Sidecar dogs: On the road with some easy, furry riders
Here, six dog-is-my-copilot motorcyclists from across the country tell their stories, which have been edited for length and clarity.
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How a ‘Walking Dead’ spoiler website became an AMC target
Fans of a spoiler website centered around TV series "The Walking Dead" were met with shocking news this week via Facebook post. The website, which crowd sources eerily accurate predictions...
What a mathematically incorrect Facebook meme gets right about the lottery
An Arkansas rapper casually solved American poverty this week with the simple post of a Facebook meme. "Powerball 1.3 billion U.S. pop 300 million," read the Monday post; the jackpot...
What does Guitar Center sound like? Two musicians secretly recorded customers to find out
This summer, a pair of independent musicians -- Baltimore's Danny Greenwald and Brooklyn's Noah Wall -- released new albums online. This is not exactly notable, and on the surface there...
Stephen and Damian Marley: The sound of reggae’s 2nd generation
More than 30 years after the death of their father, the sons of Bob Marley continue to tour and draw crowds to the sounds of reggae. In a year that...
In Baltimore, Prince sets an agenda for change
Baltimore can be a greedy city. I remembered that Sunday night at the Royal Farms Arena, after Prince had given the third encore of his Rally 4 Peace concert. Admittedly,...
How unrequited love can make us more creative
When Sam Smith accepted his fourth Grammy last Sunday, he acknowledged an unusual muse. "I want to thank the man who this record is about, who I fell in love...
Why did it take 30 years for people to believe my Bill Cosby allegations?
Editor's note: A representative for Bill Cosby did not return multiple calls and emails from Washington Post staff for comment on this piece. Elsewhere, Cosby repeatedly denied separate sexual-assault allegations...
Review: ‘Walking the Camino: Six Ways to Santiago’ ★★ 1/2
Depending on how you look at it, a movie about El Camino de Santiago could be brilliant or brutally boring. On one hand, the pilgrimage, which started as a religious...
REVIEW: ‘Shirin in Love’ ★ 1/2
The heroine of "Shirin in Love" is pretty, charming and klutzy. The romantic comedy about the young Iranian-American has glimmers of all those qualities too, but klutziness would have to...