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Obama defends Geithner, criticizes AIG and Wall Street
Alex Koppelman
"People are right to be angry" over bonuses the company paid recently, the president said, adding that he's angry as well.
Stud or slut? Take your pick
Tracy Clark-Flory
When it comes to the sexual double standard, who has it worse?
The outrageous offenses against Richard Cheney
Glenn Greenwald
TV journalists protest the insufficiently reverent commentary directed at "the former vice president of the United States."
All hail the female orgasm
Tracy Clark-Flory
A San Francisco commune focuses exclusively on making women come.
How did he get away with it for so long?
Kate Harding
John Worboys may have sexually assaulted hundreds of women while police refused to take his victims' complaints seriously.
I Like to Watch
Heather Havrilesky
The royal treatment: NBC's "Kings" is a rare and beautiful thing -- cinematic, poetic, ambitious television on prime time network TV.
“Curing” lesbians through rape
Tracy Clark-Flory
In South Africa, sexual violence is used to punish gay women.
Sex, anarchy and Russell Brand
Joy Press
The British actor, comedian and professional troublemaker talks about political comedy, dressing up as Osama bin Laden, and his new "Booky Wook."
The end of Levi and Bristol?
Sarah Hepola
A round table on the Star magazine report that the engaged teen parents are no longer dating.
The agenda of Chuck Schumer
Glenn Greenwald
The Democratic Senator was a key supporter of even the most radical Bush appointees, and then led the way in sinking an Obama appointee who made "statements against Israel."
Heads should roll
Camille Paglia
President Obama's clumsy, smirky staff is sinking him -- and resurrecting a deflated GOP! Plus: Lay off Rush! And a Brazilian diva, up close and electric
Meet the accidental guerrillas
Laura Miller
Ex-Petraeus advisor David Kilcullen warns that if Western forces aren't willing to stick around in Iraq and Afghanistan, extremists will continue turning the locals into weapons.
Charles Freeman fails the loyalty test
Glenn Greenwald
Under attack for his insufficient devotion to Israel, the long-time diplomat's appointment is withdrawn.
News flash: Binge drinking isn’t sexy
Judy Berman
A study finds that college men want their dates to consume less alcohol.
Runaway daughters
Katharine Mieszkowski
After her teenagers hit the streets, author Debra Gwartney faced desperation and panic. She talks about why her children left -- and how they finally returned.
“Watchmen”
Andrew O'Hehir
Could the most anticipated comic-book movie of the season turn out to be the most unsettling superhero spectacle ever made?
The wizard of “Watchmen”
Andrew Firestone
Alan Moore talks about his career, his favorite characters and his bad influence on the comics world.
So you still want to date a banker?
Rebecca Traister
In this sinking economy, the media trots out icky cliches about spoiled women and emasculated men -- maybe because the reality is so much messier.
Alan Moore’s environmental monster
Andrew O'Hehir
The genius behind "Watchmen" redefined both the audience and the narrative possibilities of comic books with his newly reissued "Saga of the Swamp Thing."
Endangered Species Act cheats extinction
Katharine Mieszkowski
President Obama reverses a Bush administration midnight-rule.
Milking it
Katharine Mieszkowski
"Unbuttoned," a new anthology about breast-feeding, gets intimate about humanity's oldest all-you-can-eat buffet.
A Southern Gothic legend is hard to find
Allen Barra
Flannery O'Connor wrote two novels and died young, but her influence has been vast. Why has it taken half a century for her to get a definitive biography?
Women aren’t funny, redux
Kate Harding
Germaine Greer regrets saying "women aren't as funny as men" in so few words -- so she says it in many, many more words.
Choosy moms choose their babies’ sex?
Lynn Harris
"Women are turning to science to gain even more control over procreation."
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