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Blame Canada! Fighting has turned hockey immoral
Edward McClelland
Drug abuse, depression, early deaths: Hockey fights have a lot to answer for. The Olympics show a way forward
Michael Sam is the future of football
Mary Elizabeth Williams
Whether Sam is drafted or not, an openly gay player is bound to enter the NFL, and execs need to accept that
Lindsey Vonn’s nasty tirade about celebrity weight is the worst of sports culture
Daniel D'Addario
The skier, sidelined from the Olympians, tells a women's magazine that movie stars are "skinny-fat"
The death of culture: Brought to you by Amazon?
Andrew Leonard
The New Yorker argues that Jeff Bezos is delivering publishing's doom. But shouldn't we really blame the consumer?
Sheryl Sandberg wants to change how stock photos represent working women
Katie McDonough
Rejoice, feature writers! You now have a more expansive database for your "having it all" think pieces
NFL executives respond to Michael Sam’s coming out with cynical homophobia
Katie McDonough
An openly gay player would "chemically imbalance an NFL locker room and meeting room," said one anonymous insider
How Michael Sam made an end run around homophobia in professional sports
Daniel D'Addario
Some think gays in sports are a distraction. Michael Sam circumvents that rhetoric by coming out pre-NFL
Watching “Girls” with girls: Hannah sells out
Neil Drumming
This week, we discuss insecurity, idiot boyfriends, and the virtues of having a corporate job
Must-see morning clip: Top NFL prospect Michael Sam comes out
Katie McDonough
"I'm Michael Sam. I'm a football player, and I'm gay," the SEC defensive player of the year announced Sunday
10 worst right-wing moments of the week: Victoria Jackson for office!
Janet Allon
Pat Robertson becomes the voice of reason on creationism, while the former "SNL"-er reveals her repugnant platform
Is this the world’s oldest landscape painting?
Laura C. Mallonee
New research suggests the honor belongs to a neolithic mural in central Turkey
The astonishing power of Richard Powers
Andrew Leonard
How a conversation with the legendary writer inspired me to reconsider technology, culture, family, everything
Sex, gay rights, women’s rights in Russia: Fighting oppression behind closed doors
Gregory Feifer
Soviet Russia frowned on sex, officially -- but the era's crushing drabness did not always reach into the bedroom
Don’t tell the kids: The real history of the tooth fairy
Michael Hingston
She's way younger than you'd think. And she might be descended from the Tooth Mouse
The secret sauce of Russian autocracy: Vodka (and lots of it)
Mark Lawrence Schrad
In Russia, vodka has long been a tool for authoritarian control — and Russians are paying for it dearly
The truth about sex and equality
Tracy Clark-Flory
A New York Times Magazine story argues that parity squelches marital desire. It's not so simple
The Russian spy who duped my dad
Robert Silverman
The FBI called Emil Goldfus a KGB colonel leading a vast network of espionage. My father called him a friend
Rob Ford, behind the scenes: “He won’t give up the blow”
Robyn Doolittle
Rob Ford may be the world's most infamous mayor. How did he melt down in public? Here's the amazing real story
GOP’s secret anti-freedom agenda: Why their “liberty” talk is nonsense
Elias Isquith
Obamacare will liberate some Americans in the job market. So why aren't liberty-loving conservatives rejoicing?
“The Great Beauty” director Paolo Sorrentino: “An Oscar is something that awakens national pride”
Daniel D'Addario
The director of Italy's big Oscar hope talks to Salon about Fellini, non-Italian audiences and politics
Dylan Farrow, Woody Allen and rape culture: The essential reading list
Katie McDonough
A list of the best, most challenging writing that's come about as a result of Farrow's willingness to speak out
George Clooney’s boring European vacation
Andrew O'Hehir
The star's directing career hits the skids in this oddly flat WWII adventure with Matt Damon and Michelangelo
Birth of a whistle-blower: How Edward Snowden became Edward Snowden
Luke Harding
Early chat records reveal that Snowden supported government secrecy — until he saw how it really worked
Down with work! A pro-freedom agenda liberals should embrace
Alex Pareene
Why the left should cheer the CBO report on the Affordable Care Act's labor force effects
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