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“Steve Jobs,” portrait of the artist as tech guru: What we lose when we worship at the altar of commerce
Scott Timberg
When we abandon the arts, this is what's left
They finally got them Duke boys! TV Land pulls “Dukes of Hazzard” reruns over Confederate flag uproar
Scott Eric Kaufman
Ben "Cooter" Jones called it -- the "hysteria of cultural cleansing" has claimed another victim!
Fox News legal analyst: Anti-police brutality activists are “cultural brothers and sisters of that maniac racist murder in Charleston”
Scott Eric Kaufman
"Fox & Friends" flipped their collective lids over news that group would be burning an American flag
Elegy for the Governator: “Old, but not obsolete” Arnold takes on a killer app in the bewildering time-travel paradox of “Terminator Genisys”
Andrew O'Hehir
Schwarzenegger has diminished in stature -- but not as much as this creaky franchise given an irrelevant reboot
“The erotics of books are alive and well”: Jonathan Galassi on his new novel — plus, Jennifer Weiner and why Jonathan Franzen is a feminist
Michele Filgate
"Franzen's a better writer" than Weiner. "That's the long and short of it," says FSG head. Also, his new novel!
America is addicted to war: Terror, drugs and the existential threats that define us
William J. Astore
On issues foreign and domestic, we view everything as a "war." Our reliance on the term is myopic and destructive
The oblivious, casual racism of modern conservatism
Tim Wise
In the wake of the Charleston massacre, the right has shown just how beholden to white supremacy it truly is
Amy Schumer keeps calm in the face of backlash: Why freaking out about “PC culture” never helps
Scott Timberg
Seinfeld and others' fight over comedy and supposed political correctness has not been very helpful—until now
Let’s start arguing about the Emmys now: The critic’s dream ballot that could come true
Sonia Saraiya
Here are the artists and shows that deserve to win, official nominations be damned
Ross Douthat is a clueless scold: How he just exposed the bankruptcy of conservatives’ anti-gay marriage arguments
Luke Brinker
The New York Times scribe laments last week's marriage decision, with the usual hand-wringing & cherry-picked data
Bristol Palin fires back at “giddy a$$hole” critics: “This pregnancy was actually planned”
Mary Elizabeth Williams
The mother-to-be tells her critics to "deal with it"
Another way Hollywood is just gutless: Why the film industry is scared of gay characters
Scott Timberg
Why can't movies do as well as TV when it comes to LGBT characters?
Finally, a sequel we’re actually excited for: The ’90s indie gem we can’t wait to see revived
Scott Timberg
And it makes a lot more sense sense than a new "Top Gun"
They’ll never stop fighting the culture wars: Why the GOP won’t seize its “opportunity” to give up extremism
Joan Walsh
SCOTUS decisions on marriage equality and Obamacare could let 2016 contenders turn the page. But they don’t want to
Ann Coulter has fallen from grace — and the reason why is terrifying
Heather Digby Parton
The right-wing hate-monger has fallen on hard times. This should be a cause for celebration -- but it's far from it
Rick Santorum: The next president must stop gay marriage “for the survival of our country”
Scott Eric Kaufman
He told Tucker Carlson that he would remind people what marriage is really about -- the children
Secrets of “Virgin Nation”: True Love Waits, Silver Ring Thing, and the real story of how evangelicals linked purity to America’s salvation
Sara Moslener
The amazing live performances and films that have talked generations of teens into waiting for marriage
College is a con: The savage truth about your bachelor’s degree
David Masciotra
Higher education wears the cloak of liberalism, but in policy and practice, it's a cutthroat system of exploitation
God is not on our side: The religious right’s big lie about the founding of America
Steven K. Green
Reagan and others pushed the idea that we're a Christian nation chosen by divine providence. That's not the case
My fancy law firm hell: I set up a Scale of Dismay to measure the degree to which my job was ruining my life
Eliza Kennedy
I loved being a lawyer--until I didn't. But I had no idea my years practicing would be critical to writing my novel
Writing to genre stinks: Two debut novelists on the hard line between fantasy and realism — and why it doesn’t make sense
Rene Denfeld, Stephanie Feldman
Two authors on using fairy-tale elements to explore trauma & memory, and why "Is this real" is a loaded question
Bobby Jindal, cynical charlatan: How a one-time GOP star turned into another scheming religious wingnut
Robert Mann
The Rhodes scholar seemed likely to run for president on policy. Instead, he's pushing religion and intolerance
They’re still fighting the Civil War — and still lying about the Confederate flag
Paul Rosenberg
The Confederate flag is a symbol of white power, period. No symbolic compromises in South Carolina will change that
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