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Extremism normalized
Glenn Greenwald
How Americans are efficiently trained to acquiesce to ideas once deemed so radical as to be unthinkable
Call racism what it is
Syreeta
The racist language used by the Romney campaign has been sugar-coated
My return to the Creation Museum
Luke Winkie
I grew up in the clutches of conservative Christianity. Now, can I make peace with its oddest fringe?
Chris Brown defends Frank Ocean?
Mary Elizabeth Williams
The singer makes an alleged homophobic crack, but then -- suddenly and oddly -- does the right thing
Houston is not cool
Will Doig
Let's stop making lists of "cool cities." They use the same boring criteria, and no one wants to live in them
Romney’s new overseas disaster
Alex Seitz-Wald
Mitt Romney blames the weak Palestinian economy on their "culture," leading to accusations of racism
Jonah Lehrer resigns from the New Yorker
Santiago Wills
The superstar journalist fabricated Bob Dylan quotes
Give Oprah a break on India
Hanna Ingber
Oprah takes heat for her show. But did you see NBC's opening ceremony coverage?
Life in the American slaughterhouse: Police violence and Aurora
Stephan Salisbury
An examination of police violence and what it means for the culture
So far, London Olympics wins gold medal for gaffes
Jill Lawless
Misplaced stadium keys and jumbled security arrangements are just some of the games comedic blunders
Plutocratic vistas: America’s crisis of democracy
George Scialabba
Is the present American national legislature an “exact transcript of the whole society”?
Paula Fredriksen on sin
Jane Rudloff
Tortured by the sins of your past? The historian of Christianity recommends five books you won't repent reading
Amy Sherman-Palladino: TV’s funniest woman
Willa Paskin
The creator of "Gilmore Girls" talks about her new show, "Bunheads" -- and that zany paper or plastic dance
Be afraid: America’s paranoid history
Andrew O'Hehir
From the Muslim witch hunt to Hollywood's "The Watch," the paranoid style still infects our culture
Sexiest Olympics ever?
Tracy Clark-Flory
The media's obsessed with sex in the Village and photos of nude athletes. But the games have always been about sex
Jess Walter: Write what you want to read
Greg Olear
Walter's latest offering, "Beautiful Ruins," is the result of a novelist working at the height of his powers
Inside the mind of a serial rapist
Mary Elizabeth Williams
A fascinating Reddit conversation explores rape from the other side
Whither the Olympic protests?
Natasha Lennard
The London Games once seemed a likely target for protests. But, so far, there's little to note besides graffiti
Fred Willard’s awesome comeback
Mary Elizabeth Williams
The actor does damage control right on "Late Night" -- and jokes that the film he was watching was "Get Shorty"
Obama’s Muslim problem
Alex Seitz-Wald
Obama has a Muslim problem; California GOP in trouble; secret help for Syrian rebels; and other top Friday stories
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