Noah Berlatsky

Why should prostitution be illegal? And, more specifically why should male prostitution be illegal?

These covers remind us of the lengthy, rich—but often obscured—history of female songwriters.

Conservative fetishization of the past is myopic, simplistic, and mean-spirited—but progressives can be too quick to cede tradition.

Writing can be hard and uncomfortable and precarious—but it's hard and uncomfortable and precarious in the way that any job can be.

At first, this looks like sexism. And then you realize, hey, this is sexism. Hope isn't allowed to do the dangerous job because Pym has put her on a pedestal, and won't let her off it.

It's not the gender that's the problem: It's the oppression.

Illicit passions aren't less enjoyable because they're illicit. Quite the contrary.

With the prospect of another Bush/Clinton presidential contest looming as ominously as Donald Trump's hairpiece, the word "dynasty" seems to be frothing off of many a pundit's keyboard. "Clinton, Bush struggle to shed dynasty labels," a Washington Post headline declared.

With the death of Leonard Nimoy, it's a good moment to pay tribute to (and question) his most famous character.

If you want America to relearn how to hate white Jews, the quickest way to do that is to associate them with black people.