Angelina Jolie, meet Nate Silver
She may have made the right call for herself. But when weighing risks and benefits, channel your inner geek
Wednesday, May 15, 2013 4:59 PM UTC 43Life Angelina Jolie, Science
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Media indifference enables global warming
Carbon dioxide levels are as high as they've been in millions of years. Why isn't this a bigger story?
Wednesday, May 15, 2013 4:12 PM UTC 31Politics AlterNet, Carbon Dioxide
Blame Citizens United for the IRS scandal
The real outrage is why these political groups have tax-exempt status in the first place
Wednesday, May 15, 2013 3:36 PM UTC 11Business On the Economy, Richard Nixon
Mark Zuckerberg, political conservative?
It's not just his fundraiser for Christie. The causes the Facebook CEO is backing suggest he's taken a right turn
Tuesday, May 14, 2013 3:33 PM UTCTechnology AlterNet, Mark Zuckerberg
Angelina Jolie says she had double mastectomy
In a NYT op-ed she said she had the procedure because she is genetically predisposed to breast cancer
Tuesday, May 14, 2013 9:00 AM UTC4 From the Wires, Angelina Jolie
Enough with the hipster-bashing
The censure has become a stand-in for anti-intellectualism, middle class resentment and subtle homophobia
Sunday, May 12, 2013 2:00 PM UTC 161Media Jacobin, Hipsters, Brooklyn
Formula for a Hollywood blockbuster
No bowling alleys, no summoning demons, and no troubled superheroes
Tuesday, May 7, 2013 4:08 PM UTCBusiness Pacific Standard, Hollywood
Fame may not last 15 minutes after all
A new study reveals that famous people tend to stay famous for the rest of their lives
Monday, May 6, 2013 6:13 PM UTC 11Life Pacific Standard, Fame
The future is no fun: Self-publishing is the worst
I published three novels at big houses to good reviews. Now I'm my own publisher, and the media wants no part of me
Friday, May 3, 2013 11:30 PM UTC 128Technology Publishing, Self-Publishing
For Central Park Five, wrongful conviction meets false equivalence
A defendant in the case argues that demanding accountability of his prosecutor is nothing like what she did to him
Friday, May 3, 2013 10:36 PM UTC 60Media The Central Park Five, Rape
Twitter vs. the New York Times: Who wins?
Megabucks libertarian Peter Thiel touts the social media network. But don't count newspapers out
Wednesday, May 1, 2013 4:39 PM UTCTechnology Twitter, New York Times
Wikipedia’s shame
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Monday, Apr 29, 2013 6:04 PM UTC 106Technology wikipedia, Amand Filipacchi
Salman Rushdie writes NYT op-ed on “political courage”
"We find it easier, in these confused times, to admire physical bravery than moral courage," he writes
Sunday, Apr 28, 2013 2:54 PM UTC 15Politics Salman Rushdie, New York Times
Worst Congress money can buy
Failed gun control legislation and a fertilizer plant explosion reveal how poisoned by big money our government is
Friday, Apr 26, 2013 8:05 PM UTC 64Business BillMoyers.com, Texas
Is there too much breast cancer “awareness”?
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Thursday, Apr 25, 2013 6:59 PM UTC 39Life Breast cancer, Cancer
Is the press too big to fail?
Today's media may be maddening, but the sobering truth is that there was no Golden Age of American journalism
Thursday, Apr 25, 2013 1:02 PM UTCMedia TomDispatch.com, New York Times
How to prevent future Reinhart-Rogoff meltdowns
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Monday, Apr 22, 2013 3:28 PM UTCBusiness On the Economy, Reinhart-Rogoff
2013 Pulitzer Prize winners
A complete list of this year's honorees
Monday, Apr 15, 2013 7:26 PM UTCEntertainment Associated Press
Top 5 investigative videos of the week: Somali pirates are not what they seem
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Times reporter called unethical for reporting on leaked Shia LaBeouf emails
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