A pastor who was suspended for officiating at his son’s same-sex marriage speaks out
Adam Levine: People’s Sexiest Man, But Not Sexiest Mensch
Don’t tell me there weren’t any nice boys who could have been the first Jewish Sexiest Man Alive.
Obama Moves Away from the Lincoln Halo
Lincoln mania has officially ended in the White House
Don’t Go Shopping This Thanksgiving. Just Don’t.
Unless you want to have to work on Thanksgiving one day too, argues the president and co-founder of the Families and Work Institute
What’s So Bad About Casual Drug Use?
Most people who try cocaine don’t go on to become addicts
A History of the World in Twelve Maps
From Ptolemy to Google Earth, the world has been mapped by visionaries
The Katniss Conundrum: Is She Okay for Kids?
Katniss Everdeen just might be the best female role model ever. I just wish she didn’t kill people.
Majority Leader Eric Cantor: President Obama Should Abandon This Terrible Deal with Iran
What does it say that the UN is calling for a full suspension of Iran’s nuclear enrichment activities while the American president is willing to accept far less?
Rob Ford Should Stay (For Now)
Aside from all the drama, he’s been a pretty good mayor. Toronto being a democracy, people have the right to vote accordingly.
Time to Surrender in the War on Thanksgiving
This is already a nation that honors its war dead with Memorial Day automobile tent sales—a little more shopping won’t kill us
Give Rob Ford Rehab, Not Ridicule
Making fun of the “crack-smoking mayor” is easy. As friends and loved ones of addicts know, what’s hard is understanding the causes of their destructive behavior.
I Gave Lee Harvey Oswald’s Mother A Ride to Dallas
How a young reporter became a footnote to an awful historical event—and missed out on the scoop of a lifetime
Five Reasons People Under 50 Are Tired of JFK Nostalgia
Baby Boomers are obsessed with JFK, but his assassination didn’t “shatter innocence” or “change America” or any of those other tropes