Culture

Is the Atlantic Magazine Making Its Readers More Stupid?

By Pamela Erens / Los Angeles Review of Books

The magazine is obsessed with the “you won’t believe this!” angle.

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Are There Speed Freaks in the Major Leagues Trying to Gain an Edge, or Just a Lot of Legitimate ADHD Patients?

By Scott Thill / AlterNet

“The Master”: The Inside Story of L. Ron Hubbard and How He Started the Cult of Scientology

By Andrew O'Hehir / Salon

7 Steps to Smoke Pot and Never Get Caught

By Russ Belville / AlterNet

Why Do Americans Have to Crush Others to Get Ahead?

By Frank Joyce / AlterNet

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Culture

A Totally Different Way to Think About Economics — with Visionary Charles Eisenstein

Adam Parsons / Share the World's Resources

Why Major League Sports Are Freaking Out About a New Attempt to Legalize Betting on Their Games

Brian Tuohy / AlterNet

What if Men Challenged Women as the Fashionable Sex?

Lynn Stuart Parramore / AlterNet

10 Great Movies Hollywood Wants to Bastardize Into Crappy Sequels

April De Costa / AlterNet

9 Great TV Shows That Subvert the Right-Wing Worldview

Julianne Escobedo Shepherd / AlterNet

Can 'Genius' Really Be Detected in Infancy?

Scott Barry Kaufman, Ph.D. / AlterNet

Why Weird Experiences Boost Creativity

Scott Barry Kaufman, Ph.D. / AlterNet

What the New TV Lineup Says About America's Beliefs on Money, Sex and More

Alison Pace / AlterNet

It's Easy and Cheap to Buy Your Way into Online Fame

Alyssa Figueroa / AlterNet

Christopher Hitchens, Niall Ferguson: Why Are Conservatives So in Love With British Intellectuals?

Russell Jacoby / Salon

Center for Immigration Studies: Best Way to Deal With Latino Vote? Ignore It

Walter Ewing / Immigration Impact

6 Movies That Make You Never, Ever Want to Have Children

Julianne Escobedo Shepherd / AlterNet

4 Surprising Ways the South's New Political Landscape Is Upending National Politics

Chris Kromm / Institute for Southern Studies

The Psychology of Pick-Up Lines

Scott Barry Kaufman, Ph.D. / AlterNet

Impossible Choices? The Conservatism of "Breaking Bad"

Michael Corcoran / Truthout

The Melissa Harris-Perry Revolution Will Be Televised

Kirsten West Savali / AlterNet

Asian Woman Writes That She Refuses to Date Asian Men: Is She an Internet Troll or Agent Provocateur?

Jeff Yang / AlterNet

Step Aside Mommy Porn, Amish Women in Bonnets Make for Instant Best-Sellers

Deborah Kennedy / Salon

Role-Reversal: Some Cops Have Started Saving Lives From Overdose, Not Just Arresting Drug Users

Tessie Castillo / AlterNet

The Online Nudie Pic: America's New Art Form?

Julianne Escobedo Shepherd / AlterNet

7 Amazing Atheists Who Aren't Old White Guys

Greta Christina / AlterNet

Who Was Worst Famous Poet Of The 20th Century?

John Dolan / The Exiled

The Secret of Why Wealthy Americans Aren't Always the Most Charitable

Alyssa Figueroa / AlterNet

25 Best Songs For Surviving the GOP Convention

AlterNet

Why Do So Many Southerners Think They're the Only Real Americans?

Chuck Thompson / AlterNet

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