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Memo to famous men: Keep your pants on!
Mary Elizabeth Williams
Kanye West may be the latest caught sending XXX pictures of himself. An entire female population responds: Ew
Forget the naughty nurse costume
Tracy Clark-Flory
Same to the X-rated devil and raunchy witch uniforms. How about a subversively sexy Halloween get-up?
“Saw 3-D”: Horror’s self-help franchise comes to an end
Andrew O'Hehir
The demonized "torture porn" series ends with some Dr. Phil-style tough love. Oh, and eyeball drilling
Scared to death in a Mexican cemetery
Steve Almond
I spent the day fascinated by the mystery of Dia de los Muertos. When night came, I discovered what a coward I was
Nancy Pelosi’s final act of revenge?
Steve Kornacki
If the Democrats do lose the House, the speaker is a goner. But she might have one last trick up her sleeve
Bringing down a homophobe
Mary Elizabeth Williams
An Arkansas school official's anti-gay Facebook rant prompts a disturbing Web backlash -- and a legal hornet's nest
Teaching my son the ways of the geek
Andrew Leonard
I took Eli to an epic gaming convention to glimpse an amazing future, and I was reminded how a father can shape it
Columbia’s “rape me” controversy
Tracy Clark-Flory
Kingsmen, an all-male a cappella group, posts fliers reminiscent of Yale's recent hazing scandal
The Giants would be lovable even with Barry Bonds
Joan Walsh
The national media is happy San Francisco at last has a team it can love. Nonsense, but we do love this club
“The Gun”: How automatic weapons changed the way we kill
Matt Zoller Seitz
A new book explains how AK-47s, M16s and other guns reinvented slaughter -- and their gruesome effect on the body
Five reasons anti-China ads hit so hard
Adam Hanft
A new ad attempts to capitalize on fears of a Chinese takeover. What's really frightening is that it works
Major Garrett explains Fox
Alex Pareene
The former fair and balanced correspondent appears on MSNBC, says Roger Ailes loves outrage and polarization
America hates Wall Street, not New York City
Adam Hanft
The public can differentiate between the city they love and the industry they hate -- the New York Times can't
In defense of film and TV “hoaxes”
Matt Zoller Seitz
From "Jersey Shore" to "Catfish," lines between fiction and reality are being blurred. Don't fret -- just enjoy it
The “culture of poverty” myth returns
Alyssa Battistoni
Poverty may have cultural effects, but make no mistake: Poverty itself has everything to do with economic trends
The real danger from NPR’s firing of Juan Williams
Glenn Greenwald
Above all else, the mythology of Muslim as Scary Menace must be preserved
Yale frat boy talks about “thoughtless and hurtful joke”
Tracy Clark-Flory
A member of Delta Kappa Epsilon, which led pledges in a chant about rape, opens up to Salon about the scandal
Is suicide illogical?
Cary Tennis
I know our culture says it's wrong to kill yourself, but it seems like the only reasonable thing to do
When Tourette’s took over my life
Michael Barthel
I'd gone from a head twitch to full-blown violent rages within months. Could I ever regain control?
Why “Glee” is the new “Rocky Horror”
Matt Zoller Seitz
Like the gender-bending musical, the Fox series is breaking down boundaries. Bring on next week's episode!
“What Technology Wants”: Could technology take over the world?
Stefan Beck
In his new book, Kevin Kelly examines the future of our relationship with machinery and ideas
“Dancing with the Stars”: Bristol Palin, monkey-style
Kirkland Hamill
Rick Fox calls in the big guns as Jennifer Grey starts to show cracks under front-runner pressure
Spicy green apple salad, inspired by Southeast Asia
Linda Shiue
If rejuvenation in Bali is good enough for Britney, Demi and Elizabeth Gilbert, why not for apple salad too?
$#*! my congressman says
Adam Hanft
The 2010 elections have given us some of the most entertaining television in memory. Here's the best and worst
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