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Highbrow/lowbrow quote recycled by Tina Brown yet again
Drew Grant
Newsweek's editor-in-chief says she has some new ideas, but they sound like the same old spiel
Fortune cookies, reimagined
Stephanie Orma
20 designers offer their takes on the strange, iconic Chinese restaurant messages
Why do we hate seeing big kids in strollers?
Adele Melander-Dayton
We speak to the creator of a hilarious photo blog about the grating trend in overbearing parenting culture
America’s most storied highway
Megan Cytron
Slide show: From creepy ghost towns to greasy diners, we make the best stops on Route 66
The foolishness of Civil War reenactors
Glenn W. LaFantasie
A historian grapples with the right -- and wrong -- ways to commemorate a war that should horrify all of us
Can Google stay on top?
Genevieve Walker
The digital giant is rapidly overtaking our lives -- but has it lost its moral compass? An expert explains
Pop Torn: 10 pieces of culture we’re feeling iffy about
Drew Grant
This week we're on the fence about JerrySeinfeld.com, James Middleton's naked antics, and Blake Shelton's tweets
The politics of selfishness
Joan Walsh
David Brooks is right: Special interests paralyze Washington. But he lionizes those who fixed the game for the rich
Satisfy your inner neat freak
Aaron Kenedi
The designer of an order-obsessed photo blog talks about his cluttered life and the aesthetic of organization
Minnesota Republican hates Neil Gaiman for some reason
Alex Pareene
Beloved fantasy author called "pencil-necked weasel" by state House majority leader
Your guide to “Community” pop culture references
Drew Grant
Slide show: From "The Iliad" to "Scooby-Doo" -- we explain the obscure jokes on TV's most meta show
“Sesame Street”: Brought to you by PNC Bank
David Sirota
A bailed-out financial institution teams up with PBS to teach our kids how to spend money on useless crap
Remembering “the man who saved comics”
Steven Heller
Bill Blackbeard spent his life making sure that the art of cartooning didn't fade out of our culture
“Thor”: All hail the ripped Aryan goofball!
Andrew O'Hehir
Kenneth Branagh's ponderous, cheerful Thunder God flick launches the summer season of comic-book mediocrity
What you didn’t know about tequila
Felisa Rogers
We plumb the colorful history of Cinco de Mayo's favorite drink, from Aztec tradition to spring break shot
School blocks Kushner honor over Israel
Justin Elliott
Playwright loses an honorary degree over Mideast views, calls it "McCarthyite nonsense"
Is Obama “American” enough for the far right now?
Nancy Isenberg, Andrew Burstein
Why even killing of the world's most notorious terrorist probably won't eradicate the scourge of "birtherism"
Inventing a genealogy for the digital age
Criswell Lappin
A designer tells the story of his father's life in stunning visual form
I know the answers but can’t respond fast enough
Cary Tennis
People in law school think I'm dumb because questions throw me off
I admit it: I’m a man, and I love soap operas
Kevin Broccoli
My grandmother got me hooked on "Days" when I was 12. Now that the shows are being canceled, it's hard to let go
What will turn Americans against militarism?
Adam Hochschild
The similarities between World War I and today's wars abound, but where is our sense of "never again"?
Hot actresses: “We’re nerds just like you”
Mary Elizabeth Williams
Megan Fox, Mila Kunis and others perfect the art of fanboy pandering -- and show the extent of geek clout
The decade of bin Laden politics
Steve Kornacki
George W. Bush responded to 9/11 with a binge of hubris that shaped American politics for years to come
Why this won’t end World War IV
Michael Lind
Will neocons abandon their rhetoric now? No, because Osama was never the enemy
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