Josh Ozersky

5 Foods You Will Be Eating in 2012

No, really — I mean it this time. Never heard of banh mi? You will soon

Lisa Guernsey

Why E-Reading with Your Kid Can Impede Learning

Parents tend to interrupt too much with "Don't turn the page yet" and "Click here!"

doyle

Gimme Some Truth for Xmas

In which the author serves up some hot righteous pie for the holidays

Ruth Davis Konigsberg

The Competitive Sport of the Family Christmas Card

Forgive the holiday-card impaired, for we know not what we do

adam_cohen

Should You Be Allowed to Sell Your Bone Marrow?

A new ruling reinterprets the National Organ Transplant Act banning the sale of bone marrow. Will other human body parts follow?

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The Most Politically Courageous People of 2011

This year wasn't exactly a banner year for political courage, but here are my Teddy Awards picks nonetheless

Judith Warner

The Better-Bake-Sale Battle

Do you go store-bought or homemade? And other questions of deep import

jeffalexander

Mariah Carey Fatigue: All I Want For Christmas Is Some New Holiday Music

It's been 17 years since a new Christmas song entered the canon. How long do we have to wait for a new holiday hit?

Martin Lindstrom

Why the Smell of Cinnamon Makes You Spend Money

Retailers know how to manipulate all our senses — and that includes our olfactory ones

Crazy, Stupid, Cool

Yes, he's Canadian. But Ryan Gosling is still the Coolest Person of the Year

Toure

If I Were a Middle Class White Guy Writing About Being a Poor Black Kid

A response to Gene Marks's "If I Were A Poor Black Kid" in Forbes

lori andrews

Is Your Cell Phone Listening in on You?

Carrier IQ and other smartphone apps allow for unprecedented surveillance. And it's all legal

Andrew Rotherham

George W. Bush Looks Forward After No Child Left Behind

Even out of office, the President is still promoting education reform

Dominique Browning

Divorce Is No Longer a Dealbreaker

The Fidelity Test is dead, and Newt Gingrich has killed it. Why this is good news

Justin Frank

Has Obama Had a Psychological Breakthrough?

The President has long been plagued by obsessive bipartisan disorder, but recent signs suggest he's had an important epiphany