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One of the things that has fascinated me over the years is why so many people are so intent on not allowing me or millions of other Americans to use marijuana...

Romney trainwreck...

Katie Couric you naughty journo Is it really that hard to say, “Oops, I edited my movie to make the people I don’t agree with...

ARIES March 21-April 19:  In 1930, some British mystery writers formed a club to provide each other with artistic support and conviviality. They swore an...

When Bruce Barcott began to research a book about the legalization of marijuana in the United States, one of the first things that concerned him was how he was going to talk with his children about it...

The unwinding of the Ronny/Donny test Forget Helsinki, the U.S. president has compromised much more than the last shred of American respectability left in the...

DEAR DAN: I’m a 22-year-old nonbinary person and I’m debating whether to come out to my father as nonbinary. Complicating things is the fact...

We owe you one, Oprah, and that lady in the wig too As if we hadn’t already gone way too far when it comes to...

ARIES March 21-April 19: NPR’s Scott Simon interviewed jazz pianist and songwriter Robert Glasper, who has created nine albums, won a Grammy and collaborated with...

We got a note from Keys, who claims to have written more than 2,000 poems for passersby on the mall using a 1917 typewriter and a sign reading “Poems about anyone or anything.” His customers tell him what they want the poem to be about, and he churns out a piece in ...

ARIES March 21-April 19: “Old paint on a canvas, as it ages, sometimes becomes transparent,” said playwright Lillian Hellman. “When that happens, it is possible...

Dear Dan: I’m a kinky single woman who keeps attracting the wrong men for me — specifically, submissive guys into face-sitting. I’m submissive myself,...