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Just how factual is “Lincoln”?

Historians question whether Spielberg has made the 16th president into an unrealistic hero

Daniel D'Addario Thursday, Jan 17, 2013 12:45 PM UTC 37
Entertainment Lincoln, Doris Kearns Goodwin

The return of the gun control party

Barack Obama's ambitious gun control agenda puts an end to two decades of Democratic cowardice

Steve Kornacki Thursday, Jan 17, 2013 12:36 PM UTC 28
Politics Opening Shot, Barack Obama

“Going Clear”: Scientology exposed

Lawrence Wright's enthralling, meticulously fact-checked account of the insular church and its celebrity members

Laura Miller Thursday, Jan 17, 2013 1:01 AM UTC 116
Entertainment Scientology

Hell is my own book tour

I used to worry that nobody would show up. Then I realized it's much, much worse when four people do

Adam Mansbach Thursday, Jan 17, 2013 1:00 AM UTC 21
Life Books, Book tours, Life stories

Right-wing press happily allows itself to be trolled by made-up “video game”

A dopey new game that lets you shoot members of the NRA successfully outrages people who get outraged for a living VIDEO

Alex Pareene Wednesday, Jan 16, 2013 9:16 PM UTC 24
Politics Video, Politics, NRA, Guns

Right wing reacts badly to Obama’s gun proposals

To the surprise of no one, conservative responses to Obama's gun proposals have ranged from skeptical to vitriolic

Jillian Rayfield Wednesday, Jan 16, 2013 9:13 PM UTC 101
Politics Barack Obama, Rick Perry

Bigelow can’t silence her critics

In an Op-Ed, the director says she's a pacifist. But it may not be enough to stem the "Zero Dark Thirty" backlash

Andrew O'Hehir Wednesday, Jan 16, 2013 8:37 PM UTC 53
Entertainment Movies, Politics, Torture

Obama signs 23 executive orders on gun control

The president signs 23 executive orders on gun control, arguing "we can change if the American people demand it"

Jillian Rayfield Wednesday, Jan 16, 2013 8:25 PM UTC 52
Politics Barack Obama, Joe Biden

Has the NRA lost it entirely?

While Obama signs 23 executive orders on gun control, the organization takes a bizarre shot at his family

Joan Walsh Wednesday, Jan 16, 2013 7:21 PM UTC 223
News NRA, Gun Control

Newtown truthers: Where conspiracy theories come from

The Sandy Hook deniers are delusional -- but their paranoid beliefs date back to the founding of America

Alex Seitz-Wald Wednesday, Jan 16, 2013 6:39 PM UTC 22
Politics Conspiracy theorists

The NRA takes a shot at Obama

The lobby's new attack ad calls the president a hypocrite for having a security detail protect the first family VIDEO

Mary Elizabeth Williams Wednesday, Jan 16, 2013 4:24 PM UTC
Life Video, NRA, Barack Obama

Obama vs. the NRA

The president plans to unveil a comprehensive set of gun control proposals, but will he have Congress' support?

Steve Kornacki Wednesday, Jan 16, 2013 3:56 PM UTC 12
Politics Opening Shot, Barack Obama, NRA

Federal justice and Aaron Swartz’s death

Anger at Swartz's prosecutors is valid. Anger at the federal justice system in which they acted is needed SLIDE SHOW

Natasha Lennard Wednesday, Jan 16, 2013 12:45 PM UTC 78
News slideshow, Aaron Swartz

Divorcing while pregnant

When I stumbled upon evidence that my new husband might be having an affair, I was horrified -- but also relieved

Alice Parker Wednesday, Jan 16, 2013 1:00 AM UTC 64
Life Searched and Destroyed

The right’s Colin Powell freakout

A FreedomWorks lady kicks him out of his own party after he criticizes Republicans' "dark vein of intolerance"

Joan Walsh Wednesday, Jan 16, 2013 12:04 AM UTC 70
News Colin Powell, Freedomworks

Facebook’s new stalker search

The social network's personalized search engine could change the way we look for jobs -- and even how we date

Andrew Leonard Tuesday, Jan 15, 2013 10:15 PM UTC
Technology Facebook, Search, graph search

Folk hero freshman congressman ignorant in addition to inexperienced

Inspiring story: Rep. Ted Yoho used to be a veterinarian. Now he's another of the House's right-wing cranks

Alex Pareene Tuesday, Jan 15, 2013 8:41 PM UTC 108
Politics Politics, 2012 Elections

11 dream Cabinet picks the GOP would still oppose

Give President Obama a time machine and a wish list -- Republicans would still find reasons to oppose them all VIDEO

David Sirota Tuesday, Jan 15, 2013 5:25 PM UTC 12
Politics Chuck Hagel, Barack Obama

Antiabortion tactic working

Alabama's Supreme Court says criminal statutes apply to the "unborn," in an end run on Roe and a win for Personhood

Irin Carmon Tuesday, Jan 15, 2013 5:15 PM UTC 36
News Pregnancy, Roe v. Wade, Abortion

Do today’s gays have it too easy?

Twenty years ago, gays were united -- and politicized -- by AIDS. The new gay generation barely remembers it

Daniel D'Addario Tuesday, Jan 15, 2013 4:45 PM UTC 39
Entertainment How to Survive a Plague

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