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February 2, 2014
David Thomson
Philip Seymour Hoffman: 1967-2014
February 1, 2014
Philip Kennicott
The Minor Greatness of Benjamin Britten
How did England's best composer accomplish so much when he aimed for so little?
February 1, 2014
Andrew Hussey
Meet the Anti-Semitic French Comedian Who Invented the Quenelle
February 1, 2014
Ian Steadman
Stephen Hawking Stopped Believing in Black Holes
February 1, 2014
Isaac Chotiner
Charlie Crist's Achingly Bad Search for Self
February 1, 2014
Simon Heffer
What Really Happened at the Battle of Waterloo
January 31, 2014
Alice Robb
Social Psychologists: It Takes 36 Days After a Tragedy Before Jokes About It Become Funny
The science of humor
January 31, 2014
Marc Tracy
Marshawn Lynch Won't Talk, and Sports Reporters Won't Shut Up About It
January 31, 2014
Jenny Jarvie
A Scrappy Atlanta 'Zine Has Started a Nasty Debate About a Gay Icon and Free Expression
January 31, 2014
Claire Carusillo
The 11 Most Alain de Botton Sentences in Alain de Botton’s New Book
January 31, 2014
Noreen Malone
Undercover at the U.N. Lounge, Where Diplomats Get Drunk and Handsy
January 31, 2014
Claire Carusillo
Gauche Olympic Fashion: A History
And you thought the 2014 USA uniforms were bad
January 30, 2014
Noah Chestnut
NFL Fans Are Crazy, Say Facebook Scientists
Surprising patterns emerge from millions of fan posts
January 30, 2014
Gabriel Arana
Macklemore Is Right. Being Gay Isn't a Choice, It's a Civil Rights Issue.
January 30, 2014
Alice Robb
Archaeologists Have Found the Oldest Roman Temple
January 30, 2014
Justin Charity
Conservatives Have a New Marriage to Criticize: Beyonce's
January 30, 2014
Jerry A. Coyne
Does God Decide the Super Bowl Winner? That's What Most Americans Believe.
January 30, 2014
Bruce Bliven
Gandhi Saw The Future
On the anniversary of his assassination, read about his hope for freedom
January 30, 2014
Laura Bennett
This Was The Best Thing About Seth Meyers's Weekend Update
January 30, 2014
Ryan Kearney
The Only Thing Worse Than the Super Bowl Is the Puppy Bowl
Against the tyranny of cuteness

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