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Life Stories (page 216)

The Life Stories section features insightful commentary and essays about the human experience from Salon.

Ronald Reagan and Jerry Falwell at the Baptist Fundamentalism '84 conference, April 13, 1984 in Washington. (AP/Ira Schwarz)

The religious right is neither

David Niose
(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-2175275p1.html'>Vitalii Tiagunov</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

Alcohol and the teen brain

Kali Holloway - Alternet
(<a href='http://www.istockphoto.com/portfolio/bowie15'>bowie15</a> via <a href='http://www.istockphoto.com/'>iStock</a>/Salon)

Apps are ruining our sex lives

Winsome Brown
Jenny McCarthy on "The View" (ABC)

My doctor or Jenny McCarthy?

Rob Brotherton
God, Santa Claus (Wikimedia/<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-282061p1.html'>Milles Studio</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

Can we prove that God exists?

Gary Gutting
(Reuters/Jonathan Ernst/AP/Elaine Thompson/Photo montage by Salon)

We made Barack Obama evolve

Kerry Eleveld
(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-72292p1.html'>OLJ Studio</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

My hair is not a "rat's nest"

Sarah Enelow
(<a href='http://www.istockphoto.com/portfolio/Mari#5636d7d'>Marilyn Nieves</a> via <a href='http://www.istockphoto.com/'>iStock</a>)

Wrong on Common Core math

James Goodman
(<a href='http://www.istockphoto.com/portfolio/oonal'>oonal</a> via <a href='http://www.istockphoto.com/'>iStock</a>)

We can, but should we?

Valerie Tarico
(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-110917p1.html'>talseN</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

"The pigs were glowing ..."

Bob Comis
(Shutterstock/Salon)

We must eat more roadkill

Donald W. Bruckner
(AP/The Satanic Temple)

Valerie Tarico - Alternet
Robin Williams in "Dead Poets Society" (Touchstone Pictures)

The letter I'll never forget

Mark Dursin
(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-438058p1.html'>pio3</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

I am too old to fight hipsters

Tony Fletcher
(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-516343p1.html'>ZouZou</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

Happy breast-feeding, or else

Courtney Jung
(<a href='url to photographer'>Sergey Uryadnikov</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

Dustin Wicksell - Earth Island Journal
(AP/Rogelio V. Solis)

Malls of America

Firmin DeBrabander
(<a href='http://www.istockphoto.com/portfolio/Jaymast?facets=%7B%22pageNumber%22:1,%22perPage%22:100,%22abstractType%22:%5B%22photos%22,%22illustrations%22,%22video%22,%22audio%22%5D,%22order%22:%22bestMatch%22,%22filterContent%22:%22false%22,%22portfolioID%22:%5B365625%5D,%22additionalAudio%22:%22true%22,%22f%22:true%7D'>Jaymast</a> via <a href='http://www.istockphoto.com/'>iStock</a>)

My Amazon call center slog

Julie Vick
Eager shoppers push through the front doors of the Boise Townsquare mall as they are opened at 1 a.m. Friday in Boise. (Darin Oswald)

A must Black Friday safety tip

Margee Kerr
(Craig Lassig/Reuters)

We could blackout Black Friday

Shannon M. Houston
(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-2531134p1.html'>Katsiaryna Pakhomava</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

Canine keys to Thanksgiving

Douglas Green

Patrice Waite
John Locke (Wikimedia)

The man who made America

George Makari
Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton (Reuters/Lucy Nicholson/Brian Snyder/Photo montage by Salon)

Hillarybot and Berniebro peace

Amanda Marcotte
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