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January 13, 2014
Esther Breger
Downton Abbey's Cheap Embrace of Rape as a Plot Device
Depictions of violence against women are all over highbrow TV. This was the worst example yet.
January 11, 2014
David Aaronovitch
The Reluctant Fundamentalist: How George Orwell Embraced England
January 11, 2014
Richard Dawkins
This Organ Separates Humans From Animals
January 11, 2014
Ian Steadman
These Scientists Figured Out How to Make Objects Levitate
January 10, 2014
Alice Robb
This Is Why We Go to Modern Art Museums
January 10, 2014
Irving Howe
The Old Magician
A defense of the late, scolding Tolstoy
January 10, 2014
Nora Caplan-Bricker
Six Dictators' Favorite Books
January 10, 2014
Marc Tracy
The New York Times Redesign Marks the Death of One of the Web's Most Annoying Features
January 10, 2014
Laura Bennett
'Girls' Has Grown Up—And Isn't As Funny
How Lena Dunham's show went from a coming-of-age story to a comedy of manners
January 10, 2014
John McWhorter
Internet-Speak is Improving English Because Empathy
The real significance of the new "because"
January 10, 2014
David Thomson
Hate Awards Season Frenzy? Blame the Golden Globes.
January 9, 2014
David Thomson
'The Wolf of Wall Street': No Moralizing, Great Filmmaking
Capitalist debauchery: It's the American way
January 9, 2014
Alice Robb
This Is What the Average Medical Marijuana User Looks Like
January 9, 2014
Marc Tracy
How to Talk to a 'Brocialist'
January 9, 2014
Adam Kirsch
Since When Is Philip Roth an Idol?
He went from bete noire to laureate. Why'd we lose track of his flaws?
January 8, 2014
Alice Robb
Make New Friends, Jettison the Old
Unlikely data from cell phone usage: The number of friends we have never changes
January 8, 2014
Alice Robb
If Your Name is Dennis, You're More Likely to Become a Dentist
The strange science of how names shape careers
January 8, 2014
Isaac Chotiner
Cold Weather Stinks. Hot Weather Is Great. End of Debate.
January 8, 2014
Stanley Kauffmann
Stephen Hawking Turns 72 Today. This Documentary Shows Why That's Incredible.
January 8, 2014
Hillary Kelly
We Don't Need Another Book About How Much You Love Reading

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