I work as a felony prosecutor in a town where methamphetamine is our biggest narcotics problem. I’m also a big fan of Breaking Bad, but whenever I ask colleagues (particularly law-enforcement officers) whether they’ve been …
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Was Sex With Children Ever O.K.?
“Things were different then” is no excuse for inappropriate sexual contact, no matter how permissive the era
Dilbert’s Scott Adams: Choose Your Immortality
Someday you’ll be a robot with a locket holding your last human cells
What I Learned as a Porn Tagger
A lot of laws, like mandatory condoms, may have unexpected side effects
A Portrait of the Artist as a Predator
How can anyone see the work of J.D. Salinger, Woody Allen and Roman Polanski the same way once you know of their predilection for young girls?
Feminists Hang On Prince Dad’s Every Word
Young American women are smitten with Kate Middleton in spite of themselves. They’ll even watch an interview with her husband
Murder Shows—The New Soap Operas for Women?
How a network built on grisly, true crime programming is cultivating a devoted female audience
What Makes A Good Teacher
As Davis Guggenheim’s new documentary TEACH shows, it really shouldn’t be such a mystery
Seamus Heaney: ‘He Became His Admirers’
A student remembers the plainspoken Nobel laureate who carved pumpkins and worked miracles
Camille Paglia: Miley, Go Back to School
Cyrus’ derivative stunt reveals an artistically bankrupt music culture
Does Anyone Really Still Want Their MTV?
Save us from the tyranny of blandly uplifting celebrities
Miley Cyrus Really Is the Girl Next Door: Predictable and Boring
Hannah Montana’s double life? Maybe her real secret is that she has nothing original to say.
Singing Changes Your Brain
Group singing has been scientifically proven to lower stress, relieve anxiety, and elevate endorphins