Recipe for a bestseller
One writer says he's figured out 12 basic ingredients for a blockbusting title. Can the puzzle really be that easy?
Mitt's worst enemy
Right-wing radio host Bryan Fischer says Romney "is going to be far more careful" after a gay aide resigned Tuesday
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Couple seeks other couple
My husband and I were so happy with Greg and Sara. But then, it all fell apart
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Arts Wednesday, May 2, 2012 12:00 AM UTC
The unhealthy life of drawing
A South Korea-born illustrator talks about why she enjoys printmaking and art as autobiography
Arts Wednesday, May 2, 2012 12:00 AM UTC
“The Avengers”: Will superhero movies never end?
Joss Whedon's overcrowded "Avengers" shows just how thoroughly played-out the genre has become
Life Wednesday, May 2, 2012 12:00 AM UTC
I’m not ready to be 19!
I've chosen pre-med. I miss my friends and family. Some nights I just cry in the stairwell
Life Tuesday, May 1, 2012 9:50 PM UTC
Ab-ed moves ahead
A sexist, anti-gay abstinence-only program quietly gets the Obama administration's stamp of approval. Why?
Arts Tuesday, May 1, 2012 9:15 PM UTC
The NYT’s ridiculous motherhood debate
A throwdown about maternal "obsession" shows how out of touch the paper has become
Arts Tuesday, May 1, 2012 8:28 PM UTC
Near death, rehashed
Beauregard's reaction to out-of-body science criticisms proves my original point
Politics Tuesday, May 1, 2012 7:57 PM UTC
The Romney-Bush mind meld
Disaster alert: On tax cuts and financial regulation, Mitt takes his cues from the same men who advised George W.
Politics Tuesday, May 1, 2012 7:55 PM UTC
Romney spokesman quits after right-wingers freak out about his being gay
Anti-gay conservatives hound foreign policy spokesman Richard Grenell into quitting the campaign
Politics Tuesday, May 1, 2012 7:45 PM UTC
America’s new working poor
In this economy, having a job is no longer a guarantee against poverty
Politics Tuesday, May 1, 2012 7:39 PM UTC
It’s starting to look over for Dick Lugar
Welcome to the permanent era of Tea Party politics
Politics Tuesday, May 1, 2012 6:52 PM UTC
A big day for the 1%
America's wealthiest made a killing on Wall Street today -- at the expense of the nation's under-employed workforce
Politics Tuesday, May 1, 2012 6:49 PM UTC
FBI heroically locks up ridiculous anarchists on May Day
Feds stop inept radicals from carrying out a plot feds helped them conceive and carry out
Politics Tuesday, May 1, 2012 6:30 PM UTC
Occupiers open Free University
As strikers clashed with police elsewhere in NYC, thousands of students listened to lectures in Madison Square Park
Life Tuesday, May 1, 2012 5:45 PM UTC
Rise of Generation Occupy
We're seing the start of a New Progressive Movement in which social media trumps money -- and truth outpaces greed
Politics Tuesday, May 1, 2012 4:12 PM UTC
Since bin Laden’s death
The War on Terror and its various civil liberties assaults have escalated, not been reversed or even slowed down
Arts Tuesday, May 1, 2012 3:30 PM UTC
Octomom’s tragic new low
Nadya Suleman declares bankruptcy and mulls porn. Now can we stop taking pleasure in her humiliation?
Politics Tuesday, May 1, 2012 3:00 PM UTC
Drones invade campus
Universities are buying drones faster than police departments -- and the military is helping foot the bill
Politics Tuesday, May 1, 2012 2:57 PM UTC
Goodbye, Davos man
Pundits haven't realized it yet, but the age of economic globalization is over
Politics Tuesday, May 1, 2012 2:44 PM UTC
Europe’s new “Marshall Plan”?
With Hollande poised to win the French election, the EU is finally moving away from destructive austerity measures
Politics Tuesday, May 1, 2012 2:34 PM UTC
The Swiss bank account returns
The Obama campaign plays up one of the most prominent markers of Romney’s top-1 percent lifestyle
Politics Tuesday, May 1, 2012 2:34 PM UTC
America’s real Hunger Games
Young people are already being sacrificed at the whims of the 1%. Just look at Iraq and Afghanistan
Politics Tuesday, May 1, 2012 1:44 PM UTC
The Jose Rodriguez lesson
Perhaps it's a bad idea to trust the executive branch to wield the most extreme powers in the dark, with no checks
Politics Tuesday, May 1, 2012 12:33 PM UTC
The fight Obama picked
His use of the bin Laden anniversary seems like something Republicans would do – and that's probably the point
Arts Tuesday, May 1, 2012 12:30 PM UTC
The perfect Beatles double bill
Martin Scorsese's George Harrison documentary may be expansive, but 2009's "Nowhere Boy" is more insightful
Politics Tuesday, May 1, 2012 12:00 PM UTC
Russia’s xenophobia problem
Putin vows to tighten immigration laws. Will it make life even worse for the nation's migrants?
Politics Tuesday, May 1, 2012 12:00 PM UTC
The jobless model
Human beings will always work. But it's time to get rid of the employer-employee status quo
Politics Tuesday, May 1, 2012 12:00 PM UTC
2011: The year the 99 percent mobilized
How Occupy's year of transformation compares to the revolutions of 1848 and 1968
Politics Tuesday, May 1, 2012 11:45 AM UTC
Artists on strike!
May Day will see a host of creative protests and performances -- attempts to reconnect Occupy to its artistic roots
Politics Tuesday, May 1, 2012 3:35 AM UTC
The genius of Mitt and Ted Nugent
Comic Judy Gold riffs on the headlines for Salon's new series, I Read the News Today ... Oy Vey!
Life Tuesday, May 1, 2012 12:00 AM UTC
I changed. My wife didn’t
My father's death taught me how precious life is. I can't be petty and neurotic anymore. But my wife sure can!
Arts Tuesday, May 1, 2012 12:00 AM UTC
A bricklayer turned designer
A Swiss graphic artist creates posters that seamlessly mix the digital and the hands-on
Life Tuesday, May 1, 2012 12:00 AM UTC
The prudes are winning
The author of "America's War on Sex" says things have gotten worse under Obama
Life Tuesday, May 1, 2012 12:00 AM UTC
Joel Osteen worships himself
At a D.C. rally, it's clear that the megachurch pastor's childlike faith is really about the power of narcissism
Politics Monday, Apr 30, 2012 10:32 PM UTC
Why I’m striking
Whether Occupy-supporting journalists should strike is complicated, but I will not be reporting or tweeting
Politics Monday, Apr 30, 2012 9:45 PM UTC
What Rachel Maddow said
Women still face pay bias, no matter how much (or how disrespectfully) GOP flacks want to deny it
Arts Monday, Apr 30, 2012 9:00 PM UTC
TV’s gift to bad actors
From "Mad Men's" January Jones to "Castle's" Stana Katic, the medium is weirdly suited to inexpressive mediocrity
Politics Monday, Apr 30, 2012 8:48 PM UTC
Occupy’s other big test
In order to survive past May Day, the movement will have to fend off attempts at co-optation
Arts Monday, Apr 30, 2012 7:00 PM UTC
“Frankenstein” remixed
This masterful new adaptation of Mary Shelley's classic novel may be the best interactive fiction yet
Politics Monday, Apr 30, 2012 6:50 PM UTC
“War on women” isn’t over
Just as pundits said the issue was fading, President Obama took up reproductive rights with new passion
Politics Monday, Apr 30, 2012 6:35 PM UTC
Bill Clinton to the rescue
Not since Theodore Roosevelt has a former president enjoyed such a politically relevant post-presidency
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