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Carrying a gun is a legitimate response to America’s craziness
Andrew O'Hehir
Here's how sick gun culture is: If black men feel they have to arm themselves against vigilantes, they may be right
Goodbye to my American dream
Tiffanie Drayton
My mom moved us here for a better life. But as a black woman, I'm tired of loving a country that can't love me back
Author Craig Nova: “The novel is the way we discover what we really believe”
Oscar Hijuelos
The author of "All the Dead Yale Men" on the future of the novel and how having daughters changed his writing
When Borges met Xul Solar
Miriam Basilio
A new exhibit sheds light on the pair's unique friendship -- and the intellectual curiosities they shared
Keynes can save us yet
Tom Streihorst
It's basic economics: A return to increased government spending is the first step to restoring prosperity
“Ex-gay Pride Month” canceled because of “anti-ex-gay extremism”
Katie McDonough
The "intolerance" of others has derailed the "ex-gay" movement's festival of intolerance
“Weeds” actress Mary-Louise Parker to quit acting because Internet is “too bitchy”
Prachi Gupta
Reality TV and gossip sites spread too much negativity and criticism, says the actress
Liberals don’t understand Texas
Abby Johnston
Don't reduce us to "rednecks." Yes, our newly passed abortion laws are shameful -- but you're missing a lot more
The hipster racism of reality TV
Elissa Strauss
Bravo's "Princesses: Long Island" is just the latest reality show to act like ethnic caricatures are fair game now
Dear ABC: Putting Jenny McCarthy on “The View” will kill children
Alex Pareene
Anti-vaccine conspiracist and "View" co-host Jenny McCarthy isn't just quirky -- she spreads lies that hurt people
It’s not just Clarence Thomas and Antonin Scalia
Marin Cogan
For all the talk about representation on the high court, SCOTUS has a bigger problem with women no one mentions
Sending money to mother-in-law
Cary Tennis
Must we accede to my wife's mother's demand to send her dollars every month?
Penn student: New York Times gets college hookup culture wrong
Prachi Gupta
"Sometimes, we just want to have sex for sex’s sake. What’s wrong with that?"
Prude at Penthouse
Margaret Meehan
I was so bashful I could hardly say the word "sex." But my job at the porn mag was an education in being unashamed
David Simon: “I can’t look an African-American parent in the eye”
Alex Halperin
The creator of "The Wire" says Americans should be ashamed of ourselves after the Zimmerman verdict
Hey, Newt, this is not a “lynch mob”!
Joan Walsh
Newt Gingrich insists Trayvon Martin protesters were "prepared to be a lynch mob." Here's a little history lesson
It’s time for an end to “women’s stories”
Anna North
The never-ending parade of features about college hookup culture and other "women's" topics is hurting everyone
Hitchens wasn’t a philosopher
Joe Winkler
His style, the "brilliant uncle talking at a party," doesn't always hold up in the trenches of religious argument
4 adult novelists who made brilliant children’s book authors
Courtney Sender
For writers like George Saunders, YA and children's lit are just other mediums for exploring universal themes
Top 5 investigative videos of the week: Test tube tomatoes
Amanda Pike
From genetically engineered produce to lucha libre wrestling, a look at the finest docs YouTube has to offer
The Stoned Age: Were cavemen on drugs?
Steven Rosenfeld
New research argues that geometric patterns in paleolithic paintings is evidence of their taste for hallucinogens
“There’s always a good time to use a Taser”: TV encourages out-of-control gun culture
Radley Balko
"Taser time." "Cavity search, anyone?" Bad cops mimic dumb TV -- and out-of-control SWAT teams are the result
How social conservatives won: Can progressives reverse the tide?
Peter McDonough
The current debate over abortion, welfare and more has been shaped by '90s Catholic neocons who outfoxed liberals
Zimmerman verdict: A green light for racist vigilantes
Rich Benjamin
This verdict allows every paranoid, sub-intelligent, vigilante with a gun to go on victimizing black youth
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