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  1. Issue · Aug 2, 2026

    MILFmobile (opens the original)

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    One of my neighbors has a MILFmobile. It’s a black SUV, maybe ten years old, usually dusty. What makes it a MILFmobile is the bumper sticker. In hot pink letters it says: M.I.L.F. — Man, I love fishin’.Last Sunday, on the way to get bagels, Christina and I saw another MILFmobile. I changed lanes to get behind the MILFmobile, and hoped for a red light. As we drove, we debated who the driver, a loud and proud MILF lover, might be. Christina guessed creeper. I thought it was a geek of the McLovin v

  2. Issue · Jul 26, 2026

    Communist tires (opens the original)

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  3. Issue · Jul 19, 2026

    (dis)content (opens the original)

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    <img alt="Distorted text that reads content on a dark background" class="sizing-normal" height="1880" src="https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1765445666069-af9b445f6a5c?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=M3wzMDAzMzh8MHwxfHN

  4. Issue · Jul 12, 2026

    Check your balls (opens the original)

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    <img alt="a person holding two tomatoes in their hand" class="sizing-normal" height="506" src="https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1696355743338-546736da2411?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=M3wzMDAzMzh8MHwxfHNlYXJjaHw2fHx

  5. Issue · Jul 4, 2026

    Happy birthday, America (opens the original)

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    America turns 250 today, although the country doesn’t look a day over 200, if you ask me. Some Americans celebrate the 4th of July with zero reflection. For them, this holiday is hamburgers and hotdogs, parades, beer, pool parties, baseball, and fireworks. Other Americans, perhaps after too much reflection, say they can’t celebrate the 4th of July. They enjoy the things other Americans enjoy, but they insist, America has a problematic history and an equally problematic present that makes celebra

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