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War, just another reality show
Willa Paskin
On "Stars Earn Stripes," NBC's jingoistic embarrassment, Gen. Wesley Clark dreams of a platoon of boy-band castoffs
NBC’s war for fun and profit
Glenn Greenwald
A new reality show of soldiers and celebrities playing war games showcases our national religion: military worship
Ryan’s Ayn Rand obsession
Jan Frel
Everything you ever wanted to know about the Objectivist author who inspired Romney's V.P. pick
Stars earn stripes, dupe audience
Maryam Monalisa Gharavi
If NBC's coverage of the Olympics is pumped with artificial drama, wait until you see its military "reality" show
Capitalism’s great heist
Gerald Friedman
Elites say inequality encourages the rich to invest and the creative to invent. This works out well for 1% dogs
Enough, “Spider-Man”: No more origin stories!
Marty Beckerman
"Spider-Man" is the latest super-hero franchise to go backwards. Is there an original idea left in Hollywood?
Spider-Man and Holden Caulfield: A secret history
Andrew O'Hehir
Andrew Garfield's angsty, Salinger-inspired Peter Parker is the face of this very likable summer blockbuster
Alec Baldwin on love, marriage, “30 Rock” and Woody Allen
Andrew O'Hehir
The tabloid-friendly "30 Rock" star talks about marriage, regrets and his role in Woody Allen's "To Rome With Love"
Superman: Forged by bullies!
Larry Tye
Jerry Siegel created a superhero when he was a picked-on, fatherless child dreaming of his own Lois Lane
Leaking war
Peter Van Buren
How Obama’s targeted killings, leaks, and the everything-is-classified state have fused
Obama’s favorite Vietnam-Afghanistan parallel
David Sirota
It's a myth that Americans spit on soldiers returning from Vietnam. So why did President Obama tacitly endorse it?
Exclusive: The Paris Review, the Cold War and the CIA
Joel Whitney
Letters discovered by Salon show even deeper Cold War ties between the Paris Review and a U.S. propaganda front
Cheating runs rampant
Daniel Denvir
No Child Left Behind has unleashed a nationwide epidemic of cheating. Will education reformers wake up?
Picking new leader, Egyptians search for superman
Sarah El Deeb
After Mubarak, Egyptians are looking for a leader who will be able to solve a myriad of problems
Is American decline real?
Robert J.Lieber
More and more thinkers are warning that our glory days are over, but their arguments are flawed -- and old
Gorgeous saga, global crisis
Andrew O'Hehir
"Last Call at the Oasis" paints a haunting, even poetic, portrait of the global water crisis. Will anyone listen?
From superheroes to doughboys
Steven Brower
Why a generation of gifted comic book artists transitioned from cartooning to advertising
“The Avengers”: Will superhero movies never end?
Andrew O'Hehir
Joss Whedon's overcrowded "Avengers" shows just how thoroughly played-out the genre has become
Selective bin Laden leaking
Glenn Greenwald
The WH tells a court the bin Laden raid is top secret, as it keeps leaking snippets to glorify the President
“Mad Men” on drugs
Nelle Engoron
Roger takes the leap into LSD, while Peggy and Don dramatically discover their own dependencies
When your child is gay
Mary Elizabeth Williams
Kids are coming out at younger and younger ages -- and parents need to help them. Here's how
“Mad Men”: Pete’s spiral of doom
Nelle Engoron
The Mad Man becomes even more insufferable, dejected and delusional. Are we being prepared for his death?
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