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David Faris

Chicago

Writer at Newsweek

Writer at Slate

Writer @Newsweek, @Slate, @TheWeek. Prof. of Politics @RooseveltU. Author, IT'S TIME TO FIGHT DIRTY. Regular guest @bennyjshow. Views are mine.

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  • 3 days ago | theweek.com | David Faris

    The Australian-made children's series "Bluey" is so adored by adults and children alike that it has spawned legions of think pieces since its debut in 2018. This time, the anthropomorphic Australian cattle dogs are making headlines regarding the show's distribution in the United States by Disney. The company mysteriously cut an episode called "Dad Baby" from its second season — but only in the U.S., where it remains inexplicably unavailable on Disney+ five years later.

  • 4 days ago | theweek.com | David Faris

    Summer action movies get the most attention, but the dog days are also when studios love to release big-name horror films. During the summer of 2024, Oz Perkins' goofy "Longlegs" dominated the genre's releases, and one of these five highly anticipated features is likely to do the same this year.

  • 1 week ago | theweek.com | David Faris

    Modern password management has become so complicated that there are entire apps like Bitwarden and Dashlane to help people use them. For those old enough to remember the early Internet era, however, even the ubiquitous login screen on your own computer would have seemed bizarre, let alone the reality of remembering dozens of different login configurations for everything from your work email to your retirement accounts.

  • 1 week ago | theweek.com | David Faris

    The rise of fast food chain restaurants was one of the most notable — and controversial — dining trends of the 20th century. Today there are more than 548,000 fast food restaurants in the world, with more than a third of them in the U.S. alone. If Americans are driving the world's fast food industry, what are their favorites in a marketplace that is now quite crowded?

  • 1 week ago | yahoo.com | David Faris

    When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Subway now has more locations in the US than McDonald's . | Credit: Zak Nuttall / 500px / Getty ImagesThe rise of fast food chain restaurants was one of the most notable — and controversial — dining trends of the 20th century. Today there are more than 548,000 fast food restaurants in the world, with more than a third of them in the U.S. alone.

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David Faris
David Faris @davidmfaris
6 Jan 25

RT @sethmaxon: Read @davidmfaris on the success of January 6th: “Virtually every person tasked with bringing Trump and his allies to justic…

David Faris
David Faris @davidmfaris
1 Jan 25

Oh c’mon. The story is not about rural food deserts. It explicitly talks about people driving hours to save absurdly small amounts of money on bread as part of an inflation narrative. If they were driving two hours for -all of their groceries- then why didn’t they say that?

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David Faris
David Faris @davidmfaris
25 Nov 24

Now might be a good time to re-evaluate which political party you support, unless you think mass deportations > saving children’s lives with vaccines.

Seth Mandel
Seth Mandel @SethAMandel

Earlier in my career I did some research work for health experts and a lot of it had to do with vaccines. A key thing to me was that they had changed the value of the life of a child. We stopped just expecting a certain number of children to die from seasonal maladies. Miracle.