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How to do outrage
Irin Carmon
Done right, Internet griping can shame Seth McFarlane and ruin Todd Akin. Done wrong, it's phony, Dowd-esque shlock
Bret Easton Ellis working on new novel
Daniel D'Addario
The author -- and prolific, controversial tweeter -- says he's returning to the printed page
Dark days for Apple
Andrew Leonard
Accounts of fanboy malaise are proliferating. Too bad Steve Jobs isn't around to mock the misery
New York magazine asks 28 men and five women to assess Philip Roth
Roxane Gay
Seriously? Twenty-eight to 5? This is why we need to keep talking about gender imbalance in the literary world
Battling the cult of Hitchens
Richard Seymour
The author of the highly critical study, "Unhitched," addresses neoconservative criticisms of his book
Knives out for Ashley Judd
Alex Seitz-Wald
Right-wing Daily Caller posts piece dredging up "bizarre comments" from her past. Someone doesn't want her to run
Sorry, the short story boom is bogus
Laura Miller
The New York Times touts the Internet's role in reviving interest in short fiction. Too bad it's not true
When prostitution wasn’t a crime
Melissa Gira Grant
Some of the first women in American colonies were sex workers, and their profession became a crime only recently
What does OKCupid want?
Rob Horning
Dating companies hope to replace our search for love with a search for better searching
Who’s to blame for gun violence? Movie critics!
Andrew O'Hehir
In a bizarre new essay, Thomas Frank suggests that Hollywood — and movie critics — are the NRA's "propaganda wing"
From “phreaks” to Apple: Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak’s “eureka!” moment
Phil Lapsley
In the days before Apple, an article on "phone phreaking" turned the young pioneers into tech entrepreneurs
Why technology loves Obama
Andrew Leonard
Republicans blame their digital incompetence -- and poll defeats -- on a failure to follow free market principles
The AP reserves the terms “husband” and “wife” for heterosexual couples only
Katie McDonough
A leaked internal memo shows that, per AP guidelines, journalists should refer to gay spouses using quotes
Drones are on the “wrong side of history”
Bill Moyers, Michael Winship
The deadly attacks subvert the rule of law -- and could come back to haunt U.S. foreign policy for decades to come
Jonah Lehrer: “I don’t trust myself to not be arrogant”
Daniel D'Addario
After having been revealed as a recycler of material and inventor of quotes, Jonah Lehrer explains himself
The GOP “civil war” is going to make both sides rich
Alex Pareene
Karl Rove and the conservative movement's never-ending gravy train
Ethics probe: Congressman’s Taiwan trip likely broke the law
Justin Elliott
Rep. Bill Owens, D-N.Y., appears to have accepted gifts from the Taiwanese government
The Canadian border: A Constitution-free zone
Todd Miller
Drone use, surveillance and now border police all exist outside the law in the post-9/11 world
Did I kill the post office?
Andrew Leonard
Saturday deliveries of regular mail are ending, and it feels like my fault. Ben Franklin would not be amused
5 great books on world travel
Alec Ash
British author Colin Thubron on travel writing, wanderlust and his favorite literary globe-hoppers
Politicians and pundits react to Ed Koch’s death
Jillian Rayfield
The internet offered fond - and not so fond - memories of the former New York City mayor
Women in combat: The best worst reactions
Katie McDonough
Yesterday, the Pentagon announced it would lift a ban on women in combat. Today, conservatives lost their minds
Desecrating Poe
Laura Miller
The horror of "The Following" comes not just from the storytelling, but from the way it maligns a literary legacy
Are banks too big to jail?
David Sirota
PBS Frontline's stunning report shows how the Obama administration undermined the rule of law
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