoyed eating in 2024.

The Charlotte Hornets are puke. By win percentage they are one of the three or four worst teams in basketball, but unlike ...

The good thing about hinging some degree of your mental health on working out is that you can almost always exercise; the bad ...

Hats are a relatively indiscriminate fashion choice. For starters, you can buy them at gas stations, when we all know the ...

Who threw the glass in the street, man? That query has echoed in my head ever since I saw D. A. Pennebaker’s 1967 documentary Don’t Look Back, which captured in cinéma vérité the overwhelming ...

In the summer of 2023, I pitched a story about Jimmy Carter outliving his hospice welcome. Carter, the former president who ...