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The Week Staff A brief history of Christmas trees Jeff Spross The policy experiment that might just save Puerto Rico Noah Millman Will Al Franken run again? Jim Kozubek Why we can't engineer cleverness The Week Staff The campiest bar in America Katherine Knowles 11 essential British condiments every American should know about Adam Wernick The future of sustainable meat David A. Weintraub Was the Star of Bethlehem real? Tasting Table Staff 9 perfectly romantic winter travel destinations The Week Staff 11 hilarious Christmas-themed political cartoons MOST POPULAR The most respectable conspiracy theory in Washington Matthew Walther Trump accuses FBI deputy director of corruption in Clinton investigation Bonnie Kristian Trump reportedly told wealthy Mar-a-Lago friends they 'just got a lot richer' thanks to the tax bill Bonnie Kristian Now that the GOP tax plan is law, the IRS must figure out how it works Bonnie Kristian Mattis tells troops to be 'ready to go' to war to avoid war Bonnie Kristian CAPTURED: A PHOTO BLOG Lauren Hansen The week's best photojournalism Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser.  Unsubscribe from this list | Update subscription preferences | Privacy Policy © 2015 THE WEEK PUBLICATIONS, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. THE WEEK ® IS A REGISTERED TRADEMARK OWNED BY FELIX DENNIS. Get 4 Risk-Free issues of The Week TRY IT OUT