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Scott Timberg is a former staff writer for Salon, focusing on culture. A longtime arts reporter in Los Angeles who has contributed to the New York Times, he runs the blog Culture Crash. He’s the author of the book, “Culture Crash: The Killing of the Creative Class.” Follow him on Twitter at @TheMisreadCity.

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Why we loved the men and women of “Mad Men”: “They’re the only characters in television history who are 100 percent consistent in their behavior”

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Mary Beard (W. W. Norton & Company, Inc./Robin Cormack)

We still think like ancient Romans: “The clash between the demands of homeland security and rights of the individual? We haven’t solved that”

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Salon’s 2015 Gift Guide: All the goodwill toward men you can buy — even for Christian Grey

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(beathappening.dominorecordco.com)

Why punk mattered: “Pink Floyd is not rock ‘n’ roll! It’s some bullsh*t!”

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Why I believed that dumb Pynchon death hoax: The elusive novelist is tailor-made to be the butt of bizarre rumors

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(AP/Bradley C Bower/Reuters)

Why white people aren’t called “terrorist”: The media accepts that “people who resort to violence are left-wing or Arab or both”

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(Reuters/Dominick Reuter)

Anne-Marie Slaughter says Princeton should take students seriously on Woodrow Wilson: “This is about that sense that we are watching black teenagers be shot in cold blood”

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(AP/Jim Pozarik)

Get ready to revisit “The River”: Springsteen’s forgotten “Party Lights” alone shows the depths of his power

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(AP/Matt Sayles)

Macklemore’s new Very Special song: Do we really need a Bono for hip hop?

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(AP)

The peak of Sinatra’s power: “Every Sinatra performance was acting. His greatest performance was as himself”

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DJ Qualls and Rupert Evans in "The Man in the High Castle" (Amazon Studios)

“They basically stole Phil Dick’s pitch”: Why Amazon’s “Man In the High Castle” might not please die-hard Philip K. Dick fans

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Woodrow Wilson’s racist acts were notable, even for the time: “It really was reprehensible to segregate federal employees”

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(AP)

We’re hard-wired to want vengeance: “Those are the brain systems that are old — they’re the ones we share with dogs and rats and deer”

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(AP/Rich Fury)

Back off U2: Criticizing the band for not playing Paris immediately after the terror attacks is absurd

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“President Obama has been a cottage industry for racist imagery and racist memorabilia”: Why understanding the history of Jim Crow is still essential

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(Reuters/Lucas Jackson)

With “Cabs, Camels or ISIS,” Thomas Friedman officially becomes a parody of himself: Can’t a New York Times columnist do better than this?

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(AP/Victoria Will)

Jesse Eisenberg is not funny: Please, New Yorker, stop publishing his ham-fisted attempts at humor

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(AP)

Processing atrocities like Paris, from afar: “When you start losing control of your curiosity is a good time to stop”

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(CBS)

Bill Maher tangles with Stephen Colbert: The “Late Show” host brings out the best and worst sides of his complicated guest

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(PBS)

See ISIS up close: Vivid context for Paris attacks in this chilling Frontline documentary

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(NBC)

We expect comedians to comfort us: “SNL,” “The Daily Show,” and comedy’s new ritual of public mourning

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Jeff Buckley's "You and I" (Columbia Records)

Jeff Buckley’s life after death: “Lost” albums can be sketchy, but “You and I” could be the missing piece of the Gen X legend’s legacy

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(Mark Schierbecker/AP)

Free speech, social justice and the press on campus : “These are longstanding issues that have reached a boiling point”

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(AP/Mark J. Terrill)

Marco Rubio declares war on the liberal arts: Pitting vocational training against the humanities misses the point of both

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