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Nassim Nicholas Taleb: The future will not be cool
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Futurists always get it wrong. Despite the promise of technology, our world looks an awful lot like the past
My AIDS memoir soundtrack
Alysia Abbott
On World AIDS Day, a writer commemorates her father's 20th anniversary with songs that helped her through her grief
Tyranny of the happy ending
Laura Miller
Has our pep-talk-prone culture led readers to shun tragic literary classics?
“Shahs of Sunset”: The real Iranians of Los Angeles?
Neda Maghbouleh
An Iranian-American professor has a dirty secret — her secret obsession with the deliciously shallow Bravo show
The Gaza Strip, in a theater near you
Eric Kohn
Forget the Civil War. The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is the dominant political story of the movie season
“Thirtysomething” writer Richard Kramer: “Family isn’t something you make”
Rachel Shukert
The TV writer turned novelist has lots to say about coming of age, coming out and redefining the meaning of family
Maybe Jeffrey MacDonald was innocent after all
Lynn Parramore
In a rare interview, co-counsel Wade Smith reflects on the murder case that's long captured America's imagination
Could the Nate Silver approach work in Hollywood?
David Sirota
Movie studios, record labels, even the CIA have embraced computer models to predict events. It might not be smart
Pick of the week: Brad Pitt’s ultra-bleak thriller
Andrew O'Hehir
Pick of the week: The handsome star takes out a hit on America in the scathing "Killing Them Softly"
7 disturbing trends in junk food advertising for children
Laura Gottesdiener
Bribing kids with toys and convincing them to eat a “fourth meal" are just a couple of the industry's tricks
Disneyland for gang enthusiasts
Leslie Jamison
Have a voyeuristic fascination with Crips and Bloods? For $65, you can tour Los Angeles' most dangerous crime lands
Controversial ideas? They’re kids!
Mary Elizabeth Williams
A student's request to play a song about marriage equality leads to a teacher's suspension
Will the religious right take on GOP racism?
David Sirota
The founder of the Promise Keepers speaks out against -- surprise! -- white privilege
Republicans just don’t get it
Joan Walsh
Hours after Stuart Stevens insults most Americans, Tom Davis credits Obama's victory to the "underclass"
Can we stop worshipping American generals now?
William J. Astore
For those devastated by Petraeus' fall from grace, here's a newsflash: We enabled him with our sycophancy
Is Wal-Mart the enemy?
Matt Stoller
The mega-store's employees are battling for fair pay, real benefits and respect -- and not to harm the company
Must I repay the jerk?
Cary Tennis
I find a job, he lends me the money, I move 8,000 miles to be with him. Then he says he's not really feeling it!
Stuart Stevens, buffoon
Joan Walsh
Romney's top strategist says his guy did fine because he won every group except folks making under $50,000
Small minds crimp my style
Cary Tennis
I'm a free woman now and I'm dating up a storm. Why is everybody so nervous?
My sweet threesome
Kristine Shaw
Sex was emotionally loaded territory for me. Until I found freedom in the arms of a couple
Study: Porn stars aren’t “damaged”
Tracy Clark-Flory
A report finds adult actresses are happier than the rest of us -- and that being naked might lead to self-esteem
David Foster Wallace, mathematician
Kyle McCarthy
He's long been celebrated for his fiction's grotesque hyperrealism, but few acknowledge its bold use of fractals
9 greediest CEOs
Lynn Parramore
These financiers, polluters and business honchos are teaming up to strangle the economy -- and shred our safety net
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