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“Richard Pryor’s stance was to always admit his imperfections. Bill Cosby took another route”
Sara Scribner
Pryor may have grown up emulating Cosby's rhythms, but personally, politically and stylistically, they diverged
“Why would someone expend the effort, risk damaging the environment, and possibly harm themselves to refine metals from scrap?”
Keith Veronese
Using risky methods, amateur recyclers aren't afraid to get their hands dirty in pursuit of the prize -- gold
“They killed Kenny!”: “South Park,” “Lost,” “Batman” and our modern sense of heaven
Greg Garrett
Is heaven a place on earth? A bar that plays your favorite song? How pop culture shapes our sense of the afterlife
Let’s abolish West Point: Military academies serve no one, squander millions of tax dollars
Bruce Fleming
Our military academies aren't filled with best and brightest. They are a boondoggle, on your dime, and serve no one
Salon’s What to Read Awards: Top critics choose the best books of 2014
Michele Filgate
To help sort through the year-end flood, we reached out to critics and tallied the totals for this definitive list
I fought (and lost) the battle against Christmas
Caren Chesler
I've had no luck getting my half-Jewish son to care about Hanukkah. Meanwhile, he can't stop singing about Jesus
Richard Pryor created Chris Rock and Louis C.K.
David Henry
With his rawness and honesty Richard Pryor changed the rules and erased the foul lines for everyone who came after
The tyranny of pop culture “musts”: How I learned to love being out of the loop
Benjamin Hart
"Serial"? Never heard it. "True Detective"? Sounds boring. On the joys of abstaining from cultural obsessions
I’m not a sales assistant
Stacey Patton
Seldom am I more acutely conscious of my skin color than when I shop at stores like J.Crew and Ralph Lauren
Pauly Shore: “Twitter haters always have like, two followers”
Gary M. Kramer
The comedian on his new documentary, having Sam Kinison as a babysitter, and dealing with trolls
“I’m afraid the President would like to do this”: Bob Hope, Ronald Reagan, Johnny Carson and a legend’s strange final years
Richard Zoglin
It might have driven Reagan aides crazy, but Bob Hope knew how to get what he wanted from the White House
Two-sentence Thanksgiving fiction: New stories from Mona Simpson, Megan Abbott, Lydia Millet, Rebecca Makkai and many more
David Daley
45 tiny, new stories from top writers, just two sentences and one rule: Include "thanks" in an interesting way
Racist “Twilight” fans won’t stop harassing Robert Pattinson’s girlfriend
Nico Lang
Pop singer FKA Twigs opens up about the abuse she's received since her relationship hit the Internet
Gene Simmons: “I don’t really care about your culture”
Erin Keane
The KISS frontman on why he thinks immigrants "need to speak English" and men should stay single through their 20s
Let’s all be a lot less honest: Lena Dunham, naked selfies, and the irony of oversharing
R. Jay Magill Jr.
It's time to drop our authenticity fetish and get real about the neglected art of playing social roles
Rebecca Solnit: Feminism needs more Louie C.K.s and Chris Kluwes
Rebecca Solnit
The author of "Men Explain Things to Me" assesses the movement's future -- and why men have to be a part of it
Sarah Palin wants you to think she might run for office again
Luke Brinker
The half-term governor of Alaska pretends there's a serious chance she could reenter politics
EXCLUSIVE: Russell Brand unloads on Sean Hannity, Bill O’Reilly, sad Obama fans and more
David Daley
Brand tells Salon about his evil admiration for Fox liars, how he discovered Chomsky, and his radical "Revolution"
Back off Barbie, Aaron Paul
Mary Elizabeth Williams
The "Breaking Bad" star throws shade in the wrong direction
My strip club bullying nightmare
Kayden Kross
For me, working in a strip club was a lot like "Mean Girls." And when I became a porn star, it only got worse
Phil Hartman biographer on the toxic marriage that killed the comedy legend
Prachi Gupta
Reading Mike Thomas' bio of Hartman, nothing will prepare you for the horrific ending you already know is coming
Escape from slavery: The harrowing story behind an African-American intellectual’s break for freedom
Ezra Greenspan
William Wells Brown became a leading black thinker and speaker of the 19th century. First he needed his freedom
“The Equalizer”: Denzel Washington redeems American manhood
Andrew O'Hehir
The iconic star reunites with the "Training Day" director for a brooding, bizarre saga of hardware and heroism
Viggo Mortensen on “Lord of the Rings” — and playing an American at last
Andrew O'Hehir
The chameleonic star on why the first LOTR movie was best, and playing a '60s con man in "Two Faces of January"
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