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Power Trio: 3 Songs to Play When the Westboro Baptist Church Shows Up at Your Event

Weeklings Music Editor Joe Daly takes on the Westboro Baptist Church, offering three songs to keep handy in case they ever show up at one of your events. Continue reading

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To Die For: The Rise In Antigay Violence

A man was killed last Friday night. A gay man in the West Village. Jeff Nishball writes about Mark Carson’s murder and the state of homophobia today. Continue reading

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The BP Oil Spill of Fashion

In a bravura stream of consciousness, Gabe Durham encapsulates an entire relationship, a good deal of US foreign policy, and the odds of death raining from above in the form of an acronym. Continue reading

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Ronald Reagan, The Greatest President Who Ever Lived

The naming of an airport wasn’t enough. President Reagan should be sainted. Sean Beaudoin offers two thousand words, a scene from St. Elmo’s Fire, plus the head of Rob Lowe to prove it. Continue reading

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Four Foolproof Ways to Become a Rich, Famous, and Critically-Acclaimed Novelist

Against the wishes of his editors, agents, publicists, and fellow novelists, Greg Olear reveals publishing’s best-kept secrets. Continue reading

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Angelina Jolie and I Have Two Different Health Care Systems

Angelina Jolie made a choice unavailable to many women, writes Deborah Johnstone. Continue reading

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Young Adult, Part III

The tranquility of an artists’ colony is shattered as one of the members has a breakdown, impersonating the colony’s children – including Quentin Rowan. Continue reading

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I Want My MTV: A Conversation with Original MTV VJ Alan Hunter

Author JM Blaine chats with MTV original VJ Alan Hunter about the early days at MTV, interviewing Madonna and the point when it all went off the rails. Continue reading

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Entertainment in Flight

Nathaniel Missildine on Steven Soderbergh, in-flight movies, and the state of the current cinema. Continue reading

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The White Whale of Book Blurbs

Patrick Wensink Stalks the star of Man Vs. Food and dodges flying French toast all in the name of scoring the most elusive book blurb on earth. Continue reading

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Disappearing

Wherein John Tottenham presides over the gentrification of a Los Angeles that may never have existed, along with the attention of a desirable young woman. Continue reading

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Bush in Rehab

Is it possible to construct an argument that George W. Bush was not a terrible president? Greg Olear gives it the college try. Continue reading

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