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Why the Democrats can’t stop the surge
Walter Shapiro
As a young House candidate in 1972, I learned just how little Congress can do to pull the plug on a war started by a president.
Beyond the Multiplex
Andrew O'Hehir
Three movies you should rush out and see. Plus: Which is better, the crack pipe or the meditation retreat?
The challenge facing local food
John Feffer
Food service giants like Sodexho, Aramark and BAMCO are jumping on the "eat local" bandwagon. Will the corporate attention give a boost to sustainable agriculture, or defuse the grassroots revolution?
Geisha grrrls
Corrie Pikul
The author of a new book about gender in Japan sets aside Western stereotypes and talks about how ordinary women are fueling a feminist revolution that's transforming the country.
Lieberman: A surge of buyer’s remorse?
Colin McEnroe
Antiwar Connecticut voters find themselves with a pro-escalation senator -- and other Senate Democrats are scared to offend him.
The minimum wage went up, so the owner cut my hours!
Cary Tennis
I kind of like working at the fast-food restaurant, but now I'm making less than I was before.
Hot-tempered women and heart trouble
Catherine Price
A new study draws a line between "outwardly expressed anger" and coronary artery disease in women.
Should I stick with a failing business out of loyalty to my boss?
Cary Tennis
I could jump ship, but it doesn't quite feel right.
The many faces of American Muslims
Laura Miller
Author Paul Barrett deftly upends the stereotypes that Westerners harbor about Muslims -- and shows why militant Islamism is less likely to take root here than in other countries.
There’s no place like Rome
Heather Havrilesky
HBO's "Rome" teeters between barbarity and civility in the wake of Caesar's death, but its focus feels too narrow for such an epic tale.
Child rape in the movies
Carol Lloyd
When it comes to underage kids appearing in sexual or violent scenes, where do we draw the line?
The Fix
Scott Lamb
Cruise and Holmes fear Suri kidnapping? Rosie and Barbara unite. Plus: Lohan facing liver failure?
Beyond the Multiplex
Andrew O'Hehir
A moving documentary about Sudan's "lost boys" that everyone should see. Plus: Unraveling the mysterious disappearance of a 13-year-old Japanese girl.
Destination: Gypsy Europe
Colum McCann
Despite their historical distrust of the written word, Europe's Gypsies have a growing -- and captivating -- literary tradition.
Theater of blood
Gary Kamiya
Bush wanted his Iraq war to be a lofty Shakespearean history. He got a vicious, corpse-strewn revenge tragedy.
The Tang, the Maya and the concubine
Andrew Leonard
Paleoclimatologists come to the rescue of China's most beautiful, and most unfairly maligned, woman.
The party’s over
Joan Walsh
It's time for Democrats to step up and do what they were elected to do: Oppose this president's disastrous war with a smart and courageous strategy.
It’s a trans world
Nona Willis Aronowitz
The author of a new book about transgender teenagers in Los Angeles talks straight about hormone smuggling, life on the street, and the rise of America's first trans-rapper.
When are girls too young to go wild?
Carol Lloyd
A look at that infamous New York Times editorial on gyrating middle schoolers.
The Fix
Scott Lamb
"The OC" goes bye-bye. Barbara Walters wades into Trump/Rosie scuffle. Plus: Courtney Love's New Year's resolutions.
Beyond the Multiplex
Andrew O'Hehir
Ten (OK, 11) films to get seriously excited about in the new year -- a clip-and-save guide!
I went to Nicaragua to help humanity — now get me out of here, please!
Cary Tennis
I want to serve others, but I don't want to be bored or uncomfortable doing it.
Too much Gore
Allen Barra
Vidal's second memoir merely retells the stories we already know from his enormous -- and potentially irrelevant -- body of work.
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