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Gorging on Girl Scout cookies
Kate Harding
'Tis the season for Tagalongs, Thin Mints and the strange mix of deprivation and reward that makes them special
Michael O’Hanlon’s “testosterone-laden tough guys”
Glenn Greenwald
The Brookings war cheerleader disparages both gay people and the military to question the repeal of DADT
Best of Sundance: Year of the woman
Andrew O'Hehir
Female directors dominate Redford's winter showcase -- and my list of the 2010 fest's best films
How to leave a soldier
Courtney Cook
The war on terror may be impossible to resolve. Ending my marriage was easy
“Eternity Soup”: Dying for eternal youth
Thomas Rogers
How our desperate desire to stop aging has created an industry fueled by questionable science and outright greed
Hands off my pelvis, doc!
Kate Harding
Canadian medical students practice gyno exams on unconscious patients without their consent
Thai food is not a birthright
Francis Lam
A woman learns about the cuisine of her motherland, one cookbook, recipe, TV show, and video clip at a time
When is one more gadget just too many?
Jocelyn Noveck
iPad lesson: Apple is in control
Andrew Leonard
From top to bottom, Steve Jobs' latest gizmo is locked down. But that hardly means the death of open computing
Sundance: John Lennon, angry young man
Andrew O'Hehir
British hit "Nowhere Boy" delivers a compelling family melodrama about the future Beatle's Liverpool teen years
Behold the miracle doodad!
Mary Elizabeth Williams
Hype machine over, the iPad (really? iPad?) is unveiled
Less sex ed, more pregnant kids
Kate Harding
A 2006 spike in teen parenthood coincides with increased abstinence-only sex education
Another comedy fix goes away
Mary Elizabeth Williams
Sarah Haskins ends her ace satirical series "Target: Women"
“The Professor and Other Writings”: A critic gets personal
Jed Lipinski
Terry Castle discusses her sexually charged new memoir -- and why Susan Sontag stayed in the closet
“I.O.U.: Why Everyone Owes Everyone and No One Can Pay”
Laura Miller
John Lanchester's new book is the most fun you'll ever have learning about worldwide economic collapse
The right is wrong about Haiti
Joe Conason
Neoconservatives promote pessimism and even passivity toward Haiti. But an Irish billionaire refuses to give up
Heidi Montag: The monster we created
Mary Elizabeth Williams
She's a hot mess in a triple-D cup, a cosmetically enhanced nightmare -- and a celebrity for our time
What the Supreme Court got right
Glenn Greenwald
It's best for the government to stay out of the business of restricting political advocacy
Can we ever win the abortion wars?
Lynn Harris
The fanatical fringe has hijacked medicine and wrought terror. But there is hope, says the author of a new book
Free! Online! Plastic surgery consultations!
Judy Berman
Who needs real medical care when you could have doctors competing for your business on the Web?
The battle for Jane Austen
Laura Miller
Great novelist, chick-lit pioneer, vampire. Will the real Miss Austen please stand up?
James Cameron: Artist, termite or elephant man?
Erik Nelson
Beyond the uproar lies one simple fact: The director of "Avatar" is both a naive fanboy and an important artist
Baby got snack
Thomas Rogers
The New York Times takes on the exasperating popularity of kids' inter-meal grazing
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