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“Writing about sex may have led me to writing about religion”: Tom Perrotta on theocracies, “The Leftovers” and why “The Scarlet Letter” is a coming-out story
Kate Tuttle
Salon talks to the "Leftovers" author about Nathaniel Hawthorne, writing for TV, sex, guilt and America
Trump & Cruz declare all-out war: The real battle for GOP primary supremacy has finally begun
Heather Digby Parton
After months of mounting tensions, the two leading GOP contenders both went for the jugular
Michael Moore might save Flint: Moore, Jon Stewart, John Oliver keep proving satirists get more done than politicians
Sophia A. McClennen
Jon Stewart got results for 9/11 responders. Moore got action over Flint's toxic water. Big wins for comic activism
The true tragedy of Cecil the lion the media has overlooked
Reynard Loki
Behind the scenes, the politically connected Safari Club International has been waging war on African wildlife
The Oscars’ death spiral: The academy and Hollywood are locked in a crisis of their own making
Andrew O'Hehir
Another super-white list of Oscar nominees, but the problem is less the academy than Hollywood's dominant ideology
Jennifer Lawrence’s “Dean Scream”: Her Golden Globes reporter “scolding” sparked an inevitable backlash
Nico Lang
We saw a short clip out of context—that's all it takes to magnify a moment and make someone look unhinged
Obama’s State of the Union optimism: “The difference between Reagan and Obama is that Reagan believed it in his bones”
Scott Timberg
Salon speaks to a Duke political scientist about fear, pessimism and the American need for happy endings
The coddling of the conservative mind
Jim Sleeper
Why baiting "politically correct" college students won’t save honorable conservatism or America. And what might
Lena Dunham, Mindy Kaling, Aziz Ansari: We’re not buying their books — but we’re paying for them in other ways
Scott Timberg
A-listers get millions to write books that don't sell enough to crack the top 100 of the year—and we all lose
Trump is the GOP: That’s why Nikki Haley’s bid to distance the party from him is hopeless
Sean Illing
Haley's condemnation of Trump is a sign the GOP knows he's hurting the party — but it's likely too late to stop it
The depressing lesson of Obama’s final State of the Union address: Everything is still broken
Jack Mirkinson
The president's speech last night was full of bothersome contradictions & accurate but easily ignored admonitions
Nikki Haley belittles Trump in official GOP response to State of the Union: Do not “follow the siren call of the angriest voices” she implores GOP voters
Scott Eric Kaufman
"Some people," she said, "think you have to be the loudest voice in the room to make a difference"
David Bowie, rock star groupies and the sexually adventurous ’70s: “Labeling us as victims in retrospect is not a very conscious thing to do”
Scott Timberg
Salon speaks to sexologist Carol Queen about the shifts in morality around an era of sex, drugs & rock 'n' roll
It’s no surprise that white nationalists have made Trump their guy: Seth Meyers does a “Closer Look” at his racist supporters
Sarah Burris
Gee wiz, just because an old white guy hates anyone non-white doesn't mean he's a racist does it?! Yes, yes it does
The dark side of David Bowie: As the mourning goes on, we can’t ignore his history with underaged groupies in ’70s
Erin Keane
If we feel guilty for talking about Bowie's past — we maybe should explore where that guilt really comes from
The search for the perfect dildo: Size really does matter
Carrie Weisman
Dildos and vibrators come in all varieties, because what gets one woman off might not work for the next
God as the original terrorist: 6 ways the Bible condones horrific acts of brutality
Valerie Tarico
Islamophobes who insist the Quran actively promotes violence might want to take a closer look at the Old Testament
Jeb’s absurd #Bootgate grab: This cutesy dancing Marco Rubio ad reveals a campaign desperately out of touch
Scott Timberg
Rubio's boots have become a weird rally symbol—but a Nancy Sinatra parody is a really weird way to exploit it
“A bold, knowing, charismatic creature neither male nor female”: Camille Paglia remembers a hero, David Bowie
David Daley
EXCLUSIVE: Bowie named Paglia's "Sexual Personae" one of his favorite books. But he helped inspire her to write it
This isn’t about free speech: Internet “supervillain” isn’t being censored by Twitter’s lightweight rebuke
Mary Elizabeth Williams
Breitbart's Milo Yiannopoulos is in the center of a ridiculous #JeSuisMilo campaign over a revoked "verified" check
Why America needs a third party: Voters are growing more disgusted with the two-party system
Sean Illing
The dominance by two parties has been disastrous, regardless of where you fall on the ideological spectrum
Rock Against Drugs was Reagan’s answer to the hedonism of the ’80s
Phillip Smith
In the era of "just say no," Ronnie's anti-drug campaign recruited a mixed bag of performers. Gene Simmons, anyone?
Rebel, alien, cynic, dreamer: David Bowie’s chimerical genius, and cultural importance, go way beyond pop music
Andrew O'Hehir
From Ziggy to Thin White Duke, from "queer" pioneer to "Soul Train," Bowie's marvelous illusions were never false
Donald Trump’s despotic fantasies: Here’s what the world would look like if he were president
Heather Digby Parton
Now the GOP frontrunner for six solid months, it behooves us to imagine what Trump's America would look like
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