The author — no fan of Halloween — wonders why people would want to seek out the feeling of being terrified

I listened to a fascist complain about deplatforming. I got drunk with a conspiracy theorist. I felt disfigured

Worst recovery advice yet? Crash the stock market and bankrupt some big banks

This Ashton Kutcher-Cameron Diaz romantic comedy needs fewer sunsets and more lap dances and tequila shooters.

Jonah Hill shows how the mandates of coolness hurt naïve young boys. We're used to seeing that as a girl's story

Cambridge's wayward youths threatened to "get vegan on my ass."

Forget Clint Eastwood's "Jersey Boys." How about "Cats" directed by David Lynch? Make it happen, Hollywood!

The gunman allegedly killed his father and brother before embarking on a shooting spree that left 4 dead

Wealthy donors don't take kindly to disciplining their own. Oklahoma's president has his work cut out for him

Here in California I am often reminded of the lesson all parents have to learn: You can never really be safe

From an unaired episode about Snuffleupagus' parents divorcing to addressing racism, the show put kids' needs first

Why are the super-rich whining so much? They rigged the game for themselves, but are terrified of being discovered

When my toddler declared he was a boy, I had to mourn the daughter I thought I had, and learn about the son I did

Gangstas and ghetto Cinderellas rule the airwaves, but the Killers and the Hold Steady find success speeding through Springsteen's America.

Salon talks to the author of a new book tracing the city's rock lineage, from the Velvets to the fall of CBGB