Welcome to The Logoff. Today I’m focusing on Donald Trump’s effect on the economy, because we’re seeing some early indications of how the president’s policies are affecting the rest of us — and because the markets may influence his behavior going forward. What’s the latest? We got two early signs of how Trump’s economy is doing today. The […]

Spoiler warning: This post contains spoilers for the winner(s) of The Traitors’s third season. Bambi. Gaggy. Ciggy Mommy. Newlywed. America’s Sweetheart.  Former Bachelorette star and podcast host Gabby Windey has, at times, embodied all those ideals, and now she can add one more title to her bio: Traitors season three winner.  Windey, along with fellow […]

The iconic musical Hamilton canceled its high-profile plans to perform next year at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, reports the New York Times. The news comes just weeks after President Donald Trump got himself declared chair of the Kennedy Center. “This latest action by Trump means it’s not the Kennedy Center […]

Disney has added an explicitly Christian character to Pixar’s new series Win or Lose. That might not be head-turning in isolation, but it comes just months after nixing a transgender character’s storyline from the same show, and amid a cultural wave of pushbacks to diversification, both for Disney and the country at large. Now fans […]

I got my latest Screen Time report from Apple halfway through my daughter’s first day at Disney World. Waiting in line for rides, I’d been checking my phone reflexively, tapping app icons. Like many distracted parents, this triggered a pang of guilt that I was looking at a screen instead of being more present for […]