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The World Energy Report’s scariest findings
Michael Klare
The U.S. may surpass Saudi Arabia as the planet's leading oil producer -- and the cost could be catastrophic
An expat writer explains the Catalan secessionist quandary
Mara Faye Lethem
Catalan independence scored a victory in yesterday's election. But in a desperate economy, is secession the answer?
“Two and a Half Men” star hates “Two and a Half Men,” too
Willa Paskin
Despising "Two and a Half Men" is something Evangelicals and liberals (and Charlie Sheen) can all agree on
John McCain realizes GOP can’t win war on women
Irin Carmon
As the GOP senator shies away from his remarks on abortion and Susan Rice, Patty Murray emerges as a Senate force
“Liz & Dick”: An instant camp classic
Mary Elizabeth Williams
"Liz & Dick," Lindsay Lohan's widely panned return to TV, becomes a viral sensation
When right-wing blather killed
Joan Walsh
Irish Catholics peddling nonsense about "dependency on government" need to read a new history of the Great Famine
My roommate ruined my life
Christie Grotheim
When I moved in with a perfectly lovely 33-year-old woman, I discovered just how much I had to hide
Comedy’s sizzling new hotbed
Saira Siddiqi
From Aziz Ansari to Mindy Kaling, comedians of South Asian extraction are leaving an indelible print on pop culture
Positive thinking is for suckers!
Oliver Burkeman
Self-help books don't work. Sex, family and work are stressful. Maybe we need to look at happiness in a new light
How porn became a civil right
Tracy Clark-Flory
We didn't always believe that Playboy was constitutionally protected. An expert explains how sexual rights evolved
Andrew Solomon: “The conditions I’ve written about have been brutally stigmatized”
David Daley
Andrew Solomon tells Salon how parents of extraordinary children find joy in difference, and strength in themselves
Has the apocalypse gone the way of vampires?
Samuel Sattin
It's become a staple of our entertainment industrial complex, but even armageddon can't last forever
Can Facebook promote safe sex?
Kevin Charles Redmon
New research shows mixed results when high-risk teenagers are targeted with online public health initiatives
Forced marriage in our own backyard
Lisa Anderson
New research reveals that it's no longer exclusive to Asia and Africa -- and that it's on the rise in the U.S.
Everything you know about the 1960s is wrong
James T. Patterson
Think it was a decade of sex, protest and psychedelics? Nope. As late as 1964, the decade looked like the '50s
Capitalism’s grossest win: The final triumph of Black Friday
Andrew Leonard
From Plymouth Rock to Thanksgiving at Best Buy: The Puritan ethic went spectacularly astray, all for an iPad mini
I won’t shop on Thanksgiving
Lorraine Berry
I don't blame corporations for the consumer forces that warped our national holiday. I blame us
Threats to Thanksgiving: A right-winger’s guide
Jillian Rayfield
Conservatives discover the "War on Thanksgiving"
Is the metrosexual finally dead?
Michael Todd
In a manner of speaking. After a solid run in the aughts, the descriptor has finally become passé
Fiona Apple’s moving farewell to her dog
Mary Elizabeth Williams
The singer postpones tour dates to say goodbye to her best friend, and writes a beautiful letter explaining why
Cases add up of LAPD assaults on restrained suspects
Natasha Lennard
A cop Tasered a handcuffed woman in fourth case in recent months of LAPD using force on detainees
American Music Awards: All Bieber, all the time
Prachi Gupta
Fans anointed Justin Bieber as the reigning Prince of Pop, bestowing him with three awards
“We’ve become a food culture”
Sophie Roell
Food critic Ruth Reichl explains how immigrants made -- and continue to transform -- American cuisine
Amazon’s the devil — and I love it
Art Edwards
I know the online behemoth helps destroy the book culture I care about. But then I got a Kindle -- and it's awesome
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