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There’s a special place in hell for Roman Polanski
Gene Lyons
Adultery, even that of celebs like Letterman and Edwards, is a commonplace. But sex with underage girls is a crime
Girl, you’ll be a bloodthirsty gladiator soon
Steve Almond
Lise Haines talks about her young adult novel, and why the fictional violence isn't so removed from today's culture
Gourmet was for the young and scrappy, too
Alex Van Buren
Media coverage has tarred Ruth Reichl's magazine as elite and stuffy. But it was so much richer than that
Who’s afraid of the “artificial hymen”?
Tracy Clark-Flory
Egyptian conservatives call for a ban on a virginity-faking kit and demand exile for those who import it
Overpriced antiques for anxious yuppies
Heather Havrilesky
"Man Shops Globe" reveals what's fascinating and horrible about upscale catalog culture
My brother seems lost after college
Cary Tennis
He's started attending Mass ... and he's going to convert!
Glossy vows to use “normal” models
Jeanie Chung
Editor: "For years we've had to use Photoshop to fatten the girls up"
Eat the weeds
Sarah Karnasiewicz
Ready for nettles and dandelions on your plate? Langdon Cook talks foraging, the next (cheap!) step in local food
Must Hollywood dads be so clueless?
Kate Harding
Even movies about single fathers doing their best seem to reinforce the myth that mommies rule, daddies drool
Why do women have sex?
Tracy Clark-Flory
For the same reasons men do, explain the authors of a groundbreaking new book that looks deep inside female desire
The sources used by the Liberal Media
Glenn Greenwald
The Sunday news shows create intense cognitive dissonance: A debt-crippled nation debating whom to attack next
The best Polanski you might have missed
Kate Harding
Some of the most compelling writing about one of the week's most polarizing stories
All your questions about in-flight horrors
Patrick Smith
Plus: What happened to "The Simpsons"? And REM? The weird phenomenon of pop-culture tailspin
Former prosecutor: I lied about Polanski case
ANTHONY McCARTNEY
Says he "made stuff up" to make documentary better
Goys, God, dentistry and “A Serious Man”
Andrew O'Hehir
Joel and Ethan Coen on mixing Yiddish fable and suburban farce in their slippery, dark and brilliant new movie
How to lie about climate change
Andrew Leonard
More carbon dioxide will help the planet bloom! Are the crazies getting crazier, or just more desperate?
Rick Scott profits off the uninsured
Tristram Korten
A leading foe of healthcare reform owns a chain of clinics aimed at people who would benefit from a public option
Lawyer: Polanski to ask for freedom
Bradley S. Klapper, Ernst E. Abegg
French official calls arrest "sinister" -- but Swiss warn verdict may take days
Confessions of a home-schooler
Andrew O'Hehir
Call us crackpots, but our kids spend their days at beaches and museums, not in school
Has “Mad Men” gone mad?
Heather Havrilesky
Or maybe Matt Weiner knows that life in America really is that strange and brutal
Should any Iraq lessons be applied to Iran?
Glenn Greenwald
The claims about Iran raise more questions than they answer. Virtually none is being asked by America's media.
Jim Cooper primary challenge, TV episode on torture prosecutions, and various other matters
Glenn Greenwald
Accountability Now names its first target; Law & Order advocates Bush prosecutions; DC drowns in corporate control.
David Brooks: our nation’s premier expert warrior
Glenn Greenwald
The NYT columnist's shameful war record should discredit him for life. Why does the opposite happen?
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