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Torture may have led to Pearl murder suspect’s death
Alex Koppelman
Saud Memon was reportedly a shell of a man after being detained by the CIA and Pakistani authorities.
A Buddhist approach to climate change
Andrew Leonard
The endless knot tells us everything is mutually interdependent. Including, but not limited to, free software, Bhutan and the World Bank.
The Smart car is coming
Katharine Mieszkowski
Sure, the tiny autos are perfectly suited for the narrow lanes of Paris and Rome. But here in the land of freeways and monster SUVs, are we ready to downsize so far?
Public bathroom dilemma: Paper or air?
Rebecca Clarren
How we dry our hands has more of an impact than you might imagine.
The strangers next door
Laura Miller
A modern tale of gentrification pits black working-class folk against young white professionals pining for a fixer-upper.
Norman Mailer 1923 – 2007
Compiled by Dana Cook
Remembrances of Norman Mailer by Marlon Brando, Liz Smith, Irving Howe, Diana Trilling, Edward Abbey, Germaine Greer and other notables.
How Cheney took control of Bush’s foreign policy
Craig Unger
The new veep installed crony Don Rumsfeld as secretary of defense, and would've won Paul Wolfowitz the top post at CIA -- if not for Wolfowitz's zipper problem.
King Kaufman’s Sports Daily
King Kaufman
Study finds 1 in 3 high school football players gay! Well, no, but it does offer encouraging news about homophobia. Plus: NFL Week 10 picks.
Where have all the line technicians gone?
Andrew Leonard
Why don't Americans want to climb up the utility pole? Are they afraid of getting electrocuted or is it just not worth the bother?
The diet that’s too good to be true
Ann Bauer
Thousands of diabetics control their weight by skipping insulin shots. It's easy, effective -- and potentially lethal.
The table at Orso
Paul Mazursky
On the eve of the Broadway debut of "Young Frankenstein," director Paul Mazursky celebrates Mel Brooks and their weekly lunch group of old-school Hollywood veterans.
How George Bush really found Jesus
Craig Unger
The story Bush tells about how Billy Graham converted him is a fable, concocted during the 2000 presidential campaign. Here's the truth.
Sizing up the Democratic race so far
Joan Walsh
Hillary Clinton may be having her worst week yet, but it's not clear her challengers can take advantage, despite all the media hype.
Is the way we raise our food giving us MRSA?
Alex Koppelman
The antibiotics fed to the farm animals we eat may have helped to create superbugs like the drug-resistant staph bacteria known as MRSA.
The Internet is making us stupid
Ben Van Heuvelen
Legal sage Cass Sunstein says democracy is the first casualty of political discourse in the digital age.
“A vote for Romney is a vote for Satan”
Michael Scherer
Some members of the GOP's largest voting bloc, like Florida preacher Bill Keller, think a Mormon in the White House would mean more souls going to hell.
Is waterboarding torture? Ask the prisoners
Michael Ratner
If Schumer and Feinstein want to understand the "procedure," they should demand to interview the men who were likely subjected to it.
We are the Thought Police
Michael Massing
Orwell's Big Brother never showed up. Instead of centralized Iraq war propaganda, we have an America in which the public and the press jointly impose their own controls.
“30 Reasons Girls Should Call It a Night”
Tracy Clark-Flory
A Facebook group celebrates photos of drunken girls vomiting on themselves and passed out in bushes.
Mommy money
Tracy Clark-Flory
A famed figure of motherhood will be the first woman to appear on South Korean currency.
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