September 26, 2013 Archive September 2013

North Carolina rejects $600K grant to study fracking's effects

Experimenting on Faith: Ryan McIlvain's "Elders"

Cory Booker's next moment of liberal reckoning

YouTube wants to get rid of nasty comments

Greenwald and Snowden saved the media from itself

In defense of email

Work/life balance tips from neuroscientists

George H.W. Bush serves as witness for same-sex marriage

Newly discovered species

We didn't know any of these animals existed before 2013

Canadian novelist backpedals on sexism charge, is still sexist

What prisoners in solitary want to see

Millennials, unite!

"The Good Wife" gears up for battle

"We Are What We Are": Christian cannibals haunt the backwoods

The Musician Mixologist: Kevin Denton

War crimes court upholds 50 year sentence for Liberia's Charles Taylor

Sorry, gay-bashers: Your bogus defense may soon be outlawed!

Saturday Night Live's race problem

Republicans hate Ted Cruz as much as you do

Let Mitch and Cam have sex already!

Oracle beats New Zealand to keep America's Cup

Beijing baby-thrower gets death sentence

Study: Everyone hates environmentalists and feminists

60-second "Pulp Fiction" is better than a $5 milkshake

Some Google Hangouts rerouted to strangers

The Tea Party is really, really unpopular

Not even a government shutdown can stop Obamacare now

"Are you Robert Reich? You're a Commie dirtbag!"

GOP's incompetence is a godsend for America

A "Dumb and Dumber" sequel is a stupid idea

Power cable failure on railroad snarls New York commute

Wave of deadly hornet attacks plagues China

"Smart" thermostat points towards automated homes

Krugman: Rich are waging "pure class warfare"

North Carolina county lifts ban on "Invisible Man"

GOP plans for debt ceiling showdown

Must-see morning clip: Sesame Street sings with Jimmy Fallon and the Roots

A fence containing Fukushima's radiation has a hole in it

Marshall Islands president: "My country will be lost forever"

The 10 most heart attack-inducing moments on "Breaking Bad" this season

Exposed: Enron billionaire's diabolical plot to loot worker pensions

"Bible-based" discipline has led to child abuse

Effort to reform NSA is important -- and doomed to fail

The insidious rise of truthers, birthers, and deniers

27-year old gets 20 years for half an ounce of pot

Conservative radio host jokes Hillary Clinton should be shot

Woman in "stand your ground" case will get new trial

8 exceptionally dumb American achievements of the 21st century

Steve King's war on animals

Robo-desk could save weary office workers

The right’s real Obamacare nightmare

IT glitch "wipes balances and deletes accounts"

Democratic senator backs partial Obamacare delay

How all TV series should end

Homeless victims of Sandy to be kicked out of hotel housing

LexisNexis and other databases cyberattacked

No, it's not scandalous that Cory Booker said a nice thing to a stripper

U.N. Security Council reaches Syria resolution

Obama laughs off GOP critics

Republicans' real goal: Cynical campaign fodder

New "reform" could leave chicken poop on your dinner plate

Zach Galifianakis gives Justin Bieber the slapping you wish you could

Huge Google glitch sent messages to wrong people

European court: Adoptive and birth mother entitled to maternity leave

Conde Nast Traveler is said to cut half of editorial workforce

Five resources for preventing an Acetaminophen overdose

Barilla chairman walks back anti-gay statements

South Park rips Alec Baldwin apart in a scathing parody

Reich fights the bullies: Watch this amazing documentary right away!

A brilliant memoir ends with a murder

White people: You are not straight outta Compton

5 ridiculous claims about climate change

41 books sexist prof David Gilmour should read