Quentin Tarantino talks to himself
Russian critic Mikhail Bakhtin posed that stories talk to one another. If only he'd lived to see Tarantino's films VIDEO
Saturday, Jan 12, 2013 8:00 PM UTC
Entertainment Video, Editor's Picks, Movies, Film
Raylan "Justified" my love
Manly swagger turns me off. Except when it's paired with compassion, righteous courage — and a Stetson
Saturday, Jan 12, 2013 8:00 PM UTC
Entertainment Video, Editor's Picks, Movies, Film
Suicide of a hacker
26-year-old Aaron Swartz, battling depression and federal prosecutors, killed himself Friday night
Saturday, Jan 12, 2013 4:37 PM UTC
Technology Aaron Swartz, Suicide, depression
Mint the coin, even if Republicans impeach
If Obama thinks a platinum coin is the best way out of the debt ceiling crisis, he should do it, impeachment or not
Saturday, Jan 12, 2013 2:00 PM UTC 50
Politics Barack Obama, Debt ceiling
Will Obama cave on Social Security?
With chained CPI a likely part of any debt ceiling deal, outraged progressives are organizing in advance
Saturday, Jan 12, 2013 12:00 PM UTC 24
Politics Fiscal cliff, Debt ceiling
Time has changed David Bowie: He can trace time
The icon's first song in a decade reflects on his prolific, multifaceted career — and confronts his mortality VIDEO
Saturday, Jan 12, 2013 12:30 AM UTC 31
Entertainment Video, David Bowie, pop music
Tennessee suspends James Yeager’s handgun carry permit
The star of a terrifying viral video promised to "kill people" if anyone tried to take his guns
Friday, Jan 11, 2013 10:14 PM UTC 101
News James Yeager, Gun Control
Ohio school board approves plan to arm custodians
"Having guns in the hands of the right people are not a hindrance," the school superintendent said
Friday, Jan 11, 2013 9:45 PM UTC 50
Politics Ohio, Gun Violence, Gun Control
Anti-gay activist guilty of child pornography after videotaping daughter
Lisa Biron faces 25 years in prison for filming her 14-year-old having sex with two men on multiple occasions
Friday, Jan 11, 2013 9:25 PM UTC 46
News Southern Poverty Law Center
Facebook’s perfect spam laboratory
What's really behind the company's scheme to charge $100 for the right to message CEO Mark Zuckerberg
Friday, Jan 11, 2013 9:20 PM UTC
Technology Facebook, spam, Privacy
AP: Lance Armstrong confesses to Oprah
Informed sources say the once-celebrated cyclist admits to some doping charges in an interview with Winfrey
Saturday, Jan 12, 2013 6:21 PM UTC
News Lance Armstrong, Oprah Winfrey
Astronomers may have found the oldest star in the universe
HD 140283 is at least 13 billion years old and was likely formed shortly after the Big Bang
Saturday, Jan 12, 2013 5:00 PM UTC
Life Scientific American, Stars
My own sober miracle
I used to scoff when sober zealots talked about "waiting for the miracle." When mine arrived, I became a believer
Saturday, Jan 12, 2013 4:00 PM UTC
Life The Fix, AA, Drugs, Recovery
The Week in Pictures
From a cold front in the West to protests in the East, here's a look at what dominated the headlines this week. SLIDE SHOW
Saturday, Jan 12, 2013 2:00 PM UTC
Life slideshow, The Week in Pictures
Your favorite cool bands need to shut you out!
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros and Clap Your Hands Say Yeah talk about the pressure of fans, media and more VIDEO
Saturday, Jan 12, 2013 2:00 PM UTC
Entertainment Video, The Weekly Feed, Music
The sheikh and I: Ghostwriting for a crown prince in exhile
After 24 years at the New York Times, I got a call -- and stumbled into the strangest writing gig of my career
Saturday, Jan 12, 2013 2:00 PM UTC
Life LA Review of Books
Pakistan has a rape problem too
Days after a Delhi student's death, a Pakistani child was beaten and raped by three men. Where's the outrage?
Friday, Jan 11, 2013 11:31 PM UTC
Politics GlobalPost, Pakistan, India, Rape
Bahraini activist’s triumphant return
Amid a groundswell of support for the Al-Khawaja family to win the Nobel Prize, daughter Maryam ends her exile
Friday, Jan 11, 2013 11:20 PM UTC
Technology al khawaja family
In gun debate, video game industry defends itself
Video game makers push back against those who blame them for fostering a culture of violence
Friday, Jan 11, 2013 10:45 PM UTC 13
Life Guns, Violence, Video Games
Marines order clubs on base to allow same-sex spouses
The change in policy opens a vital line of support and community to gay husbands and wives
Friday, Jan 11, 2013 10:37 PM UTC
Life Military, LGBT, LGBTQ, Gay Marriage
Mexicans protest dog detentions
Public doubts police story of murderous, marauding dog packs
Friday, Jan 11, 2013 10:30 PM UTC
Life From the Wires, Noble Beasts
Syrian rebels seize key air base
The capture of Taftanaz shows the creeping progress of rebels in northwest Syria VIDEO
Friday, Jan 11, 2013 10:18 PM UTC
News Video, aol_on, Syria
Teacher could be fired for stomping on U.S. flag
Scott Compton wanted to teach the difference between symbols and objects -- a lesson lost on his school district
Friday, Jan 11, 2013 10:15 PM UTC 44
News flag, American flag, Patriotism
Weird news: Hobbits are still real!
And they have tiny wrist bones that distinguish them from Homo sapiens
Friday, Jan 11, 2013 10:03 PM UTC
Life Weird news
The fake vaccination scheme absent from the bin Laden hunt debates
If "ZDT" justifies torture, a new GQ exploration of the CIA vaccine ploy prompts troubling questions
Friday, Jan 11, 2013 9:35 PM UTC
News Zero Dark Thirty, GQ
Obama, Karzai agree to speed up military transition
U.S. troops will shift fully to a support role this spring said the president
Friday, Jan 11, 2013 9:17 PM UTC
News Afghanistan, U.S. Military
Gun control activists focus on universal background checks
Closing the gun show loophole is just one part of a larger problem with background checks, activists say
Friday, Jan 11, 2013 9:14 PM UTC
Politics Gun shows, Gun Control, Joe Biden
Do not accuse Quentin Tarantino of promoting real violence
He will "shut your butt down" VIDEO
Friday, Jan 11, 2013 9:14 PM UTC 22
Life Video, Violence, Movies
Cuomo reaffirms support for pot decriminalization
Changing drug law would aid the fight against discriminatory "stop-and-frisk" policing
Friday, Jan 11, 2013 9:02 PM UTC
News Andrew Cuomo, stop-and-frisk
Why can’t doctors tell cancer patients the truth?
Medical journals and physicians underplay what treatment is really like. And it hurts patients
Friday, Jan 11, 2013 8:54 PM UTC
Life Cancer, Medicine, Breast cancer
Cafe owner pens anti-gay screed to lesbian customers
"My daughter also was gay. It destroyed her life and my grandson"
Friday, Jan 11, 2013 8:31 PM UTC 14
Life LGBT, Gay Rights, LGBTQ
Tarantino flunks American history
Even by its own pulp standards, "Django Unchained" is grossly inaccurate -- and perpetuates dangerous stereotypes
Saturday, Jan 12, 2013 3:00 PM UTC 14
Entertainment Quentin Tarantino, AlterNet
7 theories why Obama gets rolled by Republicans
The jury's still out on the "fiscal cliff," but the House GOP often seems to get the better of the president
Saturday, Jan 12, 2013 1:00 PM UTC
Politics AlterNet, Politics, GOP
Help us, Nate Silver!
It's what we do with statistics that matters: Just ask the math geeks whose fancy models tanked the global economy
Sunday, Jan 6, 2013 5:00 PM UTC 21
News Books, Economics, Great Recession
Obama’s Great Society
Does the president's legacy require chipping away at LBJ's', or building on it?
Sunday, Jan 6, 2013 12:00 PM UTC 62
News Great Society, Social Security
My lucky thunder thighs
As a stripper, my thick legs were a liability. But they also carried me through drug addiction and grief
Sunday, Jan 6, 2013 2:00 AM UTC 48
Life Body Issues, Body Wars, Stripping
The war on female sexuality: Is globalization to blame?
From New Dehli to the war on women here, sexual freedom has sparked a global conflict. An expert explains why
Saturday, Jan 5, 2013 11:00 PM UTC 28
Life Sex, Gender, Gender Roles
Welcome to the new Civil War
Lincoln's unfinished war rages on, as the neo-Confederacy tries to turn back the clock on women, gays, God and guns
Saturday, Jan 5, 2013 4:30 PM UTC 157
Life Lincoln, Editor's Picks
My year of heroin and acne
I was 25 and living with Dad. I wasn't in the clubs, I was in my room. And the worse my skin got, the more I used
Saturday, Jan 5, 2013 12:30 AM UTC 39
Life Life stories, addiction, Drugs
Talking with Daniel Mendelsohn about the year in literary criticism
Two critics discuss 2012's raging debates over sock puppets, Twitter cheerleaders and hatchet-job reviews
Monday, Dec 31, 2012 8:00 PM UTC 12
Entertainment Best of 2012
Sunday show roundup: Obama braces for impact
On "Meet the Press," Obama finally lays responsibility for the fiscal cliff mess on Republicans
Sunday, Dec 30, 2012 5:45 PM UTC 82
Politics Sunday shows
