Nicholas Kristof’s column in the New York Times opens in a remote region of China, where police are…
Since its earliest days, TV has been a mixed blessing at best. The old joke about five hundred…
Yesterday, I told you about an episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit that looked at the…
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In a book that Ellen Vaughn and I wrote book called The Body, which is now being updated…
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The decision of the federal district court in Montgomery, Alabama, this week — ruling that a monument to…
Two weeks ago, Floridians passed a constitutional amendment that outlaws keeping pregnant sows from being housed in stalls…
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Each November, during what the television industry calls a “sweeps period,” networks put on shows they believe will…