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A very pornographic Rick Santorum

A couple creates a portrait of the GOP candidate using images likely to make him see red

Carolyn Maloney contraception

Did Dems make contraception a campaign issue?

First Rush Limbaugh, now the Washington Post women's blog, claim the GOP was set up by its enemies on birth control

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Kris Kobach Immigration

The man behind Romney’s “self-deportation” plan

Adviser Kris Kobach hopes to force 5.5 million undocumented residents out of the U.S. by 2016

sex_noise Salon -- After Dark

Our nation of moaners

New research is shedding light on the question: Why do some people make so much noise during sex?

Protesters at Capitol Square in Richmond, Va. Abortion

A pro-choice, "SNL" win

The Virginia governor backs off a forced-ultrasound bill in the face of pro-choice -- and pop culture -- outrage

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Thursday, Feb 23, 2012 1:00 AM UTC2012-02-23T01:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
lin

The futile search for meaning in “Linsanity”

Real fans aren't shocked at the sight of an Asian-American star. The hype is just New York being New York

Topics:, 11Comments

Thursday, Feb 23, 2012 1:00 AM UTC2012-02-23T01:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Cary Tennis

Writing the “I’m gay” letter

I led her on but now I have to tell her the truth: I prefer men

Topics:, , 19Comments

Thursday, Feb 23, 2012 1:00 AM UTC2012-02-23T01:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
gidra

Gidra takes on the American war machine

A forgotten newspaper adopted the name of a Godzilla monster as it fought imperialism and racism

Topics:, 1Comment

Thursday, Feb 23, 2012 1:00 AM UTC2012-02-23T01:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
PrimateMind_AF L

What can primates feel?

A new book explores how our closest evolutionary cousins experience empathy

Topics:, , , 2Comments

Wednesday, Feb 22, 2012 9:38 PM UTC2012-02-22T21:38:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
facebook_man

Don’t ignore Facebook’s silly-sounding policies

A leaked manual reveals the shadowy and powerful role social media sites play in shaping public discourse

Topics:, , 6Comments

Wednesday, Feb 22, 2012 7:48 PM UTC2012-02-22T19:48:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T

Various matters

Jake Tapper grills the WH on the whistleblower war; Frank VanderSloot responds; and Tucker Carlson explains himself

95Comments

Wednesday, Feb 22, 2012 7:30 PM UTC2012-02-22T19:30:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Jeremy Lin

What everyone gets wrong about Jeremy Lin

The NBA star does not transcend race. Instead of upending stereotypes, he owns them -- unapologetically

Topics:, , 31Comments

Wednesday, Feb 22, 2012 7:24 PM UTC2012-02-22T19:24:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Hassan Nasrallah

Hezbollah fights for relevance

The Shiite militia defends Iran's mullahs at the expense of the Arab Spring. Its best hope may be war with Israel

Topics:, , 10Comments

Wednesday, Feb 22, 2012 7:12 PM UTC2012-02-22T19:12:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
santorum_romney

The danger of an endless GOP primary

No, it won't make people realize how crazy the GOP is. It will just shift the debate even farther right

Topics:, 70Comments

Wednesday, Feb 22, 2012 7:02 PM UTC2012-02-22T19:02:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
obama

Corporations don’t need a tax break

By proposing to cut taxes on businesses, Obama proves once again that he won't follow through on his rhetoric

Topics:, 52Comments

Wednesday, Feb 22, 2012 5:30 PM UTC2012-02-22T17:30:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Mitt Romney and Donald Trump

Romney welcomes birther clown Trump’s support

Notorious former fake candidate robo-calls for the "electable" Republican

Topics:, , , 50Comments

Wednesday, Feb 22, 2012 5:15 PM UTC2012-02-22T17:15:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Adele

The obscene power of the middle finger

After M.I.A. shocked at the Super Bowl, Adele flips off the host of the Brit Awards. Let the phony outrage begin

Topics: 44Comments

Wednesday, Feb 22, 2012 5:10 PM UTC2012-02-22T17:10:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Manufactured in America

An insider’s guide to the great manufacturing debate

Two economic visions compete for the future of the American economy

Topics:, 19Comments

Wednesday, Feb 22, 2012 4:00 PM UTC2012-02-22T16:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
cockpit_meal

Beware the “office” romance

Do pilots and flight attendants really stay in separate hotels on layover? Plus: Do pilots bring their own food?

Topics: 15Comments

Wednesday, Feb 22, 2012 3:40 PM UTC2012-02-22T15:40:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
american_eating2

Walmart’s war on the American food system

It's hard to eat healthy in fast-food nation. A new book, reported undercover at Walmart and Applebee's, tells why

Topics:, , , 39Comments

Wednesday, Feb 22, 2012 2:34 PM UTC2012-02-22T14:34:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich, Mitt Romney, Ron Paul

The GOP debate curse

They’ve diminished – and humiliated – one Romney rival after another. Will Santorum suffer the same fate tonight?

Topics: 19Comments

Wednesday, Feb 22, 2012 2:00 PM UTC2012-02-22T14:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Syrian rebels

Why Obama won’t intervene in Syria

Despite some superficial similarities, it's not another Libya

Topics:, 26Comments

Wednesday, Feb 22, 2012 1:00 PM UTC2012-02-22T13:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
A still from "Pot, the Party Crasher"

Reefer madness

Middle-school anti-drug campaigns have barely changed in decades. Are they too lame to work with today's preteens?

Topics:, 49Comments

Wednesday, Feb 22, 2012 12:45 PM UTC2012-02-22T12:45:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Employees work on the Volkswagen assembly line in Chattanooga, Tenn.

How “uncertainty” didn’t kill the economy

Now that the economy is growing again, it's much harder to argue that healthcare reform is a job-killer

Topics: 59Comments

Wednesday, Feb 22, 2012 12:36 PM UTC2012-02-22T12:36:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Mohammed el-Sioufi, an accountant and vice president of the Islamic Culture Center, a mosque in Newark, is interviewed by the Associated Press about the New York Police Department's surveillance of the Muslim community in Newark, N.J., Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012.

NYPD spying program aimed at Muslims

The monitoring and tracking of innocent people highlights the dangers of our new surveillance state

301Comments

Wednesday, Feb 22, 2012 4:59 AM UTC2012-02-22T04:59:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Jillian Lauren

Out of the harem, into the fire

My relationship with my parents didn't end because of my sex work -- it ended because I wrote about it

Topics:, , , 104Comments

Wednesday, Feb 22, 2012 2:00 AM UTC2012-02-22T02:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
homophobia

Is homophobia disappearing?

Sociologist Mark McCormack says it is -- in the U.K., at least -- and that it's revolutionizing male friendships

Topics:, 47Comments

Wednesday, Feb 22, 2012 1:58 AM UTC2012-02-22T01:58:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Rick Santorum

Thanks, Rick Santorum! No, really

Your backward views are alerting American voters about GOP extremism on issues of health and privacy

Topics:, , 157Comments

Wednesday, Feb 22, 2012 1:00 AM UTC2012-02-22T01:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
baseball_cards

Welcome to the first annual celebrity religion swap

Leaders of the world's most powerful faiths convene to trade their famous converts -- and improve their image

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Wednesday, Feb 22, 2012 1:00 AM UTC2012-02-22T01:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
P1030338-1024x713

Tasty food that looks disgusting

A '60s cookbook hawking Soviet recipes provides a bizarre example of stunted graphic design

Topics:, , 21Comments

Wednesday, Feb 22, 2012 1:00 AM UTC2012-02-22T01:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
whitney

What Whitney’s death should have us talking about

Despite its obsession with the star's demise, the press ignores the real issues behind America's deadliest epidemic

Topics:, , , 32Comments

Wednesday, Feb 22, 2012 1:00 AM UTC2012-02-22T01:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Cary Tennis

I’m only in my 20s, not ready to settle down

We've been wandering the world together for five years; now he's in law school but I'm still moving

Topics:, , 42Comments

Tuesday, Feb 21, 2012 9:50 PM UTC2012-02-21T21:50:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
white_oscars

The Oscars’ old, white, male problem

An L.A. Times investigation breaks down the Academy's membership -- and helps explain this year's dismal campaign

Topics:, , , 34Comments

Tuesday, Feb 21, 2012 9:48 PM UTC2012-02-21T21:48:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
male_panel

Debunking the right’s contraception myths

Access to contraception would reduce abortions and unintended pregnancies. Here are the simple facts

Topics:, , , 26Comments

Tuesday, Feb 21, 2012 9:14 PM UTC2012-02-21T21:14:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Legislative train wreck ahead

Republicans rebel against an oily transportation bill

Instead of fixing roads, the House leadership proposes a bonanza for the oil industry. Many Republicans are balking

Topics:, 12Comments

Tuesday, Feb 21, 2012 9:00 PM UTC2012-02-21T21:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Republicans, be careful what you wish for

Brokering a GOP disaster

Republicans hoping for a deadlocked convention overlook the perils to the party

Topics:, 32Comments

Tuesday, Feb 21, 2012 8:37 PM UTC2012-02-21T20:37:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
santorum (1)

Santorum’s policies would have killed my daughter

Without amniocentesis, her rare disease would have gone untreated and she would have likely died at birth

Topics:, , 68Comments

Tuesday, Feb 21, 2012 8:35 PM UTC2012-02-21T20:35:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Foster Freiss and Sheldon Adelson

The men who own the GOP

Shadowy billionaires like Freiss and Adelson are spending record amounts of money on the election

Topics:, 19Comments

Tuesday, Feb 21, 2012 8:25 PM UTC2012-02-21T20:25:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
kagan

Justice Kagan sides with the Right on Miranda

The 6-3 Court vote on a key issue that has long divided right and left may bode poorly for the Kagan appointment

194Comments

Tuesday, Feb 21, 2012 8:00 PM UTC2012-02-21T20:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Richard Cordray, financial watchdog

How Obama’s financial watchdog can prove himself

Three things Richard Cordray can do to rein in abusive debt collectors

Topics:, 3Comments

Tuesday, Feb 21, 2012 6:38 PM UTC2012-02-21T18:38:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
christie_houston (1)

The real problem with honoring Whitney

The uproar over Christie's order to fly the flags at half-staff was about race and gender, not drug addiction

Topics:, , 65Comments

Tuesday, Feb 21, 2012 5:50 PM UTC2012-02-21T17:50:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
The 99ers to Occupy: hear our demands

The 99ers’ unemployment fix

In the latest episode of our video series, jobless Americans fall in love with Occupy -- and bring their own agenda

Topics:, , 6Comments

Tuesday, Feb 21, 2012 4:45 PM UTC2012-02-21T16:45:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Chris Brown and Rihanna

The painful, pathetic Chris Brown and Rihanna collaboration

A nauseating pair of remixes is a cynical train wreck for two pop stars with a history of domestic violence

Topics:, 47Comments

Tuesday, Feb 21, 2012 4:40 PM UTC2012-02-21T16:40:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Kurt Cobain and Adele

Adele: The new Kurt Cobain

A Grammy sensation is cheered for her "authenticity." Coming next: Dour, humorless copycats invade the pop charts

Topics:, , 62Comments

Tuesday, Feb 21, 2012 4:30 PM UTC2012-02-21T16:30:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Jordan Peele and Keegan-Michael Key in "Key & Peele"

“Key & Peele’s” edge-less, post-racial lie

A Comedy Central smash is too busy soothing white, liberal consciences to actually be funny

Topics:, , 49Comments

Wednesday, Feb 22, 2012 7:48 PM UTC2012-02-22T19:48:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T

Various matters

Jake Tapper grills the WH on the whistleblower war; Frank VanderSloot responds; and Tucker Carlson explains himself

95Comments

Wednesday, Feb 22, 2012 7:12 PM UTC2012-02-22T19:12:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
santorum_romney

The danger of an endless GOP primary

No, it won't make people realize how crazy the GOP is. It will just shift the debate even farther right

Topics:, 70Comments

Wednesday, Feb 22, 2012 7:02 PM UTC2012-02-22T19:02:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
obama

Corporations don’t need a tax break

By proposing to cut taxes on businesses, Obama proves once again that he won't follow through on his rhetoric

Topics:, 52Comments

Wednesday, Feb 22, 2012 5:30 PM UTC2012-02-22T17:30:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Mitt Romney and Donald Trump

Romney welcomes birther clown Trump’s support

Notorious former fake candidate robo-calls for the "electable" Republican

Topics:, , , 50Comments

Wednesday, Feb 22, 2012 2:34 PM UTC2012-02-22T14:34:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich, Mitt Romney, Ron Paul

The GOP debate curse

They’ve diminished – and humiliated – one Romney rival after another. Will Santorum suffer the same fate tonight?

Topics: 19Comments

Thursday, Feb 23, 2012 1:00 AM UTC2012-02-23T01:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
lin

The futile search for meaning in “Linsanity”

Real fans aren't shocked at the sight of an Asian-American star. The hype is just New York being New York

Topics:, 11Comments

Wednesday, Feb 22, 2012 9:38 PM UTC2012-02-22T21:38:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
facebook_man

Don’t ignore Facebook’s silly-sounding policies

A leaked manual reveals the shadowy and powerful role social media sites play in shaping public discourse

Topics:, , 6Comments

Wednesday, Feb 22, 2012 7:24 PM UTC2012-02-22T19:24:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Hassan Nasrallah

Hezbollah fights for relevance

The Shiite militia defends Iran's mullahs at the expense of the Arab Spring. Its best hope may be war with Israel

Topics:, , 10Comments

Wednesday, Feb 22, 2012 7:12 PM UTC2012-02-22T19:12:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
santorum_romney

The danger of an endless GOP primary

No, it won't make people realize how crazy the GOP is. It will just shift the debate even farther right

Topics:, 70Comments

Wednesday, Feb 22, 2012 7:02 PM UTC2012-02-22T19:02:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
obama

Corporations don’t need a tax break

By proposing to cut taxes on businesses, Obama proves once again that he won't follow through on his rhetoric

Topics:, 52Comments

Thursday, Feb 23, 2012 1:00 AM UTC2012-02-23T01:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
lin

The futile search for meaning in “Linsanity”

Real fans aren't shocked at the sight of an Asian-American star. The hype is just New York being New York

Topics:, 11Comments

Thursday, Feb 23, 2012 1:00 AM UTC2012-02-23T01:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
PrimateMind_AF L

What can primates feel?

A new book explores how our closest evolutionary cousins experience empathy

Topics:, , , 2Comments

Wednesday, Feb 22, 2012 5:15 PM UTC2012-02-22T17:15:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Adele

The obscene power of the middle finger

After M.I.A. shocked at the Super Bowl, Adele flips off the host of the Brit Awards. Let the phony outrage begin

Topics: 44Comments

Wednesday, Feb 22, 2012 3:40 PM UTC2012-02-22T15:40:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
american_eating2

Walmart’s war on the American food system

It's hard to eat healthy in fast-food nation. A new book, reported undercover at Walmart and Applebee's, tells why

Topics:, , , 39Comments

Wednesday, Feb 22, 2012 1:00 AM UTC2012-02-22T01:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
whitney

What Whitney’s death should have us talking about

Despite its obsession with the star's demise, the press ignores the real issues behind America's deadliest epidemic

Topics:, , , 32Comments

Thursday, Feb 23, 2012 1:00 AM UTC2012-02-23T01:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Cary Tennis

Writing the “I’m gay” letter

I led her on but now I have to tell her the truth: I prefer men

Topics:, , 19Comments

Thursday, Feb 23, 2012 1:00 AM UTC2012-02-23T01:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
gidra

Gidra takes on the American war machine

A forgotten newspaper adopted the name of a Godzilla monster as it fought imperialism and racism

Topics:, 1Comment

Wednesday, Feb 22, 2012 9:38 PM UTC2012-02-22T21:38:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
facebook_man

Don’t ignore Facebook’s silly-sounding policies

A leaked manual reveals the shadowy and powerful role social media sites play in shaping public discourse

Topics:, , 6Comments

Wednesday, Feb 22, 2012 7:30 PM UTC2012-02-22T19:30:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
Jeremy Lin

What everyone gets wrong about Jeremy Lin

The NBA star does not transcend race. Instead of upending stereotypes, he owns them -- unapologetically

Topics:, , 31Comments

Wednesday, Feb 22, 2012 4:00 PM UTC2012-02-22T16:00:00Zl, M j, Y g:i A T
cockpit_meal

Beware the “office” romance

Do pilots and flight attendants really stay in separate hotels on layover? Plus: Do pilots bring their own food?

Topics: 15Comments

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