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Juan Williams thrilled as man is fired from NPR for having wrong opinions
Alex Pareene
The former public radio commentator gloats as Ron Schiller's career ends due to right-wing political correctness
The craziest fad diet in years
Claire Lambrecht
Injecting pregnancy hormones and eating 500 calories a day? An expert on hCG therapy -- and our quick-fix culture
Why Mitt Romney is still the favorite
Steve Kornacki
How on earth could the man who imposed "ObamaCare" on Massachusetts win the GOP nomination? Well ...
How “Dungeons & Dragons” changed my life
Ethan Gilsdorf
Middle-aged men are rediscovering the geeky game that once fueled their imagination. I should know: I'm one of them
Census shows population center moving out of Midwest
Hope Yen
U.S. census shows growing populations in the West and South, which could shift the heartland out of the Midwest
Companies claim genetic tests show kids’ sports abilities
Lindsey Tanner
Genetic test marketers ask $200 for a kit they say reveals a child's athletic aptitude, scientists are skeptical
The rise of the Stormtrooper
Drew Grant
The galaxy's most faceless evildoers suddenly have a lot more personality. What gives?
The disappearance of the nightmare Arab
James Carroll
How a revolution of hope is changing the way Americans look at Islam
Will future generations understand “The Simpsons”?
Matt Zoller Seitz
When shows like "Glee" and "Community" make pop culture references, are they writing their own death certificates?
The Russian mail-order brides next door
Shonna Milliken Humphrey
When I discovered an international marriage broker near me in Maine, I investigated. I'll never forget what I found
My hard lessons teaching community college
Kate Geiselman
The majority of my students will have a hard time "making it." Sometimes I wonder: Should they be in school at all?
What our Secretaries of Defense keep getting wrong
Tom Engelhardt
Gates still doesn't understand the real mistake we made in Afghanistan and Iraq: sending troops in at all
Is it racist to ban shark’s fin soup?
Francis Lam
All three West Coast states may eliminate the Chinese delicacy, but is it pro-environment, or anti-Asian?
What comes after Wisconsin?
Joan Walsh
A forward-looking movement is defending worker benefits from a bygone era. But it's a step in the right direction
Are men stuck in a state of perpetual adolescence?
Tracy Clark-Flory
A new book claims feminism has turned 20-something guys into a bunch of babies. They tell us why that's wrong
Where have African-American baseball players gone?
Rob Ruck
Over the last few decades, black ballplayers have all but disappeared from the national pastime. What happened?
David Brooks’ dream world for the trust-fund set
PZ Myers
His buzzed-up new fiction/science amalgam had me leaping to my feet -- to yell, "Die, yuppie scum, die!"
The toxic seeds of John Galliano’s fall
Cintra Wilson
You can see the designer's path to destruction in his kleptocratic chic -- and the ruinous culture that spawned him
The very silly story of Darrell Issa’s spokesman scandal
Alex Pareene
Rep. investigates own office for former flack's e-mail leaking; Beltway self-absorption reaches new low
“Rango” and the rise of kidult-oriented animation
Andrew O'Hehir
Johnny Depp's hyperactive lizard western, like so many Pixar-era animated films, barely pretends to be for kids
Mike Huckabee’s Mau Mau fantasies
Joan Walsh
Why don't right-wingers look at Obama's mother to understand his politics? Oh yeah -- she was white! Updated.
Three ways of looking at Charlie Sheen
Walter Kirn
Why are we interested in his epic flameout? He's a cautionary tale, gossip fodder and a secret superhero of the id
Is Bernie Madoff a sociopath?
Peter Finocchiaro
Madoff claims he doesn't suffer from the psychological condition. We ask an expert what that really means
Why don’t Cannes films win Oscars?
Andrew O'Hehir
Dazzling Palme D'Or winners like "Uncle Boonmee" are ignored by Hollywood's biggest awards. But why?
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