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Thomas Frank: First we kill all the diamond-class five-million milers

Why rape is so intrinsic to religion

The surprising reason why the animal rights movement is failing

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Santa Claus gets the "Serial" treatment on "Saturday Night Live"

Ted Hughes on Sylvia Plath: "For the last month I have lived about the strangest life I ever did live"

Conservatives' sick reaction to NYPD officer killings: Blame Obama and de Blasio

Religion's smart-people problem: The shaky intellectual foundations of absolute faith

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