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"We’ve been misled by years of monotheism to think there's one answer to everything," says author Peter Watson

The "Portlandia" network has ordered two new series from the comic luminaries

From music to movies, here are five fun tournament picks that have nothing to do with sports

Terry Gilliam makes a cluttered, clever mess of Heath Ledger's final film

The actor apparently feels sorry for celebs accused of sexual abuse

A Delaware man gains fame in his final message

Forget what you learned in school. When it comes to writing sentence fragments, even Shakespeare broke the rules

The Cambridge historian who identified this 15th-century manuscript compares its humor to Monty Python

A new tribute concert film and album is about to stoke the fires of the "loner genius" fantasy once again

Rachel Cantor, Peter Catapano, Samantha Hunt, Maria Konnikova and Mira Ptacin discuss their new books

When the man of steel renounces his U.S. citizenship, what does that say about our country?

The reviews are in: Readers either adored or despised Andrew Grant's "Chicken Show."

Salon's TV picks for Wednesday, July 7, 1999

A new expanded leave policy doesn't cover real life -- especially for a company that has banned working from home