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I was the Harvard harlot

Lena Chen
When I started a sex blog at 19, it electrified the Ivy League -- and taught me how to fear other people's judgment

Do atheists have better sex?

Tracy Clark-Flory
A poll finds they enjoy themselves more than believers -- but is it because of skill, or just less guilt?
Jim Daly

Focus on the Family head basically gives up on fighting gay marriage

Alex Pareene
With polls showing growing acceptance of same-sex marriage, the huge religious right organization sounds resigned
President Barack Obama tells the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) convention that the bonds between the US and Israel are "unbreakable", Washington, Sunday, May 22, 2011. After a contentious couple of days this week when he clashed publicly with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over ideas for a permanent Palestinian state, Obama is focusing on the deep U.S.-Israeli friendship and alliance. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) (AP)

The incredible shrinking GOP presidential race

Steve Kornacki
There are just three Republican candidates left with a realistic chance of being nominated to oppose Barack Obama

What makes a great album cover

Molly Tuttle
Feist and the graphic designer of her album "The Reminder" discuss the fascinating process behind cover art

Pop Torn: 10 pieces of culture we’re feeling iffy about

Drew Grant
This week we're on the fence about Gwyneth Paltrow's gangsta rap, Miley Cyrus nudity and Jim Carrey on "The Office"
The cast of "Jersey Shore"

Snooki cures my OCD

Johanna Gohmann
I'm a nervous person prone to hypochondria. Reality TV is my natural Xanax
FILE - In this May 16, 2011 file photo, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, head of the International Monetary Fund, is arraigned in Manhattan Criminal Court. Strauss-Kahn, a wealthy French politician accustomed to high living and globe-trotting, wants off Rikers Island, a modern-day Bastille known as one of America's largest and roughest jail complexes. Behind bars on Rikers since Monday, the beleaguered IMF chief is scheduled to return to a Manhattan court on Thursday afternoon to again ask for bail on charges he sexually assaulted a hotel maid _ a move seemed certain to face vigorous opposition by prosecutors. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, Pool) (AP)

The upside of “puritanical” politics

Alyssa Battistoni
Private behavior can reflect and reinforce cultural issues around gender, sex, and power
A giant bronze sculpture portraying Pope John Paul II is displayed outside Rome's Termini train Station, Friday, May 20, 2011. The Vatican is dismayed by a giant new sculpture portraying Pope John Paul II, saying the towering bronze work outside Rome's main train station doesn't even look like the late pontiff. Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano says Friday the towering modernistic statue gives the impression a bomb hit the square. The artist, Oliviero Rainaldi, depicts the pontiff as if he is opening his cloak to embrace faithful. But the Vatican says the effect is more like a police sentry box than of a welcoming pontiff. (AP Photo/Marco Guerrieri) (AP)

Vatican slams new pope John Paul sculpture

Frances D'emilio, Alba Tobella
Commuters and tourists say the statue looks more like the late Italian dictator Benito Mussolini
President Barack Obama shakes hands with audience members after he delivered his Middle East speech at the State Department in Washington, Thursday, May 19, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) (AP)

The always-expanding bipartisan Surveillance State

Glenn Greenwald
Three events of the last 24 hours demonstrate how individual privacy is destroyed while government secrecy grows

Why we need to police the police

David Sirota
Cops don't like it, but cellphone videos are an important check on brutality

Fonts that could have been great

Paul Shaw
Why does a typeface fail? We look at 23 examples -- and identify their fatal flaws
A woman reads the French newspaper "Le Parisien" headlining on IMF head arrest, in Paris, Tuesday May 17, 2011. Allegations of sexual assault in a New York hotel have torn France's presidential race asunder and savaged the reputation of the suave and self-assured Dominique Strauss-Kahn, chief of the International Monetary Fund. The 62-year-old Strauss-Kahn has topped French opinion polls for months as the man most likely to become this nation's next president, consistently outshining the little-loved conservative incumbent, Nicolas Sarkozy. Headline reads: Standing K.O. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus) (AP)

How would DSK be treated in France?

Emma Mustich
Salon speaks to a French legal expert about the fairness and efficacy of French laws on the freedom of the press

Are the Girl Scouts pro-abortion?

Mary Elizabeth Williams
The group faces accusations about its supposed Planned Parenthood agenda. But would that be so bad?

The healing power of “Philadelphia”

Cleo Creech
I had just lost my partner to AIDS. I didn't expect to find solace in a cinema filled with strangers

Will Chinese innovations save the world?

J.C. Gabel
Americans disproportionately deny climate change -- but hope for a green revolution remains. An expert explains

“A Planet of Viruses”: The diseases that drove history

Leonard Cassuto
A compelling new book explores the ways smallpox and other epidemics shaped our lives, our ideas and even our DNA
A student fast asleep on her school work. (Sharon Dominick)

Are MFA programs ruining American fiction?

Laura Miller
A critic and a champion face off in the debate over university degrees in creative writing
A screenshot from the video game "Kuma War"

The real problem with bin Laden killing games

David Sirota
Once again, the Pentagon is co-opting electronic entertainment to sell us on the military
A still from "Le Havre"

Cannes: A delightfully odd immigration comedy

Andrew O'Hehir
"Le Havre," an exquisite fairy tale from beloved Finnish director Aki Kaurismaki, is a festival smash
A protester puts up a placard to protest at the visit by Britain's Queen Elizabeth II to Ireland, Monday, May, 16, 2011. Queen Elizabeth II begins a four day visit to Ireland on Tuesday for the first time since Irish Independence. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison) (AP)

Bomb scare precedes queen’s arrival in Ireland

Gregory Katz, Shawn Pogatchnik
Police located explosives in a bus near Dublin on the eve of the first royal visit to the country in 100 years

The case against vacation photos

August Heffner
When I started sketching instead of using my camera, it revolutionized my travel experience

Bogus showdown alert: Foodies vs. techies

Andrew Leonard
The New York Times reports a culture clash between geeks and fast food critics. Surprised? You should be
Michael Bloomberg

Bloomberg’s no “Freedom Mayor”

David Sirota
A NYT reporter's tweet whitewashes the mayor's record -- and demonstrates Twitter's role in shaping political memes
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