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Cher, Bloody Marys and dementia: The heartbreak and comic absurdity of caring for an aging mom
George Hodgman
As Betty drifts further away, I am determined to stay close. Thank goodness we have the DVD of "Dirty Dancing"
Jimmy Kimmel won’t back down about vaccines
Mary Elizabeth Williams
The late-night host continues his one-man war on parents who refuse to have their children vaccinated
The right’s fear of education: What I learned as a (former) conservative military man
Edwin Lyngar
Why are Republicans constantly bashing college these days? I was one of them -- and the answer may surprise you
Jeb’s poor jettisoned racist: Bush’s lame tech guru gets some new defenders
Joan Walsh
Some journalists argue that Ethan Czahor paid too steep a price for his online racism and sexism. Huh?
The 9 craziest claims of anti-vaxxers
Cliff Weathers
Jenny McCarthy and her army of disbelievers would have you think that measles are harmless and so much worse
Indiana lawmaker proposes “Office of Marriage Promotion”
Jenny Kutner
State Rep. Jeff Thompson hopes to push "traditional" marriage like anti-smoking campaigns, demeaning single parents
Similac and Mayim Bialik are both wrong about the breastfeeding “mom wars”
Mary Elizabeth Williams
A baby formula ad goes viral -- and heats up the debate
Mike Huckabee’s Beyonce fixation: Not entirely wrong, say Iowa Republicans
Jim Newell
A plurality of likely Iowa GOP caucus-goers agree: Beyonce's music is "mental poison." It's gonna be a long year...
Richard Sherman can miss his kid’s birth for the Super Bowl and still be a really good dad
Katie McDonough
The once in a lifetime conflict that maybe shouldn't be, as Sherman said, a topic of "national debate"
Lessons from “League of Legends”: Why I taught my son to play violent video games
Katrina Smith
When we play these games, my son confronts nasty race and gender politics – and he's a better person because of it
America is one big prison: Why mass incarceration is coming home — literally
Maya Schenwar
House arrests are on the rise, transforming communities of color across the country into open-air jail cells
Mike Huckabee cannot stop talking about Beyoncé
Jenny Kutner
The Huckster questions the Obamas' parenting style because they let Malia and Sasha listen to Queen Bey
Conservatives feel sorry for themselves: Sarah Palin, Fox News and the right’s persecution complex
Amanda Marcotte
The former governor's recent meltdown over a family photo speaks to a larger, more disturbing right-wing pathology
“Girls'” tortured coming-of-age: Why it’s so hard for these characters to grow up
Sonia Saraiya
In some ways, the new seasons of HBO's "Girls" and "Looking" are more about the parents than the 20-somethings
The hilarious bougieness of “MasterChef Jr.”: Why this season should show us more parents
Anna Silman
Only a certain kind of kid knows how to make pâté--but the show doesn't seem eager to explore their backgrounds
9 ways the Bible condones torture
Valerie Tarico
Of course Christian wingnuts are willing to excuse the CIA. They're simply taking their cues from the Good Book
Over-testing our kids is not the answer — it’s the problem
Anya Kamenetz
In the era of No Child Left Behind and Common Core, we've forgotten about the learning and development that matter
William Deresiewicz: Chris Hughes “embodies—including the ‘entitled little shit’ part—a lot of what I’m saying”
Michael Schulson
"We've basically reduced what it means to be human to market terms," says brilliant critic of Ivy League/higher ed
The day I left my son in the car
Kim Brooks
I made a split-second decision to run into the store. I had no idea it would consume the next years of my life
2014’s best of the literary Web: From “Mansplanation Nation” to “The Original ‘Gone Girl'”
Laura Miller
A roundup of the most stylish writing and freshest ideas I read on the Internet in 2014
“If Dad made more money, you wouldn’t work, right?”: How my daughter learned gender dynamics I didn’t mean to teach her
Mary Elizabeth Williams
I thought I was raising my daughter to question norms -- till she asked a question that surprised me
Undercover as an “ex-gay”: Inside the sordid world of conversion therapy
Harmon Leon
Posing as a confused gay man, I sampled these religious conmen's snake oil -- and lived to tell the tale
Kelly Ripa keeps tabs on her kids’ social media — but I won’t
Mary Elizabeth Williams
The host says her teen's online life is "not private," but should a mom be there anyway?
“The Good Wife’s” murky moral politics: Why this might be the most ambitious season yet
Sonia Saraiya
Cary Agos is going to spend a couple of years in jail, and the show's view of morality is getting more complicated
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