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America is not a Christian nation
Michael Lind
Religious conservatives argue the Founding Fathers intended the United States to be a Judeo-Christian country. But President Obama is right when he says it isn't.
“But think of the things that were done to Iranians!”
Erich Follath, Dieter Bednarz, Georg Mascolo
An interview with Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
“The Glenn Beck Apocalypse”
Alex Koppelman
A little cartoon fun with the Fox News host's predictions of doom.
Spare change for news
Katharine Mieszkowski
Is going nonprofit the best way for journalism to get by? Take the word of leading editors who already have their hand out.
Giving the recession the finger
Robert Lanham
My job prospects were diminishing, the economy was convulsing, but I said "screw it" -- and took a vacation I couldn't afford.
Rick Warren bails on ABC’s “This Week”
Joan Walsh
Caught in a lie about his Prop. 8 activism, the ambitious megapastor is "sick with exhaustion."
Dobson on culture war: “We have lost all those battles”
Alex Koppelman
One of the leaders of the Christian right acknowledges that, for now, the movement's causes have largely been defeated.
How abortion changed the world
Michelle Goldberg
From a sketchy underground doctor to the American fight against communism, a look at the unlikely forces that helped spread global family planning.
Mom is alcoholic, Dad is dead: Why do I feel so alone?
Cary Tennis
I knew I had to leave home to make my own life, but my past seems to follow me everywhere.
Ward Churchill’s win is scholarship’s loss
Gary Kamiya
The ethnic studies professor should not have been fired for speaking out about 9/11. The problem remains his slanted work on Native American history.
Fresh grapes and tight prunes
Amy Benfer
From Madonna to Nicole Kidman, today's famous females prompt one writer to ask: Have celebrities stopped aging?
Bow-ow-ow: Obama’s painful missteps
Camille Paglia
Let the new president grow into the job -- but he'd better do it fast! Plus: Readers ask about everything from talk radio, morality and Mary McCarthy, to that big movie about a sinking ship.
LiLo goes psycho after Sapphic split?
Tracy Clark-Flory
It's over with her girlfriend. Cue: Stereotypes about crazy lesbos.
Oh, Congress, will you ever learn?
Alex Koppelman
A Republican senator says "Obama is disarming America," and a congressman worries Iowa's same-sex marriage decision will destroy civilization.
Obama, the ICRC Report and ongoing suppression
Glenn Greenwald
It is impossible for Obama to end the dark Bush/Cheney era if he is the prime agent preventing disclosure and accountability.
What you never knew about Columbine
Joan Walsh
As a Salon reporter, Dave Cullen exploded myths about the tragic school shooting, now the subject of his new book. He talks about what the media bungled -- and what still surprises him.
I Like to Watch
Heather Havrilesky
Mind games forever! HBO's drama series "In Treatment" returns with rich storytelling and brilliant performances, while Starz's "Head Case" resurrects Dr. Elizabeth Goode, self-involved therapist to the stars!
The dirty girl
Nina Power
Controversial "Wetlands" author Charlotte Roche talks about bodily functions, shaving pubic hair, and why there are so few euphemisms for female masturbation.
Drug-fueled madness!
David Sirota
Our nation's narcotics policy, that is. But there's good news as Hillary Clinton and Sen. Jim Webb take baby steps toward sanity.
The French are right (again)
Joe Conason
The Europeans spend more money on social programs than we do -- and get great results, in everything from universal childcare to tuition-free higher education.
“Sugar”: Best baseball movie ever
Andrew O'Hehir
OK, so the bar is pretty low. But this moving Dominican-American odyssey (from the makers of "Half Nelson") casts new light on the national pastime.
Ask the pilot
Patrick Smith
Did a stupid, inexplicable mistake cause the crash near Buffalo, N.Y.? Plus: The weird hell of working for a regional airline.
Late night with Wanda Sykes
Judy Berman
That's right: A black lesbian comic is getting her own talk show ... on Fox!
It really was my father’s Oldsmobile
Edward McClelland
As General Motors prepares to sell off or kill a slew of brands in order to survive, a Lansing native remembers the first member of the G.M. family to die.
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