Words mean things! From "sarcasm" and "rape" to "legitimate," the right's ignorance gets more glaring

Laura Miller reviews 'Heavy Water and Other Stories' by Martin Amis

German men refute a study saying that many of them aren't good in bed.

Hollywood has picked a winner, but what does the science say?

Creating language and legends -- or just forgetting keys: What TTers are saying this week.

One New York writer welcomes GOP delegates with a self-published Swiftian satire -- recipes included!

The stealth politics — and weird party themes — of this new "tradition," an event about the sex of a fetus

NASA's Robonaut 2 is on Discovery Space Shuttle to do its dirty work, literally. And he'll be tweeting about it!

From Navy boys on missiles to pinup girls on planes, we explore a design love affair

The former Iraqi exile fails to win a seat in the Iraqi Assembly.

Stop objectifying people with disabilities to sell warm-and-fuzzy feelings

"Oldboy" director Park Chan-wook's first American movie is so bad I wonder whether his other movies were ever good

A fabric master talks about reviving the family business, working with new artists and embracing digital technology

Feminist author Barbara Ehrenreich lashes out at a White House workplace that seems organized around President Clinton's 'problem.'