The series ends Monday night. — “Better Call Saul,” a show I’ve argued augurs the end of an era in television, is finishing its six-season run Monday night on AMC at 9 p.m. ET. The show, I’d argue, outpaces “Breaking Bad,” the show it famously was a spinoff from, because of the psychological complexity of its…

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Pretty wide range of possibilities! — The way time seems to sprint away from you as you get older would argue to the contrary, but the fact is that five years is a long time. Five years ago, Louis CK was one of the most celebrated, beloved entertainers in the country; now he is, uh, not…

There were so many. But that was the worst. — I try not to get too angry about politics, not because it’s not worth getting angry about — it almost always is, particularly over the last seven years — but because if you’re not careful, you’ll always be angry. And that’s no way to live, even if it’s justified. (Especially…

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It’s not even all that controversial, not anymore. — It has become an axiom of political and sociological thought that we are a divided country. Blue states, red states, 50–50, two sides that absolutely cannot understand what the other side could possibly be thinking — we can’t come together on anything. It is my experience, walking around the earth…

There are so many problematic faves. — My son William is a Cleveland Browns fan. He cheers for the Browns — who play in a town that’s exactly 703 miles from our house in Athens, Georgia — because his favorite player is former Bulldog Nick Chubb, and Chubb plays for the Browns. He’s such a big fan…

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Thank God. — The picture above features my family two years ago: My son William starting third grade, my son Wynn starting first grade and my wife, like me, trying to find a window to jump out of. It has been two years since America began its grand virtual learning experiment. Sure, virtual…