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“Mad Men” finale: Hello darkness, my old friend
Heather Havrilesky
After spending the entire fourth season struggling to find himself, will Don find an easy exit from his misery?
Obama draws the wrong lesson from his woes
Joan Walsh
The administration thinks it's got to work harder in the months ahead to court the folks who thwarted its plans
“The Moral Landscape”: Why science should shape morality
Katherine Don
Sam Harris, the notorious atheist, explains his controversial stance on religion -- and his provocative new book
King of the makeout
Mike Birbiglia
When kids in my seventh-grade class started kissing, I was horrified. But eventually I decided to give it a try
“Sopranos” family tree: Edith Bunker to Don Draper
Matt Zoller Seitz
We chart the ancestors of the groundbreaking show -- and how it continues to shape American TV
It’s time to release Looney Tunes’ racist cartoons
Mary Elizabeth Williams
Warner considers putting out the most controversial works in its animated archive. They're worth a look
Joe Miller: Now spoofing Old Spice
Adam Hanft
How could anyone funky enough to channel Isaiah Mustafa be on the nutty fringe?
A political culture free of accountability
Glenn Greenwald
The president meets with a ringleader of the Bush torture regime
When your restaurant’s review has your mom crying
Francis Lam
When a hilarious chef gets hammered by the N.Y. Times, he takes it well -- and blogs his mother's scolding e-mail
Anatomy of a prison crisis
Joe Domanick
How Arnold Schwarzenegger tried (and failed) to fix California's dysfunctional prison system
With Christine O’Donnell, is “lookism” such a crime?
Gene Lyons
Let's end the double standard that lets girls say anything they like about boys, who are forbidden to talk back
Why the Booker is the best literary award
Laura Miller
Britain's book prize rewards Howard Jacobson's "The Finkler Question" and could teach its American cousins a lesson
Sorkin explains “Social Network” sexism
Tracy Clark-Flory
In response to criticism, the screenwriter says Facebook was created by a "deeply misogynistic group of people"
A foreclosure mess of their own design
Andrew Leonard
How the real estate finance industry wrecked itself: The sorry tale of the Mortgage Electronic Registration System
The crude appeal of Banksy’s “Simpsons” opening
Mary Elizabeth Williams
The British artist's Fox-bashing credit sequence goes viral. Do we all just love hating our bosses?
The viral genius of “Sesame Street”
Mary Elizabeth Williams
With its clever riffs on popular culture, the 41-year-old children's show has become hipper than ever
They hate us for our occupations
Glenn Greenwald
A new study by a University of Chicago professor reveals the obvious about what actually causes terrorism
“Where Good Ideas Come From”: Epiphanies are overrated
Michael Humphrey
Steven Johnson explains the real science of innovation -- and how some companies, like Google, are mastering it
Rush Limbaugh hates our review of “Secretariat”
Salon Staff
Surprise! The right-wing radio host disagrees with Andrew O'Hehir's political criticisms of the horse-racing movie
“Glee” could be great — if it weren’t so awful
Heather Havrilesky
The imaginative, off-kilter dramedy is back, and it's better -- and worse -- than ever
Did dogs teach us to love?
Kerry Lauerman
In his latest look at animal behavior, Jeffrey Masson suggests a mutually beneficial evolution of our two species
Ryan Seacrest to launch own TV network
Chris Le
The host of "American Idol" extends his television empire, and it just might work
Don’t make healthcare the scapegoat
Alyssa Battistoni
Republicans claim that healthcare reform is the real reason for the public's anger -- and too many Democrats agree
“Nowhere Boy”: John Lennon, before the Beatles
Andrew O'Hehir
Aaron Johnson plays the future Beatle as an angry, near-delinquent teen in a compelling family melodrama
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