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Mind games
Kwame McKenzie
Inside the controversial new fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
Obama’s Bush speech highlights their similarities
Kevin Gosztola
Honoring his predecessor today, Obama reminds us that on foreign policy, he's accepted much of the Bush doctrine
Presidential libraries are huge failures
Anthony Clark
An expert explains why Bush's national monument will likely degenerate into an empty, wasteful, gimmicky albatross
Is the press too big to fail?
Todd Gitlin
Today's media may be maddening, but the sobering truth is that there was no Golden Age of American journalism
Why are terrorists so often men?
Irin Carmon
Tamerlan Tsarnaev was performing a kind of masculinity through public destruction
With crowdsourcing, everyone’s a detective now
Laura Miller
Reddit got it all wrong. So why do we all think we have the expertise to solve crimes after watching "CSI"?
How can white Americans be free?
Kartina Richardson
The default belief that the white experience is a neutral and objective one hurts both white and American culture
“The Reluctant Fundamentalist”: Is the Princeton grad a jihadi?
Andrew O'Hehir
Riz Ahmed plays a financial genius turned Islamic intellectual in Mira Nair's "The Reluctant Fundamentalist"
What really happened to Sunil Tripathi?
Mary Elizabeth Williams
UPDATED: As a body is discovered in Providence, we're reminded of the human cost of the despicable need to be first
Rand Paul’s missing spine
Joan Walsh
I thought he was a joke, but after he filibustered over drones, I wondered if I'd been wrong. Nope
Chasing Amanda Bynes: Is it ethical for outlets to pursue interviews with a damaged star?
Daniel D'Addario
The star may or may not be undergoing a breakdown. BuzzFeed's looking for an exclusive and Perez stirs the pot
Was Dzhokar Tsarnaev just following his brother’s lead?
Malcolm Ritter
Experts in sibling research say the powerful bonds that can develop between brothers may have played a role
Edith Wharton invented Kim Kardashian
Sage Mehta
To understand the celebrity's cult of personality, one need only pick up a copy of "The Custom of the Country"
Religion’s media persecution complex
Diane Winston
There is no secular conspiracy to curb religious news coverage. Audiences just aren't all that interested
Can video games help cure depression?
Tim Sampson
Despite studies linking the two, hardcore gamers insist we have the culture backwards
NFL prospect comes out kicking
Cyd Zeigler
Middle Tennessee State placekicker Alan Gendreau reveals his homosexuality on the eve of the NFL draft
Ten reasons to hate that Internet haters story
Andrew Leonard
The writer who gave us Megan Fox as an Aztec sacrifice tells us that the Internet needs more civility. Poppycock!
Judging Amazon’s comedy pilots
Willa Paskin
An upstart in original programming, Amazon has selected comedies that tease the status-quo
Secrets of the conservative media machine
Lee Fang
After mastering TV news and talk radio, conservatives lost control of their message online. That's about to change
Andy Griffith, America’s surrogate father
Evan Smith Rakoff
A trip to the Andy Griffith Museum in North Carolina helps explain the actor's enduring legacy
Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback signs sweeping anti-choice bill into law
Katie McDonough
Among other anti-choice provisions, the bill states that "life" begins at fertilization under Kansas law
Terrorism comes home
Sebastian Rotella
The Tsarnaevs' story is eerily reminiscent of those behind high-profile attacks in London and Madrid
I am not the Tsarnaevs
Wajahat Ali
The Tsarnaevs have nothing in common with me or other Muslims. But don't tell that to the political opportunists
Will water supplies provoke World War III?
Michael Klare
Extreme climate change and a global scarcity of vital resources could prove to be an explosive combination
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