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Last of the Redskins

What can sports mascots teach us about Native American relations today?
The Scarborough School Board changed from “Redskins” to the “Red Storm” eight years ago, at a time when high school and college teams around the country were trending away from using Native American mascots.
By RICK WORMWOOD | December 02, 2008

The bong show

Massachusetts lawmakers are pushing to criminalize Salvia. Is this a test-run for marijuana-law reform?
Some state legislators are using the flawed logic of prohibition to try to outlaw another plant they fear kids are using as a legal substitute for pot.
By JAMES TIERNEY | April 23, 2008

Making book

Spring Arts Preview: Fiction, non-fiction, and poetry
This spring brings exciting story collections from established authors and hot newcomers.
By BARBARA HOFFERT | March 10, 2008

Super Tuesday: Pretty much as expected

Talking politics
Things turned out more or less as anticipated: John McCain bolstered his frontrunner status on the Republican side, and dueling Democrats Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama will keep fighting.
By IAN DONNIS | February 06, 2008

Super preview

Clinton and McCain shouldn’t write their acceptance speeches just yet
“We came back,” he says. “We came back . . . dear God, [but] not far enough!”
By STEVEN STARK | January 30, 2008

The Granite State’s last hurrah

This could be the last election in which the New Hampshire primary, and its quaintly irrelevant retail politics, really matters
In a few days, New Hampshire voters will take their quadrennial place at the center of American politics, and this time, the stakes will be even higher than usual.
By ADAM REILLY | January 02, 2008

''Ton wot?''

You are now entering/leaving...

By MATT JONES | November 28, 2007

Damn you, Barack Obama

Win or lose, Obama's small donors may have already brought a revolution in campaign financing
Now that Obama's small contributors have effectively rewritten the history of political-campaign funding, even die-hard cynics are drinking the Kool-Aid.
By AL GIORDANO | September 26, 2007

His name was Robert Paulson

Sports Blotter: "The first rule of Fight Club is you do not talk about Fight Club" edition
A bunch of former high-school football players from Murrieta, California, are in serious trouble after being booked on a variety of bizarre charges.
By MATT TAIBBI | February 21, 2007

Fractured fairy tales

Fantasy and reality compete for the box office in 2007
Times are tough when the Dream Factory has a better grip on what’s going on than the people in Washington.
By PETER KEOUGH | December 28, 2006

Storm tracks

Katrina's aftermath lingers
All of Chris Hume’s films are created under the banner “Shoot and Run Productions,” and it’s more than just catchy. It’s also a guerilla film-making credo.
By MEGAN GRUMBLING | October 18, 2006

Hunting the wild Klosterman

Things about the pop-culture writer that are true, things that might be true, and something that isn’t true at all
He is Charles John “Chuck” Klosterman: pop-culture critic, four-time author, celebrity profiler, Esquire columnist, ESPN Page 2 sportswriter, former Spin senior editor, unrepentant Billy Joel fan. And he makes girls spit. Chuck Klosterman reads from Chuck Klosterman IV: A Decade of Curious People and Dangerous Ideas (mp3)
By CAMILLE DODERO | October 05, 2006

Keep the Internet free and open to all

Plus: Bush’s war, Kerry’s call to get out, and Clinton’s silence
The Internet may not be free for much longer. The Broadband, "God Save the Internet" (mp3) "The Death of the Internet." Commentary by COANews.org Support the Internet Freedom Preservation Act? Email your senator.
By EDITORIAL | June 15, 2006

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