In recent years, The New Republic, one of the nation's leading magazines of political and cultural commentary, has been embarrassed by scandals involving two of journalism's original sins: fabrication ...

At the turn of the century, he was about as famous as a white ribbed sock could get. Playful, a bit naughty and ever so snarky, the mascot for the San Francisco-based company was voiced by comedian ...

SAN FRANCISCO — It wasn’t his first job choice, but at least the Pets.com sock puppet hasn’t joined the high-tech unemployment line. One of the most recognizable icons of the dot-com era has a new ...

Watching Attorney General Jeff Sessions confound Senate Democrats during his intelligence committee testimony was like watching a puppet show. Sessions was the hand. And the Democrats were the socks.