October 02, 2013 Archive October 2013

GOP congressman on Obamacare: "We lost this battle"

9 striking images from the government shutdown

National parks on Instagram

Stunning national park photos to get you through the shutdown

Foxnews.com renames the shutdown a "slimdown"

Watch: Man jumps into ocean to revive 300lb shark

Generation X's journey from jaded to sated

Technology is moving too slowly for climate-change target

How the pro-bankster financial media will speed the next crisis

Tech industry needs a killer sexism app

Etsy says sellers can now use factories for handmade goods

The Church needs more than a "good Pope"

Obamacare's next real fight comes in 2014

The real story of the shutdown: 50 years of GOP race-baiting

The tragic case of Palestinian-Syrian refugees

What Stanley Kubrick got wrong about "The Shining"

Why I'm still a Catholic

The 7 most offensive TV shows ever

Shut down the military, too!: Why exempting it is absurdly unfair

Reaching for the pillars: The conservative plan is sabotage

19 government decisions as stupid as the shutdown

Why Americans are addicted to Fox News

"Diversity" in fashion will never be enough

Myanmar Muslims hide amid deadly sectarian clashes

Bill Gates under pressure to let Microsoft go

GOP's newest target: The postal service

Don't hold your breath for the new iPad Mini

Anonymous vs. Scientology

Fast-food chain to start growing produce near Fukushima's contaminated zone

Must-see morning clip: Jon Stewart has had it with the GOP

Walter White, Wall Street villain

How Republican idiocy backfired -- and is helping Obamacare

GOP congressman on shutdown: "It's getting better for us"

The GOP’s always wanted a government shutdown

Calgary zoo gorillas escape, go on kitchen raid

Melting sea ice displaced these 10,000 walruses

Mia Farrow's family opens up about Woody Allen's alleged sexual abuse

Angola 3 member freed to die out of prison

Palo Alto now requires all new homes to be electric car compatible

We are all "Breaking Bad" truthers now

Inside the mind of angry GOP: Rep. John Culberson talks to Salon

Shutdown fulfills GOP's Confederate fantasies

With public money, private company paid to put security cameras around Brooklyn

Bestselling spy novelist Tom Clancy dead at 66

Neocon pundit: GOP acting like "blind fools"

Abercrombie's anti-bullying shirts don't come in plus-sizes

Libertarians fear Obamacare so much they closed the government

NYPD Muslim spying under new scrutiny in federal court

This week's other huge (but little-noticed) fight: Wall Street's newest scheme

Dangerous levels of radiation from fracking found in PA water

Monsanto's big data taxpayer ripoff

Are you drinking too much coffee?

How is shutdown both parties' fault, if GOP always wanted it?

Ryanair fined by French over breach of labour laws

California bans revenge porn

Bill Kristol calls shutdown-related loss of food benefits "Not the end of the world"

GOP's latest shutdown scheme "disgusting," Ellison tells Salon

Black market drug site shuttered–and owner arrested

Shutdown has halted Obama's $100M BRAIN initiative

Study: Majority of U.S. executions originate in 2% of counties

Official: Furlough damages U.S. security

GOP moderates should stop whining, and reopen the government

How Politico invents/generates "news"!

Studying mummies could cure modern diseases

Greenlight’s Einhorn says Vodafone ‘attractive’ target for AT&T

Reality check: Cost of money falls in shutdown’s second day

Can good design help you get laid?

Yes, the NSA can find you through your cellphone

Readers to editorial boards: We don’t care!

Help calculate the cost of unpaid internships