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“Mad Men” on drugs
Nelle Engoron
Roger takes the leap into LSD, while Peggy and Don dramatically discover their own dependencies
The genius pencil
Buzz Poole
From "Lolita" to "Looney Toons," the Blackwing has been used to create some of the world's most memorable art
No sympathy for the creative class
Scott Timberg
Taxpayers bail out Wall Street and Detroit. But there's no help, or Springsteen anthem, for struggling creatives
I’ve got “baby fever”
Tracy Clark-Flory
Could there be real science behind the old cliche of a woman's biological clock? I didn't believe it -- until now
“The Day He Arrives”: Slacker cinema, Asian style
Andrew O'Hehir
America didn't invent slacker cinema -- but Korean director Hong Sang-soo may be its ultimate fulfillment
“Fifty Shades of Grey”: Dominatrixes take on Roiphe
Tracy Clark-Flory
As usual, Katie Roiphe misses the point. Women aren't the only ones who find escape in submission
Black Dahlia beginnings
Michael Dooley
A crime historian explains how Elizabeth Short's makeup informed her famed post-murder persona
Mitt’s going to Liberty University
Steve Kornacki
Is delivering the commencement address at the school Jerry Falwell created a smart way to win over swing voters?
21st century chain gangs
Steve Fraser, Joshua B. Freeman
The rebirth of prison labor foretells a disturbing future for America's "free market" capitalism
Drug-personality misconceptions
Jacqueline Detwiler
Alcoholic writers? Coke-head stockbrokers? The links between personality type and addiction are largely overblown
Pop culture’s Rosetta Stone
J.J. Sedelmaier
A company know for its memorable full-page comic book ads continues to influence graphic design today
“California, 90420”: The great marijuana hypocrisy
Andrew O'Hehir
As a new documentary makes clear, social attitudes on pot are half-baked and even dangerous
“Wheel of Fortune’s” fantasy
Willa Paskin
The ageless game show's costumes and hosts aren't as out of date as its perverse attitudes about money
France’s soap opera election
Paul Ames
Bitter exes? Former supermodels? Prostitution rings? The French race has all the trappings of bad daytime TV
John Passafiume: Precision meets passion
Jane Lerner
An up-and-coming visual artist from Kentucky completed his senior thesis using only a Bic mechanical pencil
It’s Mitt’s time!
Joan Walsh
The Romneys display a remarkable sense of entitlement in their latest media blitz
ALEC: We will stop being gun nuts now
Alex Pareene
Right-wing legislation drafting house refocuses on business issues following bad press and boycotts
Putin’s ruthless Russia
Toby Ash
An Economist editor discusses changing attitudes toward the president-elect and why Russia needs to accept its past
Olimpia Zagnoli: “Graphics! Sixties! Europe!”
Jane Lerner
Influence by Matisse, this Italian aritst has illustrated everything from creative maps to Occupy commentary
Scrap the lotto
David Sirota
Politicians encourage irresponsible gambling in order to avoid facing America's desperate need to raise taxes
Living the “good” life
Alec Ash
Philosopher A.C. Grayling explains how goals make life worthwhile and why organized religion hinders moral progress
Reading, revolutionized
Buzz Poole
A poet/book artist and a programmer team up to create a book that unites the traditional and the electronic
Mitt Romney’s doubletalk on motherhood
Joan Walsh
His wife's "job" is "more important" than his, but he'd make welfare moms work "from day one if we could"
Lessons of a reluctant hunter
Felisa Rogers
A transplant to Oregon teaches me about growing up in rural Mexico, killing iguanas and grilling chicken
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