Christopher J. Scalia

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  • December 11, 2024
    Two weeks ago, the British House of Commons voted in favor of a bill that, according to the BBC, “would allow terminally ill adults expected to die within six months to seek...
  • November 12, 2024
    R.E.M. grew out of the vibrant music scene of Athens, Georgia, in 1980. Lead singer Michael Stipe, a recent transplant from the St. Louis suburbs, was taking...
  • October 2, 2024
    Pete Rose, Major League Baseball’s all-time hits leader, died at 83 Monday, roughly 35 years and a month after he signed a letter agreeing to a permanent ban from the sport....
  • September 2, 2024
    It’s been a big week for Oasis fans. On Tuesday, the group that once reasonably, if immodestly, billed itself as the greatest rock band in the world announced that it would be...
  • June 17, 2024
    Michael McDonald serenades us. On the radio, sure, plus on the television and the silver screen. He’s on heavy rotation at the grocery store and in the waiting room. Hear him...
  • April 2, 2024
    Earlier this month, to commemorate . . . well, it’s not clear what, The Atlantic released a list of 136 great American novels of the past 100 years. A brief...