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Santorum and Boies contraception

Catholic tribalism and the contraceptive flap

Watching liberals defend a church they disagree with showed us that even Catholic insiders can feel like outsiders

And the oscar goes to Oscars

And the Oscar goes to … “Twilight”!

What if the Academy honored movies that people really liked? The "Twilight" vs. "Melancholia" showdown, at last

Howard Dean and Rudy Giuliani

The terrorist group American politicians love

A new report claims that MEK is behind the assassination of Iran's scientists, and Israel funds them

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Esasha LeBlanc, left, an Army drill sergeant at Fort Jackson, S.C., works with Pvt. Daniel Ladd, 17, of Darlington, S.C. Pentagon

Female soldiers fight the brass ceiling

While relenting on gay soldiers, the Pentagon still excludes women from combat

President Barack Obama, accompanied by Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, announces the revamp of his contraception policy contraception

A compromise only zealots won't take

Obama's birth control move may have satisfied most sides -- and revealed the truth about the bishops' opposition

Writer Salman Rushdie attends an event in the Joan Fuster state library in Barcelona Salman Rushdie

Salman Rushdie fears nothing

The famed author opens up to Salon about new threats, his just-finished memoir and his forthcoming TV show

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Friday, Feb 10, 2012 9:27 PM UTC2012-02-10T21:27:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Confronting CPAC

The two Americas clash at CPAC

Union demonstrators march on the conservative enclave

Topics: 15Comments

Friday, Feb 10, 2012 8:40 PM UTC2012-02-10T20:40:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Glamour magazine

Making the perfect cover girl

After polling its readers about retouching, Glamour vows to back off Photoshop

Topics:, 11Comments

Friday, Feb 10, 2012 7:15 PM UTC2012-02-10T19:15:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Friday, Feb 10, 2012 6:57 PM UTC2012-02-10T18:57:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Rick Santorum

The answer that’s been staring them in the face

Rick Santorum's CPAC performance demonstrates what separates him from previous Romney foes: Competence

Topics: 48Comments

Friday, Feb 10, 2012 6:10 PM UTC2012-02-10T18:10:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Karl Lagerfeld and British singer Adele

Adele: Too fat for fashion designer

Karl Lagerfeld backpedals on his insulting comments about the pop star's weight -- only to blunder again

Topics:, , 59Comments

Friday, Feb 10, 2012 5:00 PM UTC2012-02-10T17:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Ask the pilot

Mexico City does it right

Bleachers in the arrivals lobby -- brilliant. Plus: The funniest thing ever written

Topics: 32Comments

Friday, Feb 10, 2012 3:00 PM UTC2012-02-10T15:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
This Oct. 12, 2011 file photo shows the J.P. Morgan Chase logo at the base of one of the bank's larger Lower Manhattan buildings in New York

The big banks win again

Foreclosure victims get little help in a mortgage-settlement plan that only benefits the banks' bottom line

Topics:, , 31Comments

Friday, Feb 10, 2012 2:34 PM UTC2012-02-10T14:34:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Henrique Capriles Radonsk

The man who could beat Chavez

A charismatic governor has emerged as the first legitimate threat to the Venezuelan president's 13-year tenure

Topics:, 19Comments

Friday, Feb 10, 2012 1:00 PM UTC2012-02-10T13:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
jimmyd

How you know Obama is winning

Against the backdrop of good economic news, the annual CPAC hysteria and insults don’t have quite the same sting

Topics: 66Comments

Friday, Feb 10, 2012 1:00 PM UTC2012-02-10T13:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Occupy Wall street demonstrators near the New York Stock Exchange during what organizers called a "Day of Action" in New York, November 17, 2011.

Can the 1 percent accept “enough”?

The rich can't stop trying to justify exorbitant salaries for everyone from Wall Street bankers to college coaches

Topics: 125Comments

Friday, Feb 10, 2012 1:00 PM UTC2012-02-10T13:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Hawks who ignore the miltary on Iran

The neocons’ big Iran lie

The right-wing hawks who thought Iraq would be a cakewalk think it'd be easy to attack Iran. Real soldiers say no.

Topics: 101Comments

Friday, Feb 10, 2012 1:00 AM UTC2012-02-10T01:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Am I normal

She called me a “manwhore”

When he dumped his ex, she told everyone that he was easy. Now he wants to know: Can a man be "slut-shamed"?

Topics: 40Comments

Friday, Feb 10, 2012 1:00 AM UTC2012-02-10T01:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
A still from "Chico & Rita"

Pick of the week: A spectacular Cuban-jazz love story

Pick of the week: Surprise Oscar nominee "Chico & Rita" is a smoldering animated romance, with killer music

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Friday, Feb 10, 2012 1:00 AM UTC2012-02-10T01:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
People waiting in line at a job fair in Portland, Ore.

When my job stopped paying

After a year of unemployment, I landed a contract gig. Then the paychecks stopped coming -- but the work didn't

Topics:, , , 36Comments

Friday, Feb 10, 2012 1:00 AM UTC2012-02-10T01:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Cary Tennis

I’m the worst person ever!

I come on like I'm something special, then I flame out

Topics:, 57Comments

Friday, Feb 10, 2012 1:00 AM UTC2012-02-10T01:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
DueEastOverShadequarterMountain-large

The beautiful evolution of maps

From ancient Egypt to modern America, these artifacts are a hallmark of civilization

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Thursday, Feb 9, 2012 9:41 PM UTC2012-02-09T21:41:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
GOP brokered convention scenario

The deadlock scenario

Mitt Romney’s week from hell has revived the most enduring fantasy of political junkies

Topics: 22Comments

Thursday, Feb 9, 2012 9:20 PM UTC2012-02-09T21:20:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Sen. Marco Rubio addresses the American Conservative Union's annual Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, February 9, 2012.

CPAC welcomes white nationalists

Three noted white supremacy enthusiasts to host anti-diversity panel at conservative conference

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Thursday, Feb 9, 2012 8:30 PM UTC2012-02-09T20:30:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
is the mortgage settlement a sell out?

The foreclosure deal: Every little bit counts

The banks don't get the punishment they deserve, but the White House finally gets some traction on housing woes

Topics: 44Comments

Thursday, Feb 9, 2012 7:38 PM UTC2012-02-09T19:38:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Santorum and Boies

Reason vs. hysteria in the birth control debate

David Boies explains the issue in terms of labor law, while Santorum says Obama may lead us to the "guillotine"

Topics:, , 144Comments

Thursday, Feb 9, 2012 5:22 PM UTC2012-02-09T17:22:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
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Facebook’s threat to a poor Silicon Valley city

As the social media giant opens a new campus nearby, East Palo Alto residents fear for their community's future

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Thursday, Feb 9, 2012 4:55 PM UTC2012-02-09T16:55:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
fm3

The right’s Shepard Fairey

Jon McNaughton's painting of Obama trampling the Constitution has made him conservatives' favorite new artist

Topics:, 406Comments

Thursday, Feb 9, 2012 4:05 PM UTC2012-02-09T16:05:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Former CIA officer John Kiriakou and Bradley Manning

Obama’s unprecedented war on whistleblowers

From Manning to Kiriakou, critics are aggressively targeted as the White House turns a blind eye to abuses

Topics:, , 77Comments

Thursday, Feb 9, 2012 3:00 PM UTC2012-02-09T15:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Sheldon Adelson

Adelson’s other pet project: The Israeli right

Newt's billionaire backer poured tens of millions into a media campaign to get Netanyahu elected prime minister

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Thursday, Feb 9, 2012 1:00 PM UTC2012-02-09T13:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
A still from "The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975"

The civil rights battle ignored by the U.S. media

The documentary "Black Power Mixtape" tells a counter-history of the 1960s, through the eyes of foreign journalists

Topics:, , , , 14Comments

Thursday, Feb 9, 2012 1:00 PM UTC2012-02-09T13:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
A special deal for the churches?

Obama’s winning hand on religion

Policies based on science and reason are the best way to protect free exercise of religious belief

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Thursday, Feb 9, 2012 12:55 PM UTC2012-02-09T12:55:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Mitt Romney in August, 2006

When Mitt was scared of a fight

His newest attack on Rick Santorum serves as an unwitting reminder of his own political cowardice

Topics: 15Comments

Thursday, Feb 9, 2012 1:00 AM UTC2012-02-09T01:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
In church

On birth control, Romney mirrored Obama

An antiabortion leader in Massachusetts recalls an "injury to Catholic religious freedom" under Mitt Romney

Topics:, 17Comments

Thursday, Feb 9, 2012 1:00 AM UTC2012-02-09T01:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Cary Tennis

My husband is tormenting me

I'm four months sober, trying to finish a book, and he's playing weird mind games

Topics:, , 72Comments

Thursday, Feb 9, 2012 1:00 AM UTC2012-02-09T01:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Woody Harrelson in "Rampart"

Woody Harrelson’s Oscar-worthy moment

The underrated star is mesmerizing as a sleazeball '90s cop in Oren Moverman's claustrophobic "Rampart"

Topics:, , , 15Comments

Thursday, Feb 9, 2012 1:00 AM UTC2012-02-09T01:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Obama

Israel’s real target: Obama

Prime Minister Netanyahu's threats have more to do with challenging Washington than with actually attacking Iran

Topics:, 239Comments

Thursday, Feb 9, 2012 1:00 AM UTC2012-02-09T01:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Jim Fingal and John D'Agata

In defense of fact checking

A controversial writer and his fact checker battle in a new book. Too bad neither gets close to the truth

Topics:, , , , 38Comments

Thursday, Feb 9, 2012 1:00 AM UTC2012-02-09T01:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
green lama2

America’s forgotten Buddhist superhero

A New York gallery pays homage to a 1940s pulp magazine hero, the Green Lama

Topics:, 8Comments

Wednesday, Feb 8, 2012 11:00 PM UTC2012-02-08T23:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Mitt Romney

Proof that Romney really doesn’t care about the poor

To achieve prosperity, the former governor proposes to raise taxes on low-income families with children

Topics: 22Comments

Wednesday, Feb 8, 2012 8:08 PM UTC2012-02-08T20:08:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Rick Santorum

Rick Santorum will pay for this

The rule of the GOP race so far: No one threatens Mitt’s White House dreams and gets away with it

Topics:, , , 62Comments

Wednesday, Feb 8, 2012 8:00 PM UTC2012-02-08T20:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Ellen DeGeneres

Ellen stands up to One Million Moms

A conservative group calls for her removal from a JC Penney campaign, but the host responds with humor and heart

Topics:, , 75Comments

Wednesday, Feb 8, 2012 7:45 PM UTC2012-02-08T19:45:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Judges Anthony Kennedy and Steven Reinhardt

On Proposition 8, two judges rule

One judge's decision builds support for marriage equality by appealing to another judge: Justice Anthony Kennedy

Topics:, , , 25Comments

Wednesday, Feb 8, 2012 6:00 PM UTC2012-02-08T18:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
atp

Curious fliers want to know

What happens when air conditioning fails, engines won't start, planes get too heavy, and more

Topics:, 29Comments

Wednesday, Feb 8, 2012 4:45 PM UTC2012-02-08T16:45:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
breastfeeding

Facebook’s hypocritical breast-feeding controversy

The social media giant can't figure out what defines a dirty picture -- or the difference between biology and porn

Topics:, , 92Comments

Wednesday, Feb 8, 2012 4:13 PM UTC2012-02-08T16:13:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Barack Obama

Repulsive progressive hypocrisy

A new poll shows deep support among liberals for the very Bush/Cheney policies they once pretended to despise

1,021Comments

Friday, Feb 10, 2012 6:57 PM UTC2012-02-10T18:57:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Rick Santorum

The answer that’s been staring them in the face

Rick Santorum's CPAC performance demonstrates what separates him from previous Romney foes: Competence

Topics: 48Comments

Friday, Feb 10, 2012 1:00 PM UTC2012-02-10T13:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Hawks who ignore the miltary on Iran

The neocons’ big Iran lie

The right-wing hawks who thought Iraq would be a cakewalk think it'd be easy to attack Iran. Real soldiers say no.

Topics: 101Comments

Friday, Feb 10, 2012 1:00 PM UTC2012-02-10T13:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Occupy Wall street demonstrators near the New York Stock Exchange during what organizers called a "Day of Action" in New York, November 17, 2011.

Can the 1 percent accept “enough”?

The rich can't stop trying to justify exorbitant salaries for everyone from Wall Street bankers to college coaches

Topics: 125Comments

Friday, Feb 10, 2012 1:00 PM UTC2012-02-10T13:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
jimmyd

How you know Obama is winning

Against the backdrop of good economic news, the annual CPAC hysteria and insults don’t have quite the same sting

Topics: 66Comments

Thursday, Feb 9, 2012 9:41 PM UTC2012-02-09T21:41:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
GOP brokered convention scenario

The deadlock scenario

Mitt Romney’s week from hell has revived the most enduring fantasy of political junkies

Topics: 22Comments

Friday, Feb 10, 2012 9:27 PM UTC2012-02-10T21:27:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Confronting CPAC

The two Americas clash at CPAC

Union demonstrators march on the conservative enclave

Topics: 15Comments

Friday, Feb 10, 2012 7:15 PM UTC2012-02-10T19:15:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Friday, Feb 10, 2012 3:00 PM UTC2012-02-10T15:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
This Oct. 12, 2011 file photo shows the J.P. Morgan Chase logo at the base of one of the bank's larger Lower Manhattan buildings in New York

The big banks win again

Foreclosure victims get little help in a mortgage-settlement plan that only benefits the banks' bottom line

Topics:, , 31Comments

Friday, Feb 10, 2012 2:34 PM UTC2012-02-10T14:34:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Henrique Capriles Radonsk

The man who could beat Chavez

A charismatic governor has emerged as the first legitimate threat to the Venezuelan president's 13-year tenure

Topics:, 19Comments

Friday, Feb 10, 2012 1:00 PM UTC2012-02-10T13:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Hawks who ignore the miltary on Iran

The neocons’ big Iran lie

The right-wing hawks who thought Iraq would be a cakewalk think it'd be easy to attack Iran. Real soldiers say no.

Topics: 101Comments

Friday, Feb 10, 2012 6:10 PM UTC2012-02-10T18:10:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Karl Lagerfeld and British singer Adele

Adele: Too fat for fashion designer

Karl Lagerfeld backpedals on his insulting comments about the pop star's weight -- only to blunder again

Topics:, , 59Comments

Friday, Feb 10, 2012 1:00 AM UTC2012-02-10T01:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
A still from "Chico & Rita"

Pick of the week: A spectacular Cuban-jazz love story

Pick of the week: Surprise Oscar nominee "Chico & Rita" is a smoldering animated romance, with killer music

Topics:, , , , 6Comments

Thursday, Feb 9, 2012 4:55 PM UTC2012-02-09T16:55:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
fm3

The right’s Shepard Fairey

Jon McNaughton's painting of Obama trampling the Constitution has made him conservatives' favorite new artist

Topics:, 406Comments

Thursday, Feb 9, 2012 1:00 PM UTC2012-02-09T13:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
A still from "The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975"

The civil rights battle ignored by the U.S. media

The documentary "Black Power Mixtape" tells a counter-history of the 1960s, through the eyes of foreign journalists

Topics:, , , , 14Comments

Thursday, Feb 9, 2012 1:00 AM UTC2012-02-09T01:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Jim Fingal and John D'Agata

In defense of fact checking

A controversial writer and his fact checker battle in a new book. Too bad neither gets close to the truth

Topics:, , , , 38Comments

Friday, Feb 10, 2012 8:40 PM UTC2012-02-10T20:40:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Glamour magazine

Making the perfect cover girl

After polling its readers about retouching, Glamour vows to back off Photoshop

Topics:, 11Comments

Friday, Feb 10, 2012 5:00 PM UTC2012-02-10T17:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Ask the pilot

Mexico City does it right

Bleachers in the arrivals lobby -- brilliant. Plus: The funniest thing ever written

Topics: 32Comments

Friday, Feb 10, 2012 1:00 AM UTC2012-02-10T01:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
DueEastOverShadequarterMountain-large

The beautiful evolution of maps

From ancient Egypt to modern America, these artifacts are a hallmark of civilization

Topics:, 5Comments

Friday, Feb 10, 2012 1:00 AM UTC2012-02-10T01:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Cary Tennis

I’m the worst person ever!

I come on like I'm something special, then I flame out

Topics:, 57Comments

Friday, Feb 10, 2012 1:00 AM UTC2012-02-10T01:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
People waiting in line at a job fair in Portland, Ore.

When my job stopped paying

After a year of unemployment, I landed a contract gig. Then the paychecks stopped coming -- but the work didn't

Topics:, , , 36Comments

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