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What to make of second-graders having sex
Tracy Clark-Flory
There's understandable shock over the Oakland, Calif., case. But is our sexual culture really to blame?
“Lights Out” throws a knockout punch
Matt Zoller Seitz
Tonight's stunning episode of FX's "Lights Out" should not be missed (not even if Obama's SOTU goes over)
Innovation and education won’t save our economy
Michael Lind
The truth that China's dictatorship and America's multinational corporations don't want you to know
Various matters
Glenn Greenwald
Plus: More on Manning's detention, and the politicization of Scalia/Thomas
Does “friends with benefits” work?
Tracy Clark-Flory
As non-relationships get the Hollywood treatment, I'm not alone in thinking they suck in the real world
“Harlem Is Nowhere”: Travels in a city of dreams
Laura Miller
A young writer finds the "Mecca of black America" is in danger of slipping away
When child images shock: A history
Tracy Clark-Flory
From Jodie Foster to "Skins," underage sexuality rattles the public. A primer on what passed, and what didn't
Must-see moments in trash culture
Matt Zoller Seitz
Slide show: "Dallas," "Mommie Dearest," "Commando": The films and TV shows that take awfulness to wondrous heights
Bipartisan praise for Joe Lieberman
Glenn Greenwald
He's spent decades advocating for violent, brutal, repressive policies, but that's no impediment to Beltway love
To all the girls who envy my life
Charlotte Shane
As an escort, I often hear from young women who want the things I have. Here's what they don't understand
“Portlandia”: Can the left laugh at itself?
Matt Zoller Seitz
SNL's Fred Armisen dares to poke fun at organic food-eating, liberal culture in "Portlandia." But is it funny?
The sexual cost of female success
Tracy Clark-Flory
Young women have excelled academically, leaving men in their dust, but experts say it's at the expense of romance
“Dead Space 2”: Your mom doesn’t want you to play this video game
Mary Elizabeth Williams
The video game's campaign hinges on a unique premise -- one that ignores how much the culture of gaming has changed
A Victoria’s Secret star’s model breast-feeding
Mary Elizabeth Williams
Orlando Bloom shoots intimate image of wife Miranda Kerr with their son -- and the Internet voices support
The science of the smooch
Tracy Clark-Flory
Why mash our mouths together? An expert explains the evolutionary reasons for kissing, and why men like more tongue
Can Apple thrive without its visionary CEO?
Michael Liedtke, Jessica Mintz
With Steve Jobs on medical leave, analysts wonder whether the company can keep breaking profit records
“The Company Men”: Kevin Costner as working-class Jesus
Andrew O'Hehir
In the new film, Kevin Costner's blue-collar worker saves Ben Affleck's yuppie soul and redeems American manhood
In the crosshairs
Tom Engelhardt
Civilian casualties in Afghanistan go underreported even as the nation mourns victims of the Loughner shooting
If I ran a news organization …
Dan Gillmor
Book excerpt: Some rules for the road for 21st century journalism
America in the age of primitivism
Michael Lind
Forget Democrats and Republicans. What America needs is two new parties: The Regressives and the Modernists
Life with an STD
Lynn Harris
What's it like to date? When do you have The Talk? Women open up about the common diseases that still carry stigma
America’s most persecuted minority group: Republicans
Alex Pareene
On this Martin Luther King Day, spare a thought for America's forgotten minority: Comfortable white conservatives
Obama to honor China’s president with state dinner
Darlene Superville
After being denied the honor on his first visit five years ago, President Hu Jintao will pack a black tie this time
Drunk horseback riding: Is riding a horse while drunk legal in Montana?
AP/Salon
A new public safety ad in Montana uses riding a horse while drunk metaphorically -- Is it actually illegal, though?
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