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Tom Ley

David Roth

TOPSHOT - Running back TreVeyon Henderson (L) and US Vice President JD Vance bobble the College Football Playoff National Championship Trophy as US President Donald Trump hosts the 2025 College Football National Champions, Ohio State Buckeyes, celebrating the team's title-winning season with a ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, April 14, 2025. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP)

Politics

Point/Counterpoint: JD Vance Drops The National Championship Trophy

Barry Petchesky

Albert Burneko

CLEVELAND, OH - OCTOBER 17: David Fry #6 of the Cleveland Guardians gets doused with water after hitting a walk off two-run home run to beat the New York Yankees in Game 3 of the ALCS presented by loanDepot at Progressive Field on Thursday, October 17, 2024 in Cleveland, Ohio. (Photo by Mary DeCicco/MLB Photos via Getty Images)

Elder Wisdom

Point/Counterpoint: Friday Night Playoff Games

Kathryn Xu

Vintage color photograph of a chimpanzee in a skirt, stupid blouse, wristwatch and boots seated at a cluttered desk in a faux office, typing on a red typewriter. (Photo by Found Image Holdings/Corbis via Getty Images)

Science

Point/Counterpoint: Monkeys Typing Shakespeare


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Sabrina Imbler

Two coral snakes in a tug-of-war over a worm lizard called a caecilian

Creaturefector

Point/Counterpoint: That’s My Lunch!

Giri Nathan

Patrick Redford

Jannik Sinner smiles; an inset photo of Patrick Redford pointing

This Is So Stupid

Point/Counterpoint: I Am Not Jannik Sinner

Sen. Kyrtsen Sinema (D-AZ) speaks at a news conference after the Senate passed the Respect for Marriage Act at the Capitol Building on November 29, 2022.

Point/Counterpoint: Senator Kyrsten Sinema Retires

Kelsey McKinney

Luis Paez-Pumar

Bryson Stott, wearing the white pin-striped Phillies uniform, crosses home plate with an elated look. The Marlins catcher looks miserably at him.

Point/Counterpoint: Was The Phillies-Marlins Wild Card Series Good?

Lauren Theisen

Maitreyi Anantharaman

the Phillies celebrate in their locker room

Point/Counterpoint: Is Three Games A Playoff Series?

In this photograph taken on June 17, 2011 a Cessna Grand Caravan aircraft of Susi Air prepares to take off at Jayapura airport in Papua province. An Indonesian aircraft with one Australian and one Slovak pilot on board crashed in the country's remote Papua region on September 9, 2011, a company spokesman said, with both men feared dead. AFP PHOTO / ROMEO GACAD (Photo credit should read ROMEO GACAD/AFP via Getty Images)

Life's Rich Pageant

Point/Counterpoint: Landing A Plane If You Had To

Kalyn Kahler

Airline passengers wearing face masks wait to collect bags from a baggage carousel at the Harry Reid International Airport (LAS) on January 2, 2022 in Las Vegas, California. - Americans returning home from holiday travel had to battle another day of airport chaos on January 2, with more than 2,000 flights cancelled due to bad weather or airline staffing woes sparked by a surge in Covid cases. (Photo by Patrick T. FALLON / AFP) (Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)

Life Lessons

Point/Counterpoint: Checking Bags At The Airport

Soccer

Counterpoint: I’m From Denmark Now

Rush Limbaugh, who has since died, celebrates after receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom.