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Paul Ryan: Pop doofus
Michael Barthel
Why the vice president should ditch Ayn Rand and embrace the goofy comparisons to TV characters
Does age make us conservative?
Cary Tennis
A Democrat when young, a Republican when mature: Does that make sense?
Men aren’t ending
Maria Bustillos
Hanna Rosin's loosely organized new book makes serious omissions in its presentation of research
The GOP’s lost weekend
Joan Walsh
The Sunday shows shredded Romney's remaining credibility and turned Paul Ryan into Sarah Palin
American groups outsourcing their Islamophobia
Jillian Rayfield
U.S. groups give money to Dutch anti-Islam politician Geert Wilders
Facebook’s stock isn’t hurting Silicon Valley
Barbara Ortutay
Companies in Silicon Valley remain optimistic even though Facebook's stock continues to underperform
A cheater’s guide to everything
Jessica Anya Blau
Junot Díaz waxes on his new collection of short stories, Dominican manhood and the c-word, among other things
Have Republicans lost the culture war?
Paul Waldman
As last week's Democratic convention shows, now it's liberals touting their positions on social issues
“New Normal”: “Honesty” doesn’t make hate OK
Willa Paskin
Ryan Murphy's "New Normal," about two gay fathers, is as mean to its characters as any social conservative could be
Karl Rove’s compassionate conservatism
Jonathan Rauch
The former deputy chief of staff discusses five books that define for him the essence of American Conservatism
W. Kamau Bell: Attacking Jon Stewart from the center
Willa Paskin
FX comedian W. Kamau Bell is happy to go after Obama, even if he "loses my spot at the black people meeting"
“This Is How You Lose Her”: A cheater in love
Laura Miller
Junot Diaz's irresistible new book traces a womanizer's rocky journey to maturity
Does Israel have options?
Patrick Tyler
The country's leaders don't believe deterrence or diplomacy will work with Iran. But war could be catastrophic
Must porn stars get tested?
Tracy Clark-Flory
The gay porn world makes actors wear rubbers and doesn't test for STIs. That's changing, and not everyone's happy
Do Democrats hate cities?
Will Doig
Dems swamp the GOP in urban areas, but act embarrassed of the progressive values that make cities great
From recovering to recovered
Nic Sheff
Talking about what I do for a living always keeps me trapped in the drug use of my past. Now that's about to change
How to screw up in Arabic
Heather McRobie
I thought I was so clever learning the language right after 9/11, but I bungled it for years. I wasn't the only one
Should Duke Ellington be compared to Bach?
John Wriggle
A new book suggests that the jazz composer and big band leader defies category
I know why Bret Easton Ellis hates David Foster Wallace
Gerald Howard
I edited both authors when they were starting out and can attest that the enmity between the two goes back decades
“A mission we will complete”
Jillian Rayfield
Video and prepared remarks of Vice President Joe Biden's DNC speech
Vince Gilligan does not want “Breaking Bad” to end
Erik Nelson
In an exit interview with Salon, "Breaking Bad" creator Vince Gilligan looks ahead to the last eight episodes
Novelists fight Internet addiction
McCarton Ackerman
Freedom and other software help scribes like Zadie Smith and Dave Eggers control their compulsive Web browsing
From “slut” to speaker
Irin Carmon
Sandra Fluke's unlikely journey culminates with a speech at the DNC. Why she matters
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