Articles filed under Washington Post
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You're not alone: Thrillers and mysteries that also feature characters stuck in isolationJun 23, 2020 6:00 am - Sheltering in place doesn't mean you can't go visiting. You can drop in on fictional characters trapped in isolated houses in out-of-the-way places. No social distancing...
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6 summer shows to watch as TV's stockpile of new shows begins to thinJun 23, 2020 6:00 am - The moment of reckoning is here, my couch-bound friends - where the COVID-19 pandemic and social-distancing shutdown collides with what would have been the summer TV sch...
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Tips from experts on heading to swimming pools during the pandemicJun 22, 2020 6:00 am - You may have little concern over jumping into a public pool during a normal summer. This summer, however, our minds are on pressing health and wellness concerns, like co...
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New TV is starting to dwindle, so watch these three recent shows that are among summer's bestJun 22, 2020 6:00 am - With the pandemic shutdown beginning to slow the usual open-hydrant blast of new dramas and comedies down to a trickle, there's an excellent opportunity for viewers and ...
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You're never too old to regain that lost muscle - even at homeJun 22, 2020 6:00 am - Pandemic life has a way of revealing our weaknesses. For those of us of a certain age, I mean that literally. If you are feeling like certain household activities - toti...
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Movie theaters tackling a new role: psychologistJun 22, 2020 1:00 am - How to remain a refuge amid pandemic protocols?
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Book reviews: Advice for anxious fathers of 21st-century sonsJun 21, 2020 7:28 am - "Boys & Sex" by Peggy Orenstein (Harper) "Gay Like Me" by Richie Jackson (Harper) "Raising Boys to Be Good Men" by Aaron Gouveia (Skyhorse) Books about ho...
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'Perry Mason' gets an update — and a personality — in new HBO miniseriesJun 21, 2020 7:00 am - Perry Mason, the defense attorney hero of Erle Stanley Gardner's legal thrillers (which have sold some 300 million copies since first debuting in 1933), has been ripe fo...
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Book review: The president as parent - consoler, protector or, sometimes, failureJun 20, 2020 7:28 am - "The Hardest Job in the World: The American Presidency" by John Dickerson (Random House) Throughout our history, presidents have played a parental role f...
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Netflix's 'The Politician' is back for another cynical run, but the snark attacks get tiresomeJun 20, 2020 7:27 am - Last year's polling data on the first season of Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Ian Brennan's Netflix series "The Politician" came back somewhat mixed, as it should have. ...