On the dopeness of "The Wackness" Andrew O'Hehir
In this interview and podcast, director Jonathan Levine talks about how Holden Caulfield met Rudy Giuliani and Biggie in the heartbroken, heat-stricken New York summer of 1994. (07/03/2008)

Bateman: "Responsibilites of American Citizenship"
Actual audio from a 1955 film about your responsibilities as a free and commie-fearing citizen. (07/03/2008)

What would a feminist campaign look like?
Rebecca Traister discusses how the presidential candidates can effectively address women this election year. (07/03/2008)

In search of the holy grand By Kevin Berger
Glenn Gould's obsessive pursuit of the perfect piano led to the enduring heart of his extraordinary music. (07/03/2008)

Tom the Dancing Bug By Ruben Bolling
Got a solution for the energy crisis? Get in on John's McCain's big cash giveaway! (07/03/2008)

Lady superstars are totally marriageable after all Rebecca Traister
News flash: Beautiful, rich, famous women are not wholly unappealing! (07/03/2008)

Sugar, spice and science Kate Harding
Mars, Venus, woolly mammoths -- no really, they did a study! (07/03/2008)

My migraines make me feel like driving a pickax through my face! By Cary Tennis
I need help dealing with these migraines or I don't know if I'll make it! (07/03/2008)

Aussies: Sex lives of soap stars? Tracy Clark-Flory
Cheating, bad sex and pornography, oh my! A new book reports on women Down Under. (07/03/2008)

What the Pregnant Man didn't deliver By Thomas Rogers
Thomas Beatie brought us a media circus and late-night punch lines. But there's something missing, say some transgender advocates -- more respect. (07/03/2008)

From hot chick to nerd girl in four easy steps Judy Berman
A Web site advises guys on converting their girlfriends to geekdom. (07/03/2008)

What would a feminist campaign look like? Rebecca Traister
Hint: No bra burning would be involved. (07/03/2008)

Throwing out the bonus with the bath water Catherine Price
When people take parental leave, should they still be eligible for incentive pay? (07/03/2008)

The economics of abortion Catherine Price
In Minnesota, more women are citing the costs of children in their decisions to terminate a pregnancy. Should we be surprised? (07/03/2008)

Exploitative Fourth of July peg of the day! Kate Harding
Women should celebrate the holiday by not being so abusable? (07/03/2008)

Losing the mullet, angling for veep By Mike Madden
Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty has a shot at being John McCain's No. 2 -- and it's not just because of the snazzy new haircut. (07/03/2008)

A deluge waiting to happen By Katharine Mieszkowski
Nature will do as nature does, but humans are to blame for the deadly Midwestern floods. (07/03/2008)

The Al-Haramain ruling and the current Congress Glenn Greenwald
Another federal court's ruling reveals how false and extreme is the case for warrantless eavesdropping and telecom immunity. (07/03/2008)

The drilling myth that just won't die Steve Benen
Republicans keep arguing, falsely, that China is drilling for oil in Cuban waters. (07/03/2008)

Obama will "continue to refine" Iraq policy Steve Benen
In North Dakota, Obama reiterates his support for a flexible withdrawal timetable in Iraq. (07/03/2008)

Happy 4th of July Weekend Steve Benen
Happy 4th of July Weekend (07/03/2008)

McCain reboots, gives rise to the Rovians Steve Benen
After major staff shake-up, McCain leaves his campaign in the hands of Karl Rove acolytes. (07/03/2008)

Another discouraging month on the jobs front Steve Benen
After the sixth consecutive month of job losses, McCain and Obama offer competing visions. (07/03/2008)

Bush vows more troops for Afghanistan, but Mullen doesn't have them Steve Benen
The president says troop levels need to rise, but the Joint Chiefs chairman says the forces will have to come from Iraq. (07/03/2008)

Thursday's campaign roundup Steve Benen
Today's installment of campaign-related news items. (07/03/2008)

Fox News stoops to digital graffiti Steve Benen
While complaining about a hit piece, the controversial network manipulates the images of New York Times journalists. (07/03/2008)

The religious right warms up to McCain Steve Benen
Evangelical leaders swallow hard and embrace the Republican they vowed to oppose. (07/03/2008)

Triumph of the low-carbon city dweller Andrew Leonard
Back to the land? Pfft. If you want to conserve energy, the cosmopolitan lifestyle is the way to go. You can look it up (07/03/2008)

Scary! YouTube ordered to hand your viewing history to Viacom Farhad Manjoo
But there's a silver lining to one of the most bone-headed legal decisions in recent times. (07/03/2008)

Oil up, jobs down Andrew Leonard
Same old song and dance: A new record for the price of oil, and more bad employment numbers for the U.S. economy (07/03/2008)

A dream of Russian dandelions Andrew Leonard
The rising price of natural rubber is puncturing tire manufacturer profitability. But a weed grows in Uzbekistan... (07/03/2008)

Can immigrants save an aging Europe? Andrew Leonard
What happens to a society with a declining birth rate which refuses to open the door to outsiders? (07/03/2008)

Behind the wheel of the Smart car
Farhad Manjoo gave you a ride in the Smart car and even found parking. (07/02/2008)

Bateman: McCain on "our neighbors to the south"
Actual audio from a Web ad in which the GOP candidate talks about jobs and free trade. (07/02/2008)

Japanese film's not-so-new new wave Andrew O'Hehir
Asia's greatest cinema power never really lost its mojo. But 10 years after Kurosawa's death, Japanese movies are hotter (and weirder) than ever. (07/02/2008)

Now's the time to be a girl
Tracy Clark-Flory takes a look at a new study that shows that teenagers may be happy to be female, but they are still burdened. (07/02/2008)

The K Chronicles By Keith Knight
One way to find out who's been doing what. (07/02/2008)

Save boys from tween tramps! Tracy Clark-Flory
Boys need rescuing from hypersexualized pubescent girls? (07/02/2008)

I survived -- now how do I survive my survival? By Cary Tennis
Cancer changed everything. I need a new paradigm. (07/02/2008)

Quote of the day: Backlash U.K. Lynn Harris
The Guardian details an "all-out assault" on feminism. (07/02/2008)

Granny and the real doll Logan Scherer
Older Japanese women with a hankering for grandchildren get their own adorable, stuffed companions. (07/02/2008)

Go ahead, treat your vulva Judy Berman
A new spa offers "pelvic fitness" regimens. (07/02/2008)

Congressional candidate crush Lynn Harris
Vote Darcy Burner, and her dog (07/02/2008)

The mommy wars, interrupted Amy Benfer
Should mothers stay at home or go to work? Sandra Tsing Loh chooses her choice, and so do I. (07/02/2008)

It's (pretty) good to be a girl Tracy Clark-Flory
Young women have never had it so good, but sexism is still rampant, girls say. (07/02/2008)

"Anti-Abortion, but Pro-Date Rape" Jessica Wakeman
Why was Amazon.com selling a T-shirt supporting rape? (07/02/2008)

So it's come to this: Sex for gas Rachel Shukert
Things sure are looking bleaker and bleaker at the pump these days. (07/02/2008)

Ingrid Betancourt freed Sarah Hepola
After six years in captivity, the political reformer is rescued from Marxist guerrillas in Colombia. (07/02/2008)

Could be Biden time By Walter Shapiro
He's got experience, foreign relations chops, and a moving personal story. Is Joe Biden near the top of Barack Obama's veep list? (07/02/2008)

No peace for Obama on Israel By Gregory Levey
He's facing nervous Jewish voters in Florida, attacks by Joe Lieberman and smear tactics in a political war that threatens his campaign. (07/02/2008)

Obama advisor Greg Craig: Adding insult to injury Glenn Greenwald
The campaign's claim that Obama supported the FISA compromise to avoid "expiration of FISA" is factually false and, even when corrected, makes no sense. (07/02/2008)

The right's game-playing with "dual loyalty" and "anti-Semitism" accusations Glenn Greenwald
Those who seek war with Iran endlessly exploit "dual loyalty" claims in order to promote their political agenda, while screaming "anti-Semitism" at political opponents who make the same claim. (07/02/2008)

For the sake of the girl with the beautiful swing By Garrison Keillor
For 10-year-olds everywhere -- Little Leaguers or not -- I hope we get a better president than the incompetent we've wasted eight years of our national life on. (07/02/2008)

Wednesday's campaign roundup Steve Benen
Today's installment of campaign-related news items. (07/02/2008)

Americans "very concerned" about McCain, Bush similarities Steve Benen
Gallup poll shows widespread concerns about McCain and "Bush's third term." (07/02/2008)

Obama's mortgage stirs smoke, but no fire Steve Benen
Media report questions Obama's 2005 mortgage rate, but there's not much of a "controversy." (07/02/2008)

GOP looks to November and plays defense Steve Benen
One can learn a lot about the landscape by taking a closer look at the parties' target lists. (07/02/2008)

McCain plays dumb Steve Benen
Confronted with his own admissions on his economic ignorance, McCain feigns cluelessness. (07/02/2008)

Another major staff shake-up in the McCain campaign Steve Benen
Four months before Election Day, McCain hires his third campaign manager in a year. (07/02/2008)

Matthew 25 Network takes its message to Christian radio Steve Benen
A progressive, Christian political action committee begins its election-year efforts. (07/02/2008)

Why copy the communists? Steve Benen
The military trainers at Guantánamo Bay used "Communist Attempts to Elicit False Confessions From Air Force Prisoners of War" as a guide. (07/02/2008)

McCain bristles at Vietnam question Steve Benen
Asked how his Vietnam experience prepared him for the presidency, McCain becomes "visibly angry." (07/02/2008)

Betancourt freed in Colombia Steve Benen
Former Colombian presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt, three U.S. military contractors, freed from captors. (07/02/2008)

The free-agent fandango King Kaufman
NBA and NHL players are switching teams willy-nilly, money is flying, and in nine months it'll all mean something. (07/02/2008)

Report: Favre says ... you'll never guess King Kaufman
The great quarterback proves again that even retirement can't stop his annual offseason tsuris about retirement. (07/02/2008)

On vacation King Kaufman
This column returns July 14. (07/03/2008)

The casino tycoon who loved China Andrew Leonard
All that cash the rest of the world is sending to China? Sheldon Adelson, the third-richest American, is recycling it. (07/02/2008)

Test drive: The Smart car is revolutionary Farhad Manjoo
A car small enough to alter your relationship with the city. (07/02/2008)

The meaning of Starbucks Andrew Leonard
The coffee company announces plans to close 600 stores, while simultaneously watering down its primary house brew. As if we needed any more evidence that the economy is in the dregs. (07/02/2008)

Obama's Indian electoral strategy Andrew Leonard
His campaign mentions the passing of a revered Indian general. McCain's doesn't. How's that going to play in the swing states? (07/02/2008)

Bear territory blues By Andrew Leonard
It's official: The stock market bulls have left the building. What took them so long? (07/02/2008)

Bateman: Gen. Clark on how McCain may not be all that experienced
Actual audio from Wesley Clark's appearance on "Face the Nation" with Bob Schieffer. (07/01/2008)

Red State Update: How does freedom really sound?
Jackie and Dunlap look at the Christian vote and announce their new album. (07/01/2008)

Good night and good TV By Thomas Rogers
"The Newsroom" does for the talking heads what "The Office" does for cubicle dwellers -- and may be the funniest TV show ever made about the news business. (07/01/2008)

"Hancock" By Stephanie Zacharek
This story of a seriously flaked-out superhero shows us the limits of Will Smith's superpowers. (07/01/2008)

Can't Darwin and God get along? By Vincent Rossmeier
Of course they can, argues physicist and theologian Karl Giberson, if only many believers were more sophisticated and atheists less dogmatic. (07/01/2008)

We are family By Robert Burton
Are humans unique in the animal kingdom? Neuroscience pioneer Michael Gazzaniga thinks so. He is not convincing. (07/01/2008)

This Modern World By Tom Tomorrow
The ongoing adventures of Sparkman and the Blinkster. (07/01/2008)

Women watch porn to please men? Tracy Clark-Flory
Read on for more inane explanations of why some ladies like X-rated fare! (07/01/2008)

Erasing the age lines from a résumé Catherine Price
There's a new challenge facing job seekers: What to do when you look great in person but old on paper. (07/01/2008)

Psst! Wanna write an Op-Ed? Katharine Mieszkowski
Catherine Orenstein helps women break into the opinion pages. (07/01/2008)

Some dangeous chemicals with your vampy pout? Jessica Wakeman
A failed California bill tried to push companies to keep the lead out of red lipsticks. (07/01/2008)

Before you pick up that Gillette Mach3, mister Rachel Shukert
Women may be more attracted to men with a little stubble. (07/01/2008)

My husband's sighs are driving me up the wall! By Cary Tennis
Every time he takes a sip of anything, he emits this deep, mournful exhalation. It is spooky and weird and I want him to stop. (07/01/2008)

Get ready for prairie chic! Judy Berman
Fundamentalist Mormon women go into the online clothing business. (07/01/2008)

Quote of the day: Lt. Gen. Claudia Kennedy Katharine Mieszkowski
Celebrating the nomination of America's first female four-star general. (07/01/2008)

Your construction company kills babies Catherine Price
Thanks to pressure from antiabortion activists, a builder has pulled out of a project for a Planned Parenthood clinic. (07/01/2008)

Why Obama will soon land in Europe By Gregor Peter Schmitz
Many Europeans would like to see him as the next U.S. president. But a transatlantic trip to burnish his credentials will be a balancing act. (07/01/2008)

Obama on pride -- and dissent -- in America
"When we argue about patriotism, we are arguing about who we are as a country, and more importantly, who we should be." (07/01/2008)

Slamming Wesley Clark Joan Walsh
The general's comments about McCain's military service have been unfairly twisted. But some Obama supporters are going too far in their McCain attacks. (07/01/2008)

Dalai Lama's time bomb By Salil Tripathi
Some Tibetans have had it with the spiritual leader's nonviolence. But as Gandhi showed, patience can be the deadliest of weapons. (07/01/2008)

The Obama campaign's past two weeks Glenn Greenwald
It matters what Obama says and what tactics he uses in his attempt to win the election. (07/01/2008)

DeLay pushes his Coalition for a Conservative Majority Steve Benen
The former House majority leader takes time from his criminal defense to plug his activist organization. (07/01/2008)

Clark feels the heat, but stands his ground Steve Benen
The retired general gets slammed for questioning McCain's qualifications, but won't back down. (07/01/2008)

McCain campaign gets greedy Steve Benen
After getting what it wanted out of the manufactured Clark story, the McCain camp goes back to an empty well. (07/01/2008)

This time, it's personal Steve Benen
McCain vowed to conduct a "respectful" campaign, but his attacks against Obama are increasingly personal. (07/01/2008)

Department of Pots and Kettles Steve Benen
The White House, without a hint of irony, complains that Congress is taking too much time off. (07/01/2008)

On the faith-based initiative, Obama's way isn't Bush's way Steve Benen
Obama sees cooperation between church and state, but rejects Bush's approach out of hand. (07/01/2008)

Tuesday's campaign roundup Steve Benen
Today's installment of campaign-related news items. (07/01/2008)

Next stop, 30 percent approval ratings Steve Benen
Bush feels less "antipathy" than he used to, and believes his support is on the rise. (07/01/2008)

Obama takes a stand against gay marriage ban Steve Benen
McCain supports a California measure to ban same-sex marriage, but Obama rejects the controversial bill. (07/01/2008)

All-Star outrage nostalgia King Kaufman
Now that fans have gone and gotten smarter, it's not as much fun to argue about who gets voted to the starting lineup. (07/01/2008)

Both sides now King Kaufman
Carlos Gomez, aka ChadBradfordWannabe, talks about the different game he sees since going from sabermetric sidearmer to rookie scout. (07/01/2008)

Kaufman on the radio King Kaufman
"The Bob Edwards Show," XM Radio, Wednesday morning at 8 a.m. EDT. (07/01/2008)

Doug Fine's excellent nanny goat adventure Andrew Leonard
"Farewell, My Subaru" is a low-carbon "Odyssey," dripping with wry humor and fast food grease biofuel. (07/01/2008)

Why Indian farmers lust after genetically modified eggplant Andrew Leonard
When you're going broke spraying pesticides that don't work, built-in resistance to nasty bugs starts looking mighty attractive. (07/01/2008)

Wal-Mart's slow-food epiphany Andrew Leonard
The high price of gas is encouraging the world's biggest retailer to buy locally. (07/01/2008)