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Casey Kasem, Ronald Reagan and music’s 1 percent: Artificial “popularity” is not democracy
Scott Timberg
We all have sweet, nostalgic memories of "American Top 40." But some Kasem tributes misremember music history
The Iron Lady’s American obsession: Thatcher and Reagan’s desperate political alliance
Guy Arnold
The two most important conservative figures of the past 30 years had a more complicated relationship than you think
Pope Francis’ new clothes: Why his progressive image is white smoke and mirrors
Anna March
Don't buy his populist rhetoric. The new pope is every bit the sexist homophobe as his predecessors
Hillary Clinton forgets the ’90s: Our latest gilded age and our latest phony populists
Thomas Frank
The gilded age Clinton now laments had its roots in the dark side of Bill's economic record. So why trust her now?
Sorry, New York Times, but America dives too
Timothy McGrath
The paper of record suggests the U.S. is too honorable to hang with international competition. Oh please!
Tea Party’s embarrassing irony: How its ideal nation rejects basic American beliefs
Elias Isquith
Tea Party heroes like Rand Paul want a "democracy" in which politics' biggest questions may never be debated
“Game of Thrones,” “Mad Men,” “Breaking Bad,” “The Office”: Let’s play Six Degrees of “Love, Actually”
Colin McEnroe
"Mad Men." "Game of Thrones." It's wild how many essential modern shows have a direct tie to the treacly rom-com
Sexting’s perverse double standard: Why girls are set up to fail
s.e. smith
It's a natural expression of teen sexuality, so why is our culture using it as a new excuse for slut-shaming?
Reason vs. the right: Have conservatives abandoned science and rationality?
Amanda Marcotte
"Cosmos" was just the latest flashpoint in a raging battle over the place of science in American politics
Neil deGrasse Tyson: If we don’t foster innovation we “might as well just move back into the cave”
Sarah Gray
Watch the famed astrophysicist discuss creativity and science -- and the forces he fears will stifle them
The music industry is still screwed: Why Spotify, Amazon and iTunes can’t save musical artists
Andrew Leonard
Pandora, Spotify and Beats aren't making a profit. If they never do, your favorite band will need a day job
Terry Richardson is an artist and a predator
Jess Zimmerman
A new profile of the photographer reveals how little we value women’s comfort when it comes to a man’s work
Philippine senator charged with plunder surrenders
Oliver Teves
“Jersey Boys”: A surprisingly great summer movie for grown-ups
Andrew O'Hehir
Loaded with pop hits and a hint of darkness, Clint Eastwood's Frankie Valli musical is a total treat
Yes, Germaine Greer, you can be a feminist beauty queen
Mary Elizabeth Williams
It's not Miss England but the icon who's body shaming
St. Louis paper drops George Will over “offensive and inaccurate” column on sexual assault
Prachi Gupta
"We apologize for publishing [the column]," wrote editorial page editor Tony Messenger
These “new faces of heroin” stories are just the old face of racism
Maia Szalavitz
Revelations that middle-class whites are "suddenly" shooting up reinforce ugly stereotypes about "typical" users
Why authors lost the book wars long before Amazon’s dustup with Hachette
J.E. Fishman
Don't pity the publishers. Their history of screwing over writers precedes the likes of Jeff Bezos
The shocking numbers: Americans are dangerously ignorant on politics
CJ Werleman
The scary thing about the man who upset Eric Cantor last week is how familiar his brand of ignorance is
The genius of extreme Internet minimalism: An app that just says “yo”
Andrew Leonard
Software that reduces human existence and the need for connection to its purest essence is obviously worth millions
America entering dangerous new age: The post-constitutional era
Peter Van Buren
Our speech is being monitored. Our lawmakers work in secret. It's a brave new world
Duke porn star Belle Knox has lost her financial aid
Prachi Gupta
"I have considered dropping out of Duke," she admitted in an essay in Time magazine
Watch David Byrne, Rufus Wainwright, Boy George and Ezra Koenig sing “Summer Nights” from “Grease”
Sarah Gray
Along with Brent Carver, Steven Page, Brennan Hall and Josh Groban
Wingnuts’ sheltered fantasy: This is the far right’s scary myopic vision
Ari Rabin-Havt
Extreme conservatives don't just have dangerous views -- they have a plan to ensure they never see liberals again
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