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David Shields: Literature saved my life!
David Shields
What makes us read and write when it is harder than ever to "only connect"? Examining our relationships with books
Ethics probe: Congressman’s Taiwan trip likely broke the law
Justin Elliott
Rep. Bill Owens, D-N.Y., appears to have accepted gifts from the Taiwanese government
Bradley Cooper to play Chris Kyle in “American Sniper” biopic
Prachi Gupta
The actor is moving ahead with the film about America's most lethal sniper, who was shot and killed on Feb. 2nd
Pastor apologizes for participating in Newtown memorial service
Kera Bolonik
The Lutheran reverend was called out for worshiping alongside "false religions" like Islam
Can old age still have a happy ending?
Steve Early, Suzanne Gordon
"Amour," "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel" and "All Together" offer very different portraits of the elderly
From Salem to Monty Python: Witch hunt in pop culture
Chen Hooft van Huysduynen
More than 300 years after the Salem witch trials began, witch hunts are still the rage
Waxing our way to the ER
Mary Elizabeth Williams
Grooming accidents are exploding. When did we start hating pubes?
Welcome to Christian Fashion Week
Katie McDonough
Event organizers want to know: "How do we push the boundaries -- with boundaries?"
The Newtown kids’ music output: How much is too much?
Daniel D'Addario
As the students of Sandy Hook prepare to perform at the Grammys, when does tragedy turn to kitsch?
Celebrities get in on the gun control debate
Jillian Rayfield
The NRA has a few more celebrities for its "enemies" list
“Law & Order: SVU” casts Mike Tyson as a rape victim
Prachi Gupta
Critics call out Dick Wolf for asking viewers to sympathize with the retired boxer convicted of a 1992 rape
Meet the two defectors of the Westboro Baptist Church
Mary Elizabeth Williams
After an emotional and public break from the notorious church, where do kids raised in hate go now?
“Community’s” new season is a no-win situation
Willa Paskin
The genre-bending series returns tonight. Can it survive without series creator Dan Harmon?
Report: Sex addiction is BS
Tracy Clark-Flory
Researchers blame the diagnosis on "social conservatism" and "therapeutic self-interest"
A Mad magazine documentary is in the works
Prachi Gupta
A filmmaker has reached his funding goals thanks to fan donations on Kickstarter
Why Republicans should support marijuana reform
Alex Seitz-Wald
One of the congressmen who introduced a pot reform bill this week tells Salon why the GOP should agree with him
Report: Irish government oversaw unpaid workhouses
Shawn Pogatchnik
A new report establishes state involvement in Catholic workhouses that once held women and girls in unpaid labor
Why can’t Hollywood get bipolar disorder right?
Nic Sheff
"Homeland" and "Silver Linings Playbook" portray the symptoms of bipolar disorder, but not its real-life treatment
The Mad Men of Silicon Valley
Andrew Leonard
A new PBS documentary shows us how the future was invented, one chip at a time
The white South’s last defeat
Michael Lind
Hysteria, aggression and gerrymandering are a fading demographic's last hope to maintain political control
Sexual adventures in therapy
Julia Query
My clients come to me with fixed ideas about relationships. But I try to challenge their assumptions -- and my own
Gun lobby: Guns make women safer
Andrea Flynn
Gayle Trotter is the latest gun advocate to play up outdated gender stereotypes in the name of fewer restrictions
Gov. Perry: Boy Scouts should keep no-gay policy
Will Weissert
Perry says that the organization shouldn't bend to the whims of "popular culture"
5 great books on world travel
Alec Ash
British author Colin Thubron on travel writing, wanderlust and his favorite literary globe-hoppers
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