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Stephen Colbert on Chuck Todd and torture investigations
Glenn Greenwald
The Comedy Central hosts mocks the media's opposition to torture prosecutions.
Obama’s disaster in denim
Amanda Fortini
Is the flap over the president's "mom jeans" a sign of perverse progress or simply our culture's hopeless snark?
Salon Radio: Harper’s Ken Silverstein
Glenn Greenwald
The irony of Politico's reporting on Washington Post "salons"; and American media coverage of the coup in Honduras.
What’s wrong with the new pro-lifers
Frances Kissling
The progressive anti-abortion movement still doesn't truly value the life and identity of the mother
Celebrating Cronkite while ignoring what he did
Glenn Greenwald
Cronkite's best moment was when he did exactly that which today's journalists insist they must never do.
What’s the baby sitter up to?
Katharine Mieszkowski
She's the source of fear, frustration and sexual fantasy. A new social history looks at girls who care for our kids
What if they gave a culture war and no one came?
Mike Madden
Frank Ricci, this week's poster boy for oppressed white males everywhere, declines to attack Sonia Sotomayor
“(500) Days of Summer”
Stephanie Zacharek
Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel charm the pants off us -- and each other! -- in this irresistible comedy
Who you calling a “midget”?
Lynn Harris
Little people take a stand against the offensive word -- and a world that thinks it's OK to mock them
Sarah Palin should just go home
Gene Lyons
The Alaska governor embodies America's obsession with made-up facts, self-pity and celebrity
Chuck Todd’s arguments against investigations
Glenn Greenwald
Blocking investigations of those in political power is one of the unifying beliefs of establishment journalism.
No, Sotomayor does not want your testicles
Mike Madden
A conservative organizer repeats a satirical "quote" by Sotomayor as if it was real
Miami sociopath
Heather Havrilesky
Nastiness is the only thing that keeps the hot dummies of Bravo's new reality show from putting us to sleep
The Young Republicans elect a real joker
Gabriel Winant
The new chairwoman seemed to endorse a racist joke. Is this party doomed?
Sonia at the bat
Mike Madden
Baseball metaphors fly as senators wind up and deliver slow opening pitches during Day 1 of Sotomayor's hearing
Why America is flunking science
Chris Mooney, Sheril Kirshenbaum
Don't just blame poor education for our nation's scientific illiteracy -- but our politics and pop culture
The Holder trial balloon: Abu Ghraib redux
Glenn Greenwald
Arguably, prosecuting low-level torturers while shielding powerful policy makers would be worse than doing nothing.
IKEA is as bad as Wal-Mart
Stephanie Zacharek
Everyone loves a bargain, but a new book illuminates the dangers of cheap stuff
The new Report on illegal spying is not a real investigation
Glenn Greenwald
Most of the key facts relating to Bush's illegal surveillance programs remains concealed.
I’m tired of just being a man
Charles Siebert
How I learned about my own animality (and "humanzees," Stalin and scary creationists) by living with a chimp
A slap in the face to fat girls
Kate Harding
Beth Ditto may be a hip plus-size icon, but her new clothing line feels like an insulting throwback to a 1985 Kmart
Thank God it’s “Humpday”
Andrew O'Hehir
Lynn Shelton's breakthrough bromance comedy is funny, sharp and true -- with no preachy sexual politics
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