The actor’s death should remind us that addicts aren’t the only ones who overdose on drugs
Society
The Mad Men Problem at Home
Closing the wage gap begins with remedying the housework gap first
American Eagle’s Anti-Photoshopping Campaign Is Insidious Stuff, Too
Since when are lingerie models—airbrushed or not—representative of the average woman?
Grantland Transgender Scandal Signals Progress
Take heart, transgender people. You’re closer than you think.
Black Gay Men Are Still Invisible
Whenever I read about this mythical place in which a person’s sexuality is no longer taboo, in the wake of a handful of states allowing marriage equality, I often think to check the balance of my credit card. I would love to be …
What the Gay Rights Movement Should Learn from Martin Luther King, Jr.
In contrast to contemporary gay activists, King found a way to condemn evil without condemning the evildoer
Smoking Guns: The Deafening Silence of the Assault Weapons Makers
Where is that public debate with the makers of hollow point bullets, high capacity magazines, and weapons designed to harm and kill human beings as quickly as possible?
A-Rod: A-nother Narcissist
The narcissism pandemic has itself a brand new poster boy, this time disgraced and juiced New York Yankee Alex Rodriguez, who has been slapped with a 162-game suspension for using performance-enhancing drugs. Rodriguez, facing a towering mound of evidence showing he was a doper, did what any self-respecting, self-adoring narcissist would …
Masculinity Is More Than a Mask
Is it O.K. to tell boys to “be a man”? An upcoming film that is much buzzed about on the web ignores the real differences between the sexes
Outing the Hypocrisy of Outing
Now that gay marriage is a fact of life, a person’s sexual orientation is not only not news, it’s not very interesting
News Flash: Americans in Broad Agreement About Pot, Abortion, Homosexuality
Why 2014 is already a year of national unity
New Year’s Resolutions Are Bad for You
For a better idea, look to the ancient Babylonians
An Ode to Holiday Letter-Writing
Our written holiday greetings offer a reminder that we have not died in the course of the year, and that we still value the personal touch