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7 absurd ways the military wastes taxpayer dollars
Laura Gottesdiener
If you thought the Petraeus scandal was embarrassing, wait 'til you hear how much is spent on military golf courses
10 best countries to be born in 2013
Sarah Seltzer
The Economist Group has released a new quality-of-life index. Guess which country didn't crack the top 15
Indian sitar virtuoso Ravi Shankar dies at 92
Muneeza Naqvi
The musician and one-time mentor to the Beatles was labeled "the godfather of world music" by George Harrison
Oscar’s ideological throwdown
Andrew O'Hehir
Slavery vs. torture vs. mental illness vs. death: This year's contenders make award season a lot more interesting
Producers are sucking the life out of music
Eric R. Danton
Rapper K'naan never thought his own creative team would censor him. But that's how you get to the top of the charts
No, really. Stop comparing everything to “Portlandia”
David Daley
We know: Every farm-to-table restaurant is like "Portlandia." So is every band. And city. And tech company. Enough!
Rich people: Raise my death taxes!
Alex Seitz-Wald
Responsible Wealth, a group of über-rich Americans that includes Warren Buffett, makes an earnest plea to Congress
Scalia’s still obsessed with sodomy
Mary Elizabeth Williams
The justice defends his "absurd" arguments to a gay student, and is astonished when he can't persuade him
Cory Booker, gubernatorial candidate
Steve Kornacki
The case for him running against Chris Christie next year -- even though he'll probably lose
HSBC to pay $1.9 billion to settle money-laundering scandal
Pete Yost, Pan Pylas
The financial giant will avoid prosecution by paying the biggest penalty ever imposed on a bank
Koch brothers, Tea Party cash drives Michigan right-to-work bill
Josh Eidelson
Why did Gov. Rick Snyder buckle on an anti-union law? Just look at his big-money donors
Ann Coulter: Voice of reason?
Sally Kohn
We've embraced Ellen, gay marriage and progress. If Ann Coulter knows, why are radical right groups still fighting?
At West Point, “you need to believe in God”
Valerie Tarico
Cadet Blake Page, who founded the school's Secular Student Alliance, explains why he cut ties with the institution
How to live well: A handy reading list
Alec Ash
Philosopher Roman Krznaric discusses the five books that have helped shape his work, from Orwell to Thoreau
Johnny Ramone, Patti Smith and Jay-Z: Three of a kind
Jack Hamilton
Each is the author of a new memoir, and each offers a distinctly New York story -- with varying degrees of success
Charles Dickens’ great disappointments
Laura Miller
Robert Gottlieb discusses the author's 10 children and the great expectations of literary offspring
“Homeland’s” best shark-jumping moments
Willa Paskin
We love to call it out for flying off the rails. But the genius of the series: It always recovers its footing
Climate change can be stopped
William F. Hewitt
While politicians go slowly on global warming, individuals can do more than they think
8 reasons addiction carries a stigma
Dr. Richard Juman
If addiction is a chronic brain disease, why do we still think it's a moral failing?
Bilbo Baggins says, “Buy this!”
Robert Rodi
Behold the onslaught of Hobbit action figures. Hobbit Legos. Hobbit meals. If only they did this to "Anna Karenina"
The Smiths: Best band ever?
David Daley
No band captured the tormented teen soul like the Smiths. The author of a new 700-page bio explains why they matter
PSY apologizes for anti-American rap
David Daley
"Gangnam Style" star is sorry for performing a song that urged the slow and painful deaths of U.S. leaders
An end to Air Force pin-ups
Natasha Lennard
In an attempt to combat rape culture, images objectifying women will be removed from public and work areas
“The Hebrew Hammer”: The baddest Jew in the whole damn town!
Amy Klein
Ten years after the "Jewsploitation" cult flick first hit the screen, the Hebraic hero returns to take on Hitler
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