What to do when there are 60 gifts for four people—and you can’t get them to stop
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Sorry, Cats, You’re Still Historical Afterthoughts
New evidence shows cats nuzzled up to us earlier than thought—but canines have been dogging us for much, much longer
Have We Nothing Left to Say Off-Line?
We already know everything about all our friends. So what else is there to talk about?
Psychologist: “Affluenza” is Junk Science
There are many legitimate conditions that might explain terrible teen behavior, but being too rich is not one of them.
Pantene Is a Voice for Women? Hardly
Is there anything more sexist than the notion that professional women need a hair care brand to help them learn to ‘be strong and shine’?
Fit Pride Isn’t ‘Hate Speech’
Despite its bullying, the “fat acceptance” movement is bad for our health and bad for kids
Is ‘Black Pete’ Racist?
They’ve been on my living-room shelf for a year now — wrapped chocolate candy figurines from the Netherlands of Zwarte Piet, or Black Pete. A friend who lived there for a while gave them to me in irony. Black Pete is a …
Don’t Like the American Way of Meat? Blame That First Thanksgiving Meal
Americans are the world’s champion meat eaters. For that we can thank (or not) our colonial ancestors. Back in the old country, England, meat was for the upper ruling classes, who ate it with great gusto, but most Brits were …
Shut Up and Shop This Turkey Day
Every day is “Buy Nothing Day” in North Korea—and look where that’s gotten them
When the Sisterhood Attacks: The Cautionary Tale of Colonel Lynette Arnhart
An Army colonel trying to level the playing field for female soldiers gets accused of sexism and the Internet rages on
It’s Social Ties—Not Religion—That Makes the Faithful Give to Charity
Over the last twenty years, one of the most stunning changes to the American social landscape has been the dramatic rise in the percentage of Americans who report having no religious affiliation—the group that has come to be …
Discrimination and Hate Speech in the United Methodist Church
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.