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Why can’t we concentrate?
Laura Miller
Twitter and e-mail aren't making us stupider, but they are making us more distracted. A new book explains why learning to focus is the key to living better.
Brian Ross spread the same falsehoods about the Khalid Sheik Mohammed interrogation
Glenn Greenwald
Beyond the 2007 incident documented by the NYT today, Brian Ross -- and much of the media -- regularly engages in these same corrupt reporting practices.
Torture and truthiness
Joe Conason
If Dick Cheney believes he can prove that torture saved us from terrorist attacks, why does he oppose a full investigation?
“The Soloist”
Stephanie Zacharek
Forget the sappy trailer. This triumphant movie about failure has nuance and feeling -- not to mention Robert Downey Jr. and Jamie Foxx.
What motive does the Army have to misdiagnose PTSD?
Mark Benjamin, Michael de Yoanna
A reluctance to diagnose post-traumatic stress disorder could be about the money, and about the need for troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Salon Radio: Binyam Mohamed lawyer Clive Stafford Smith
Glenn Greenwald
A Guantanamo lawyer is blocked from communicating with Obama about his client's torture, and then threatened with prosecution for complaining.
Are some girls wired for anorexia?
Kate Harding
Quit blaming controlling mothers! A new study finds that brain development may make certain kids especially vulnerable to the eating disorder.
Eat your saints, purge your demons
Laura Miller
Why do people worship religious relics, and why is the number of trainee exorcists rising? Two new books suggest that our desire to believe in magical forces remains irresistible.
What would Jesus do on spring break?
Kevin Roose
In the middle of Daytona's annual season of sin, I went undercover with a group of evangelical Christians trying to convert drunk partygoers. God help me.
“I am grateful for public television’s courageous stand”
Mark Hyman
The host of "The UltraMind Solution" responds to Salon's critical article of his PBS medical special.
Sex, anarchy and Russell Brand
Joy Press
The British actor, comedian and professional troublemaker talks about political comedy, dressing up as Osama bin Laden, and his new "Booky Wook."
PBS’s latest infomercial
Robert Burton
By airing another self-help show disguised as medical science -- the dubious "UltraMind Solution" -- the public network continues to undermine its credibility.
Did “sexting” cause a teen’s suicide?
Tracy Clark-Flory
An article announces that it did, while burying other key details.
The wizard of “Watchmen”
Andrew Firestone
Alan Moore talks about his career, his favorite characters and his bad influence on the comics world.
Weekend roundup: Movies not to miss
Andrew O'Hehir
"Katyn" explores a legendary Polish massacre, "Read After My Death" spills suburbia's secrets, and a New York festival previews the spring season's surprises.
Love in Brooklyn; death in Naples
Andrew O'Hehir
James Gray's dreamlike "Two Lovers" pairs a tormented Joaquin Phoenix with a bad-girl Gwyneth; ruthless mob drama "Gomorrah" makes Tony Soprano look like a lightweight.
“Kill yourself. Save us the paperwork”
Mark Benjamin, Michael de Yoanna
Pfc. Ryan Alderman, now deceased, sought medical help from the Army. He got a fistful of powerful drugs instead.
American parenting idol?
Judy Berman
Octuplet mother Nadya Suleman has hired a publicist and is fielding book and TV deals. But what does her story mean for the future of women's health?
Narcissism: The secret to women’s sexuality!
Tracy Clark-Flory
That's one theory offered in an article about research on female desire.
Dude + dude = porno!
Andrew O'Hehir
Sundance opens: Straight buds dare each other to go all the way in "Humpday"; claymation "Mary and Max" paints a pen-pal friendship in loving shades of bird poop.
Alcoholics, sexaholics, shopaholics
Laura Miller
America is a country in recovery. Two new books illustrate the paradoxes and contradictions in our current notions of addiction.
I suffer from hair-pulling disorder
Cary Tennis
I compulsively pluck my eyebrows and have to draw them on -- I'm terrified I will be found out.
Health for hard times
Rahul Parikh
A recession is good for our health, argues a current study making the media rounds. It needs a second opinion.
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