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The mother of all Tea Party triumphs?
Steve Kornacki
A paranoid debtor who equates lust with adultery is on the verge of a victory that will cost the GOP dearly
When we buried my dog, I found my father
Sarah Stankorb
I spent my childhood afraid of my alcoholic dad. But when Ginger passed, I saw a side of him I never knew
Jonathan Franzen’s “Freedom”: Brilliant portrait of our times
Heather Havrilesky
The author takes us on a dark, epic, funny tour of modern life with a family of conflicted idealists
The Emmys’ most memorable moments
Mary Elizabeth Williams
Last night's highlights and lowlights, from Temple Grandin's moving appearance to Julia Ormond's bizarre speech
Having kids made me a movie wuss
Louis Bayard
I always thought I'd be a rational father. But seeing a child in danger drives me over the edge
The unmaking of a company man
Andrew Bacevich
After hewing to military orthodoxy for years, my real education began in the shadow of the Brandenberg Gate
The strange story of my son’s circumcision
Taffy Brodesser-Akner
I believe cutting a boy's foreskin is mutilation. So why am I standing here at my child's bris?
Bloomberg again defends religious freedom
Justin Elliott
The mosque debate "is a test of our commitment to American values," the mayor said in prepared Iftar remarks
Why I got the male Brazilian wax
Jed Lipinksi
Are straight men really going bare down there? At first I was just curious -- but then, I decided to try it myself
“The Big C”: Kooky, unsexy cancer
Heather Havrilesky
Laura Linney seizes the day in Showtime's zany death comedy -- but you'll wish she hadn't
Blagojevich jurors tell judge they are stalled
Don Babwin, Michael Tarm
After 12 days of deliberation, the jury has only reached a verdict on two out of 24 counts
Before flying was bad: My glory days as a flight attendant
Ann Hood
My job in the '70s was fun and glamorous, but Steven Slater's exit reminds us just how miserable travel has become
“Mad Men” recap: A man in a room with a checkbook
Heather Havrilesky
Dick Whitman visits his only friend, then Don Draper turns his back on her
Anne Rice can leave Christianity, but I’m staying
Lily Burana
Homophobia and hatred may have pushed the writer from the church, but I refuse to let those people define my faith
Police: Connecticut shooter targeted managers
Everton Bailey Jr.
Company says Omar Thornton, caught on tape stealing beer, quietly resigned, then, "cold as ice," pulled out his gun
Family: Racial bias caused Conn. gunman to snap
Everton Bailey Jr.
Shooter claimed to have found a picture of a noose and a racial epithet written in the workplace restroom
My romance in a town haunted by its Nazi past
Rachel Shukert
I was a young Jewish woman dating an older man, but I couldn't escape Vienna's dark history, or my fears about his
In bed with the Army: A reporter in Afghanistan
Ann Jones
Creature comforts and tedium characterize much of the experience on the front lines. Should war be this cushy?
Senate control could come down to Crist and Lieberman
Steve Kornacki
If the numbers break a certain way, two free agent senators could cause chaos after the November elections
Making it OK to murder
Lisa Riordan Seville
The right to self-defense is rarely invoked in a murder trial. But that may be changing
As a foster kid, I never learned to brush my teeth
Cary Tennis
I'm afraid to go into the bathroom, because of things that happened in childhood
San Francisco proposes controversial pet sale ban
Evelyn Nieves
The city by the Bay stokes anger with a possible outlawing of animal dealing
How to choose (and store) a watermelon
Francis Lam
Forget hocus-pocus like tapping. Here's how to select and store, with a surprise tip from a pro on how to serve
E-Verify and the unintended consequences of immigration reform
Miranda Simon
The push to root out undocumented workers is feeding an underground economy -- and starving the public treasury
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