January 06, 2015 Archive January 2015

2015's pop culture-versaries: The films and albums celebrating milestones this year

7 weird things that turn women on

Scalded alive: Undercover investigation reveals the gruesome fate of "spent" hens

Anti-gay activist pens homophobic Dr. Seuss-inspired poem about Michael Sam

Ross Douthat's real mistakes in 2014: Why his "confessions" fall short

SpaceX attempting to land a rocket on a platform, for the first time

"He likes beautiful women as much as I do": Inside the latest stormcloud of sex abuse allegations

Ferguson grand juror sues prosecutor for legal right to discuss case

Jerry Brown's bold climate pledge: California to go 50 percent renewable in just 15 years

America's long obsession with "Downton Abbey": How the show became a satire of Britishness

Keisha Knight Pulliam defends Bill Cosby: "All I can speak to is the man that I know and I love"

Rush Limbaugh: Republicans will "throw in" with Obama because of his race

Kid Rock's Guardian interview: If Clint Eastwood wrote a Kid Rock script

Let's abolish West Point: Military academies serve no one, squander millions of tax dollars

Police union calls for violence against cops to be considered hate crimes

Celebrity cameo season: TV guest spots to get excited about in the new year

I'm terrified that he'll inherit my brokenness: Living through postpartum depression as a dad

Arguments with my mom, the cop

"Huck Finn" is not about race: The real subtext of Twain's masterpiece

Kevin Hart on Sony cyber-hack: 'It's not that serious to me'

5 ways wealth warps your soul

Robert Reich: Republican economics is "magical-mystery math"

9 ways the Bible condones torture

The right's "niceness" trick: How Huckabee, McConnell & GOP hide their radicalism

Fox's Megyn Kelly shocks Bill O'Reilly: "You're being too hard on" Mayor Bill de Blasio

Jon Stewart relentlessly mocks Chris Christie, Mike Huckabee and other potential 2016 candidates

Jeb Bush's soft bigotry: Why his "conciliatory" words on gay marriage ring hollow

Researchers confirm that fracking caused Ohio's earthquake swarm

Sarah Palin fuels dog-stepping controversy: "I believe wild protein are put here for man's responsible use"

Jon Stewart offers blistering critique of U.S. response to Sony hack

Stephen Fry's fiance isn't a "toyboy"

The most popular cat names in the country are cutesy and terrible

"The political landscape is not ready": Meet the woman leading a D.I.Y. abortion revolution

Grain higher, livestock lower

Bill O'Reilly tears into David Duke: The cynicism behind last night's spectacle

“I've found reading books very intellectually fulfilling": Mark Zuckerberg's book club proposal sounds like an alien wrote it

The solution to our massive plastic pollution problem may be to eat it

Neil deGrasse Tyson discusses "Star Wars" and the ability to blow up a planet

It's official: 2014 was the warmest year on record

Men's free time is "me time": Even when unemployed, men do less housework than women

Dear cable news: Please stop asking "Princeton Mom" for her opinion

Phyllis Schlafly: Campus sex assault is on the rise because too many women go to college

"I know firsthand it didn't work": Former FBI special agent dismantles torturers' lies

SCOTUS could be hazardous to your health: High stakes of Obamacare's upcoming court date

“Beautiful Town, Beautiful People, No Wrong Exits, No Bad Neighborhoods": Welcome to the racist billboard capital of America

Jeb's shiny new PAC: How Bush is working to prevent becoming the next Mitt Romney

Breaking: Obama's ready to veto Keystone XL bill