madness

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A commenter branded it an example of “the Backrooms,” described as “nothing but the stink of old moist carpet, the madness of mono-yellow, the endless background noise of fluorescent lights at maximum hum-buzz.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

The tension between the human need for both love and self-determination powers both art and madness, but never was it so tangibly brought to life than by Marilyn Monroe.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026

And it means that Stephen Colbert, one of the nation’s best vehicles for satirical critique, will no longer be on the air to make sense of the madness of the moment.

From Salon • May 19, 2026

There might be some method in that madness.

From Barron's • May 13, 2026

If Rajesh’s madness was the madness of arrival, then Jagu’s madness, my grandmother was convinced, was the madness of departure.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee