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We won't post new stories on this page every day, but whenever we do put something up you have our word: It will be about the strip. Guaranteed.
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The Abuse Of Satire
Garry Trudeau on Charlie Hebdo, free-speech fanaticism, and the problem with "punching downward"...
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Were Lincoln And Nixon Gay? The 'History' Book That Is Dividing America
Award-winning author and gay-rights activist Larry Kramer's new book aims to counter the exclusion of homosexuality from history...
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The Battle For Women's Hearts - And Lives
Many years later, I was staggered to learn about something called 'the Yentl syndrome'...
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'Halal in the Family': Asif Mandvi's Comedy Jihad
First, The Daily Show's house Muslim scripted The Qu'osby Show, but...oops! So Aasif Mandvi's new series evokes an even more classic sitcom...
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The Truth About UVA And Ferguson Isn't Good Enough For P.C. Crowd
The whole sordid affair has been about something much larger: the idea that the pursuit of justice can be separated from facts; that metaphorical truth can be more important than literal truth...
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In Report On Rolling Stone, A Case Study In Failed Journalism
"A Rape on Campus" joins America's rogue's gallery of journalism scandals...
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Rolling Stone's Boss Plays The Victim
The Columbia Journalism School ripped apart the UVA rape story -- but the magazine's chief blames a fabulist, not his own editors who got played...
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How To Navigate The Art World
A new book shows how to be discerning without being dismissive...
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That Loud Bang That Startles You Awake: It May Be 'Exploding Head Syndome'
Exploding head syndrome has received little clinical attention over the years. Scientists have hypothesized the condition is rare and seen mostly in people older than 50...
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Brian Wilson On The Beach Boys' 'Rivalry' With The Beatles And Flying Solo
The Beach Boys frontman opens up...