It’s time for one of my favorite genres: the end-of-year listicle. So before we shift our attention to 2018, let’s reflect on some of the best music to come out in 2017.

Top federal officials like Steve Mnuchin seem to think taxpayers owe them private charter flights at top expense.

Facebook claims to ‘build community’ and ‘bring the world closer together.’ Its actual mission is maximal monetization by exploiting users through monopolistic surveillance.

There can be no debate about the propriety of keeping the following statues intact. There is only one side: they must be smashed.

Unlike previous albums, ‘Everything Now’ features little to no music excellence—which means its heavy philosophical lyrics fall flat.

‘Game of Thrones’ rarely focuses on aspects of the human condition unrelated to power struggles. It is a prolonged depiction of the singular, relentless pursuit of power.

Try this thought experiment. Decipher what the correct view of morality ought to be and determine whether your moral intuitions are valid.

Lost in the Westbrook mania is the fact that the Bearded One is matching him stat for stat, all while shooting fewer shots and securing a far more impressive win total for his team.

At a Christian philosophical conference, Oxford University professor Richard Swinburne suggested homosexuality is like a disability. His talk sponsors have apologized; his coarse detractors have not.

The problem is not that each side is so passionate; the problem, rather, is that this process is structurally hostile to sound reasoning and sober judgment.

If our transhuman overlords are interested in running simulations in order to learn things about humanity, why run the simulations with characters who are conscious of pain?

This year in the NBA finals: A rematch of the game’s two biggest stars on the game’s biggest stage.

Voters think Ted Cruz is very competitive with Donald Trump at being tough on terrorism.

No other candidate in the field can match — let alone eclipse — Hillary Clinton’s abiding unpopularity like Donald Trump can.

Donald Trump supporters think it’s more important to be part of a movement than they care to analyze whether that movement will get them to the place they want to be.

If viewers didn’t care about Donald Trump, the media would turn their attention to something else.

Here’s what the Iowa caucus-goers are like who reportedly will hand Donald Trump a win on February 1.

President Obama’s rhetoric is wildly out of step with his performance. That’s why people like to listen to him but don’t believe a word he says.

Because she’ll probably get elected anyway.

The West will be a bloodbath, MVP likelies, and more out of the NBA season that opens tonight.