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Stephen King lets Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio have it

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A young man who survived "ex-gay ministries" taught me what it means to be a Christian

My party fears a debate: This same nervous centrism created the Tea Party

Is it moral to save this puppy?

Marco Rubio's deranged religion, Ted Cruz's bizarre faith: Our would-be presidents are God-fearing clowns

The Emancipation Proclamation wasn't enough: Inside the battle over the 13th amendment, which really ended slavery

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"The worst elements of the department": New York cop blog is home to some of the most vile racism on the Internet

"When the occupation is over, then I’ll allow myself to dream"

"I will go down in disgrace": Franklin Roosevelt's Pearl Harbor nightmare

Stephen Colbert's "Daily Show" confession: "I don't want to be the guy to take over for Jon Stewart"

The 1 percent plays us for suckers: There is no meritocracy and they've strangled the American dream

Wallace Stegner and Edward Abbey have never been more relevant in the drought-stricken West

“The direction of change is clear": 4 reasons the green movement is picking up steam

Christian America is an invention: Big business, right-wing politics and the religious lie that still divides us

We have irony all wrong: Alanis, David Foster Wallace and the truth about hipster consumerism

My online dating horror show

A hater's guide to astrology: How I learned to stop getting angry about people's dumb beliefs

Jay Z and Tidal's 1 percent backlash: Who decides the value of streamed music?