February 18, 2014 Archive February 2014

What "The Walking Dead" can learn from "True Detective"

The Christie scandal everyone overlooked: A $12 million self-motivated political scheme

The school shooting that wasn't: When a lockdown isn't worth it

Does waxing make me a bad feminist?

The tyranny of the "bad mother": Slacker moms are just as intimidating as perfect ones

Tales of a female sex addict

Study: Wealthier neighborhoods breed materialistic residents

5 vitamins and minerals that are actually worth taking

A bunch of celebrities bet that Jimmy Fallon would not be the "Tonight Show" host

Watch Jimmy Fallon and Will Smith perform the evolution of hip-hop dancing

The poverty that Paul Ryan ignores

Nixon still runs the GOP: How the white South dominates the party

Get to know new "Tonight Show" host Jimmy Fallon

5 signs that America's super-rich are losing their minds

Sochi Olympics: Ice dancers go gold, and Jamaican bobsledders return

8 worst right-wing moments of the week — Ted Cruz's “weeping heart” edition

Pussy Riot detained in Sochi

Obama to take on truck pollution with new fuel-efficiency standards

Clapper: We should have told you we were spying on you

“Not one of our better forecasts”: The federal government thought this was going to be a mild winter

Scheming without substance: The petty politics of "House of Cards"

Chris Christie update: Friends in low places

What Indiana may tell us about the GOP's marriage equality fatigue

The Koch brother of the left?: Billionaire plans $100 million climate push for 2014 elections

Pussy Riot released from detention, leave police station wearing balaclavas and chanting anti-Putin song

Obama trade officials received huge bank bonuses

How Jimmy Fallon and the Roots brought hip-hop to late night

Ashleigh Banfield: "Stop threatening to kill people on Twitter"

Newt Gingrich demands on Twitter that John "Kerrey" step down over global warming remarks

Jimmy Fallon's disappointing booking of Mike Tyson

Michael Dunn compares himself to a rape victim in phone calls about his deadly shooting of Jordan Davis

Libertarians who don't understand liberty: Why the Kansas anti-gay bill is so absurd

Tea Partyer Dwayne Stovall says Mitch McConnell looks like a turtle in superbly silly attack ad

Christie's ed reform scandal: Principals suspended after questioning charter scheme

Filthy rich but secretly terrified: Inside the 1 percent's sore-winner backlash

NSA, GCHQ targeted WikiLeaks network

Chevron apologizes for fracking well explosion with coupons for free pizza