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Lent: Not Just For Christians

By Christopher Hale

How to Sell Waterproof Gadgets, Sony Edition

By Doug Aamoth

Please Pass the Dip

By TIME Staff

Girls Recap: The Girls Cope with Death

By Eliana Dockterman
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Want to Save Money? Stop Thinking About the Big Picture

Many of us made a New Year’s resolution to save more money. Just like the resolutions to go to the gym more and eat better, though, our financial resolve will probably fall by the wayside...

By Martha C. White

Outing the Hypocrisy of Outing

Now that gay marriage is a fact of life, a person’s sexual orientation is not only not news, it’s not very interesting

By Brandon Ambrosino

The American Studies Association Needs to Learn Some American Values

Their academic boycott of Israel is simplistic, heavy-handed, and un-intellectual

By Rabbi David Wolpe

Malala Yousafzai: ‘The Day I Woke Up in the Hospital’

"Something bad happened to you," said Dr. Fiona. I knew I was not in my homeland

By Malala Yousafzai

Affirmative Action Has Helped White Women More Than Anyone

Studies show affirmative action helps white women as much or more than others

By Sally Kohn

Viewpoint: Stephen Hawking's Israel Boycott Is Lost in Space

It's hard to believe he endorses a theory that if he can make some academic conferences a tad less prestigious, peace will bloom

By Rabbi David Wolpe

What Asian Americans Reveal About Affirmative Action

Merit is not a number

By Eric Liu

Why the Smell of Cinnamon Makes You Spend Money

Retailers know how to manipulate all our senses — and that includes our olfactory ones

By Martin Lindstrom

The Difference Between American and British Humour

Apart from the spelling of the word, obviously

By Ricky Gervais

What Makes Teens Tick

A flood of hormones, sure. But also a host of structural changes in the brain. Can those explain the behaviors that make adolescence so exciting--and so exasperating?

By Claudia Wallis
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