October 18, 2013 Archive October 2013
The best account of an octopus wrestling match you'll read this week
GOP lawmaker voted against debt deal because he thought it funded Joseph Kony
Family Research Council: Christians should not want the government to care for the poor
Tea Partyers' grave fear: Why they disdain young people -- even their own!
Tinder co-founder appears to take swipe at "silly Asians"
The way we talk about sexual assault is broken
Pick of the week: From freedom to slavery and back
Iran talks with West, but battles over outreach
"School nurse cuts killed my daughter": Laporshia Massey died because our priorities are wrong
GOP's next civil war: A demented blame game
The tax that could save America from Wall Street
Study: Huge differences by region in prescribing to elderly
GOP's nightmare come true: Obamacare more popular than ever
Krugman on GOP's "top-down class warfare"
The abortion that could cost a mom her family
The next government shutdown is coming soon
Tea Party's new theory: Boehner sabotaged them on purpose!
Its happening: electric cars are hitting the race track
Fox News guest on Maryville rape case: "I am not saying she deserved to be raped, but..."
Must-see morning clip: Unnecessary censorship is your catharsis for the week
Snowden: Leaked documents are safe from Russia, China
SF transit workers strike for second time in four months
Women in El Salvador are being sent to prison for miscarrying
Here is the passage that got Neil Gaiman's book suspended from a New Mexico school
U.N. tells U.S. to release drone assassination data
Kick the shutdown extortionists out of office!
NYPD cops think Jolly Rancher candy is meth
Alleged Maryville rape victim: "I just hope more men will take a lesson from my brothers"
Harry Reid: Ted Cruz is "a laughingstock"
Where Kristen Bell's gay-rights crusade ends
Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. It's called campaign cash
Bittorrent site settles for $110m with MPAA
"SNL's" gender equality movement left black women out
Donald Glover says his disturbing Instagram notes were just self-expression
Tea Party leader demands class action lawsuit against homosexuality
Literary sexism: Still pervasive and real
Breaking: Wal-Mart workers on strike, defying firings
Alice Munro too ill to receive Nobel Prize in Sweden
Dating "expert" and app founder: "Women love presents like dogs love treats"
Dallas police shoot mentally ill man standing in the street
The ultimate Morrissey memoir playlist
Black female comic shows how to "get ready" for "SNL"
Former Kansas attorney general's law license suspended over targeting of abortion providers
Is it sexist to offer a pregnant woman a seat?