March 18, 2014 Archive March 2014

9 of the best Twitter reactions to the massive Gchat outage

Self-parody: Lindsey Graham's new campaign ad is all about Benghazi

R.E.M. to release "MTV Unplugged" performances on Record Store Day

The environmental case for legalizing pot

Former "Two and a Half Men" star Angus Jones: "I was a paid hypocrite"

Courtney Love thinks she found missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370

Conservative Christian Bryan Fischer explains why god hasn't killed Bill Maher yet

It's fracking's 65th birthday, and Big Oil made it a birthday card

Louisiana lawmaker: Failing to teach sex ed in school is “really a form of child abuse”

Better than "Candy Crush": This smartphone game helps scientists find a cure for cancer

"Paycheck to Paycheck": Can this documentary help raise the minimum wage?

Abusing the Buddha: How the U.S. Army and Google co-opt mindfulness

Professors in homeless shelters: It is time to talk seriously about adjuncts

Growing up black in the whitest city in America

Why make-up sex and breakup sex feel so great

Lena Dunham "nauseated" and "disgusted" by Woody Allen

Westboro Baptist Church's massive setback -- that no one's talking about

Gun lobby’s latest insult to America: A shooting victim’s perspective

How I confronted Tyler Perry: A surprisingly frank phone call yields real results

10 shameful ways the United States is failing to preserve basic human rights

Tweets from underground: How Dostoevsky anticipated social media

How New York could crack down on fast food's corporate crime wave

What America can learn from Europe about income inequality

Scalia's looming fiasco: Obscure new SCOTUS case may be worse than Citizens United

4 ways to improve Pentagon efforts to ID missing soldiers

The destructive myth about religion that Americans disproportionately believe

Russia signs treaty to annex Crimea from Ukraine

Chris Christie update: New Bridgegate emails released

Must-see morning clip: Kermit the Frog and Jimmy Fallon perform "It's Not Easy Being Green"

This is the scientific consensus on climate change

GOP releases ads targeting voters who wear leather jackets and hate unemployment benefits

Kevin Trudeau's empire of "they" collapses

Innovative sounds: 4 of the best new albums out this week

Students, faculty and alumni at Sen. Coons’ alma mater blast him for vote against civil rights nominee

Conspiracy theories running rampant: How misinformation spreads on Facebook

Climate change brings 35 extra days of wildflowers

Chris Cillizza wants you to please start taking Rand Paul seriously!

Texas GOP top official: Gender pay gap persists because "men are better negotiators"

Special delivery: Watch Big Bang theorist learn about "smoking gun" proof

Nate Silver's new FiveThirtyEight is getting some high-profile bad reviews

Not again: Home Depot billionaire Ken Langone compares liberals to Hitler

CO2 levels reach a record high in record time

Michelle Obama's pastry chef is quitting to become an advocate for healthy food

Marvel Studio's own origin myth: "Assembling a Universe"

They're no "Divergent": Eight young-adult movie franchises that died untimely deaths

Many in Michigan won't be able to buy "rape insurance" because individual plans don't offer it

Mick Jagger pays tribute to L'Wren Scott

The stunning dishonesty of Charles Murray

They're no "Divergent": Eight young-adult movie franchises that died untimely deaths

The Malaysia mystery isn't an episode of "Lost"

Bill Koch: The U.S. coal industry "has kind of died"