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Book Review: Jonah Lehrer's "Imagine: How Creativity Works"

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| Mon Mar. 12, 2012 4:00 AM PDT
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"Game Change": A Remake of Frankenstein, Featuring Sarah Palin

For political junkies, HBO's new drama will amount to little more than a deeply unsatisfying guilty pleasure.

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| Thu Mar. 8, 2012 4:00 AM PST

Book Review: House of Stone

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| Thu Mar. 8, 2012 4:00 AM PST

"The Lorax": In Thneed of Some Marketing Help

The film version of "The Lorax" is actually pretty good. So why is the marketing campaign so awful?

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| Fri Mar. 2, 2012 4:00 AM PST

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Mazda Enlists Kids to Market Cars in Exchange for Library Books

The marketing spin for The Lorax just keeps getting more insidious.

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| Wed Feb. 29, 2012 1:03 PM PST
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It's Not Easy Being Green

In an age of environmental problems, author David Owen warns against easy solutions.

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| Sat Feb. 25, 2012 4:00 AM PST
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Book Review: The Conundrum

David Owen's new book argues that we already know how to prevent environmental catastrophe—we just don't like the answers.

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| Fri Feb. 24, 2012 7:42 PM PST

Book Review: "Half Blood Blues"

The last jazz band in Nazi Europe

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| Fri Feb. 24, 2012 4:08 AM PST

Chart: Why the GOP's Gas Price Attack on Obama Is BS

See anything here? Like the fact that what you pay at the pump is independent of who's in office?

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| Thu Feb. 23, 2012 4:00 AM PST

The Myth of the Lonely American

With more Americans living alone than ever before, sociologist Eric Klinenberg explains the surprising social and environmental benefits of going solo.

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| Thu Feb. 23, 2012 4:00 AM PST

Book Review: "The United States of Fear"

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| Wed Feb. 22, 2012 4:58 PM PST
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Dan Savage on "It Gets Better" and Surging Santorum

The sex columnist talks about his campaign to help gay kids—and why the GOP primary results are freaking him out.

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| Mon Feb. 20, 2012 3:14 PM PST

Book Review: Zona

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| Mon Feb. 20, 2012 4:00 AM PST
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A Year of Shopping Only at Black Businesses

Impractical? Damn right. But Maggie Anderson and her family gave it a whirl.

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| Tue Feb. 14, 2012 4:00 AM PST

Book Review: Our Black Year

What happens when you try to shop exclusively at black-owned businesses? Ask Maggie Anderson.

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| Mon Feb. 13, 2012 4:00 AM PST
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Elizabeth Weil Messes With Marriage

In her new book, Weil embarks on a risky endeavor: trying to fix a relationship that's not even broken.

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| Sun Feb. 12, 2012 3:59 AM PST

Book Review: Beautiful Souls

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| Fri Feb. 10, 2012 4:00 AM PST
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Q&A: Rebecca MacKinnon on the Brave New World of the Web

Internet scholar and advocate Rebecca MacKinnon talks SOPA/PIPA, Twitter censorship, and whether we're in danger of being "entertained to death."

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| Thu Feb. 2, 2012 8:03 PM PST

Book Review: Consent of the Networked

Rebecca MacKinnon's new book is an antidote to giddy promises that the Internet will set you free.

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| Thu Feb. 2, 2012 6:17 PM PST
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Gingrich's New-Age Love Gurus

Gingrich's intellectual mentors are former Marxist organizers who envisioned a future full of serial marriages and open relationships.

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| Mon Jan. 30, 2012 4:00 AM PST