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Black humor, frozen land
Andrew O'Hehir
A droll, gruesome cop thriller, chilled Icelandic-style. Plus: What's new this week.
Warning men about “gray rape”
Tracy Clark-Flory
Why aren't conservatives concerned with protecting men from the dangers of the college hookup culture?
“SNL” writer says Clinton sounded “whiny”
Farhad Manjoo
Cataloging the fallout from Clinton's pop cultural reference.
The unlikeliest gangbanger
Laura Miller
A Grateful Dead-loving sociology student wormed his way into a Chicago gang -- and then stuck around to write a compelling portrait of life in the projects.
Curious George
Heather Havrilesky
Preparing for his 14th HBO comedy special, George Carlin waxes philosophic on the freedom that comes from not giving a #%&@.
William F. Buckley Jr., 1925-2008
Compiled by Dana Cook
Remembrances of the National Review founder by James Michener, Jackie Robinson, Ted Koppel, Andrea Dworkin, Oliver North, Mike Wallace and other notables.
I’m wasting my semester abroad watching TV in my apartment
Cary Tennis
Could I really be blowing the definitive period of my college life?
Chicago ’68, remixed
Andrew O'Hehir
In this conversation and podcast, director Brett Morgen explains why his exhilarating, controversial "Chicago 10" is about 2008 and not 1968.
May the best logo win
Karrie Jacobs
The battle for the presidency may have as much to do with fonts, flags and sunrises as healthcare plans and war stances.
Papa or the whiz kid brother?
Garrison Keillor
It's time to get out of the political boneyard where old hacks sit grinding their gums over the burning questions of 1968.
The dude vote
Edward McClelland
Eight years after the beer-buddy test gave us W., the guys are going for Obama or McCain, if only to keep Hillary out of the White House.
Girls, stop rape through “sexual restraint”!
Tracy Clark-Flory
A writer argues the "rape crisis" is all hype and girls just need to close their legs.
Teenage boys not so sex crazed?
Tracy Clark-Flory
According to a new study, they also care about love ... and stuff.
Does Oscar hate his own smell?
Cintra Wilson
The academy shows American-style self-loathing by handing its biggest trophies to foreigners and drowning itself in montages. Save us, George Clooney!
Dems join in lobby story fundraising
Alex Koppelman
The GOP -- even McCain himself -- used a Times article about a potential McCain scandal to raise money; now the DNC is getting in on the act.
McCain’s other lobbyist connections
Alex Koppelman
With the Vicki Iseman story opening the way, the Washington Post looks at the lobbyists running John McCain's presidential campaign.
Holy hot marital sex!
Carol Lloyd
Judging by recent news reports, married life looks nothing short of pornographic.
Hillary Clinton’s Texas-size moment
Walter Shapiro
All that mattered about the showdown in Austin was whether she could stop Barack Obama's momentum. Were her powerful closing words a magic bullet?
VHS, mon amour
Andrew O'Hehir
"Be Kind Rewind" is no rib-tickling pop-culture mashup, but a loving tribute to all that is antiquated, homemade, lost or forgotten.
NYT breaks long-rumored story on possible relationship between McCain, lobbyist
Alex Koppelman
Two months after the paper was first reported to be working on a story, the New York Times publishes its account of John McCain's ties to Vicki Iseman.
Lessig, a copyfighter for Congress?
Farhad Manjoo
The brilliant copyright critic and Stanford law professor says he's considering running for Tom Lantos' seat.
India’s transgender Oprah
Lynn Harris
The nation's first male-soon-to-be-female talk show host will soon hit the small screen.
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