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Tales of a 60-year-old hitchhiker

Bill McAuliffe
I thumbed 1,700 miles to discover the open road and myself. Is it time to reconsider a lost American tradition?

Whitey Bulger: Secrets behind the capture of the FBI’s most wanted man

Dick Lehr, Gerard O'Neill
After bin Laden's death, mob boss Whitey Bulger was the most wanted man in America. Then he made two mistakes

My dad: 35 and dead

Michael Hainey
I was so young when my father died that it took decades to understand my mom experienced loss, too

Edward Gorey’s strange, curious world

Jillian Steinhauer
The author's books tended toward the macabre, but there's an element of redemption in his ghoulish worldview

Spanish capital en ruinas

Brian Patrick Eha
Dispatches from Madrid, a city in political and economic turmoil.

Ingmar Bergman, novelist

Kelsey Osgood
Largely unheralded, the Swedish director's fiction was no less haunting than his feature films

Why are men so foolish?

Po Bronson, Ashley Merryman
Women might be less competitive, but studies show they're also smarter candidates, stock pickers and more

Frank Lloyd Wright’s unrealized skyscraper dreams

Allison Meier
The iconic architect envisioned innovative designs beyond his famous Guggenheim and Falling Water plans

Perfect pairings: The best film/drink combos to snuggle up with on Valentine’s Day

Jocelyn Rose
Who needs a fancy restaurant? These delicious pairings will warm your heart — and your tummy

Drinking the fracking Kool-aid

David Sirota
The newest claim from the oil and gas industry: Halliburton-produced fracking fluid is safe to drink

Shonda Rhimes: “Calling a show a ‘guilty pleasure’ — it’s like saying it’s a piece of crap”

Willa Paskin
The creator of "Grey's Anatomy" and "Scandal" explores the ethos of immorality -- and the insult she really hates

The artist formerly known as Dubya

Hrag Vartanian
What do George W. Bush's recently revealed self-portraits tell us about the man?

The Canadian border: A Constitution-free zone

Todd Miller
Drone use, surveillance and now border police all exist outside the law in the post-9/11 world

What’s really going on at Guantanamo?

John Knefel
A cut media feed during a pre-trial hearing exposes the paranoia and confusion surrounding military commissions

Pauline Kael was my mentor

Richard Kramer
The legendary film critic helped teach me how to write, to think -- and even how to watch movies

Will “alt-labor” replace unions?

Josh Eidelson
As union membership steadily declines, new non-union workers' groups are filling the labor movement's biggest void

Technology should make us optimistic

Anna Blundy, The Browser
Author Matt Ridley's favorite books on technologies that make the world a better place

Get to know the lesbians!

Sarah Cypher
Since the repeal of DADT, my military wife and I no longer hide. But we've seen real bigotry -- and amazing growth

“We were the ones who shot them”

Kevin Sites
An Army specialist recounts the horrible story of realizing he's just fired on -- and killed -- fellow Americans

Never stop crossing borders

Sandra Tarling
A look at the work of Reyna Grande, whose searing stories explore the lives immigrants and their children

Catholic hospital argues fetuses aren’t people in malpractice suit

Katie McDonough
Yes, Catholic Health Initiatives' latest move is hypocritical, but they are following the law. That's a good thing

Obama, Biden sworn in at intimate ceremonies

Associated Press
The president and VP will repeat the ritual for the public Monday, but had to first take the oath on Jan. 20

My 1,700-mile hike across the XL Pipeline

Ken Ilgunas
I wanted to learn everything about the environmental battle. I saw a country marked by apathy, and flickers of hope

An orgasm almost killed me!

Ashok Rajamani
It was my brother's wedding day, and I was practicing some bored self-love. It ended with an explosion in my brain
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