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We should cheer the boos: Sandernista passion is the party’s cure, not a curse

Daniel Denvir
Many Sanders backers are experiencing their first big political loss— their passion is authentic and needed.

Millennials, money and monogamy: “Having too many choices can be as much a curse as a blessing”

Rebecca Silber
Salon talks to Hannah Tennant-Moore about these themes in her debut novel "Wreck and Order"

The curse of “inevitability”: After Hillary Clinton’s big wins, the media is already ignoring Bernie Sanders

Jack Mirkinson
Today, Hillary Clinton is the "presumptive nominee." But erasing Bernie Sanders from the campaign is a mistake

“It’s a literary novel that ate a pulp paperback”: Novelist John Wray on “The Lost Time Accidents” as science fiction, romance and seedy Third Reich thriller

Akhil Sharma
Over Slutty Cakes, two writers discuss the "curse" of time, comic novels & why there's so much sex in Wray's book

“You’re giving me a f***ing ticket for what?” It’s totally legal (though maybe not smart) to curse the police

Terrell Jermaine Starr
Swearing at police -- as long it's not threatening -- is protected speech. But you might end up arrested anyway

Stephen Hawking’s son pranked dad by programming curse words into his voice box

Joanna Rothkopf
"It was somewhat ironic that Dad losing his voice was actually the start of us being able to form a relationship"

We gotta get out of this place: The GOP’s war fixation and the lingering curse of Vietnam

Andrew O'Hehir
A haunting film about Vietnam re-enactors touches a cultural nerve: America has never gotten past that trauma

Can Joni Ernst avoid the GOP’s State of the Union curse?

Luke Brinker
Iowa Republican will rebut Obama after next Tuesday's address. She doesn't exactly have big shoes to fill

Anna Kendrick on the need to embrace feminism: “It’s practically become a curse word”

Jenny Kutner
The actress suggests overcoming negative stereotypes and taking on the feminist label in a Daily Beast interview

Martin Short: I watched Larry David’s profane “Saturday Night Live” exit

David Daley
Behind-the-scenes stories of Ed Grimley, synchronized swimmers and Larry David's dramatic, curse-filled resignation

TV’s curse of the sophomore slump: Why genre shows like “Sleepy Hollow” and “Reign” go off the rails

Sonia Saraiya
After a tense, compelling first season, it can be a death sentence for a show to redeem its villains too quickly

Jon Stewart is not enough: The curse of centrism, and why the Tea Party keeps rolling “Daily Show” Democrats

Thomas Frank
It's easy to take shots and laugh at the know-nothing right. But our smirks let complicit Democrats off the hook

Mary J. Blige’s curse: Why the world ignores one of the best living R&B musicians

Elias Leight
If you're a woman making R&B, especially one older than 40, and your name isn't Beyoncé, you're in trouble

Save our cities from tourists!

Henry Grabar
For the world's greatest cities, tourism has become both a blessing and a curse

Kim Novak and the curse of the beauty

Mary Elizabeth Williams
The backlash to her Oscar appearance shows that Hollywood sex-symbol status can be a double-edged sword

Should we worry about a “Downton Abbey” curse?

Daniel D'Addario
"Downton" has a talented cast -- none of whom have really broken through and become stars yet. Can it be done?

Jacqueline Bisset gives the strangest Golden Globes speech of all time

Daniel D'Addario
The "Dancing on the Edge" star dazzles Hollywood with a long, bizarre, curse-laden speech

Must-see morning clip: Bill Cosby is shocked by Jon Stewart’s use of profanity

Prachi Gupta
"People curse and they laugh. But for me, when you were cursing, I started crying," Cosby said to Stewart

Aaron Paul can guess the gender of your dog

Prachi Gupta
Or perhaps his trick on "Jimmy Kimmel" was just a clever way to get Jesse Pinkman to curse

Turkey’s Twitter “curse”

Andrew Leonard
"Prime Minister Erdogan is blaming social media, instead of his party's authoritarian overreach."

The modern history of swearing: Where all the dirtiest words come from

Melissa Mohr
As society evolves, so do our curse words. Here's how some of the most famous ones developed -- and a few new ones

Is Octavia Spencer an “Oscar curse” victim?

Daniel D'Addario
Just because the "Oscar curse" is dubious doesn't mean opportunities for actresses are limited.

“New Girl” tests the “Moonlighting curse”

Willa Paskin
Nick and Jess's kiss takes over the show for the third week in a row

Is there such a thing as an “Oscar curse”?

Daniel D'Addario
Actresses' careers languish after Oscar shows up. Is it just coincidence -- or proof Hollywood's tough on women?
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