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“The Waiting Room”: Welcome to Romneycare 2.0
Andrew O'Hehir
A saga of desperation, tragedy and unexpected heroism, this riveting documentary spends 24 hours in a public E.R.
More poll trutherism
Alex Pareene
Conservatives debate: Is the liberal media purposely or simply accidentally making Romney look like he's losing?
Philip Gourevitch: Memory is a disease
Cécile Alduy
The New Yorker staff writer discusses the dangers of narrative simplification and the role of literary reportage
So many books, so little time
Laura Miller
A son talks about the books he and his mother chose to read during the last months of her life
Puking myself clean
Steven Martin
I'd become a full-on opium fiend, and I was desperate to kick the habit. Enter the infamous "Thai puking rehab"
“Won’t Back Down”: Why do teachers’ unions hate America?
Andrew O'Hehir
"Won't Back Down" is an offensive, lame, union-bashing drama, which somehow stars Viola Davis and Maggie Gyllenhaal
My baby-sitter addiction
Hayley Krischer
With my first kid, I needed to do everything myself. Then I discovered the power and freedom of hiring someone else
Conservatives to Mitt: We never liked you anyway
Paul Waldman
As the Romney campaign falls apart in slow motion, the right begins preparing for the post-election recriminations
Did “Louie” kill the sitcom?
Adam Wilson
By rejecting the rigid structure of realist comedy, the burly stand-up captures something infinitely more profound
Naomi Wolf says her critics have problems with female sexuality
Prachi Gupta
The author of "Vagina: A New Biography" defends herself
Once a terrorist, not always a terrorist
Natasha Lennard
The State Department's removal of Iranian dissident group MEK from terrorist list draws wide criticism
It’s just a movie!
Clare Malone
After the recent violence in the Middle East, it's time to reevaluate our understanding of free speech
Thousands of Wall Street traders follow astrology
Natasha Lennard
At least 300 traders pay for financial astrology newsletters
Mindy Kaling’s entitlement project
Willa Paskin
The sharp "Mindy Project" -- the year's best new comedy -- is a riff on Kaling's great theme, entitlement
“Treme’s” meta pleasures
Jonathan Alexander
The HBO show is as much about the act of producing art about Katrina as it is about the storm's aftermath
GOP’s public sector obsession
Joshua Holland
The "Life of Julia" campaign absurdly suggests we'll become addicted to government aid
America’s favorite handgun
Shaun Randol
The author of "Glock: The Rise of America's Gun" explains how the firearm forever changed American gun culture
David Simon: Most TV is unwatchable
Willa Paskin
Salon exclusive: "The Wire" creator on the spinoff that never happened, and his fight to finish "Treme"
Fingerprints aren’t proof
Sue Russell
Despite its aura of infallibility, courtroom claims of fingerprints’ uniqueness are slowly receding
Should the terminally ill control their deaths?
Daniel Krieger
A year after my mother's uncomfortable decline, it's a question with which I'm still wrestling
I married a Republican
Laura Amann
My husband and I have always had political conflict. But as this election nears, things are getting ugly
O’Reilly: Mitt’s losing because people are dumbed down
Jillian Rayfield
Bill O'Reilly blames the Internet for Mitt's poll troubles
Ayn Rand’s wacky art theory
Jillian Steinhauer
For the objectivist philosopher, the question isn't "what is art?" but "what isn't?" The answer: Almost everything!
“Beautiful Ruins”: 2012’s best audiobook narration
Laura Miller
Edoardo Ballerini shines narrating Jess Walter's novel, set during the filming of "Cleopatra"
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