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The United States of Happy The polling numbers are in, and no, we’re not talking about presidential approval ratings, which are at a record...

ARIES March 21-April 19:  Humraaz is a word in the Urdu language. Its literal meaning is “secret sharer.” It refers to a confidante, a person...

Illinois became the 11th state to legalize recreational marijuana, setting off an immediate round of speculation over which state might be the 12th, and...

The seemingly interminable drive to legalize recreational marijuana in New Jersey legislature has been stalled for weeks by a dispute between State Senate President...

Chris, a budtender in Steamboat Springs and an aspiring freelance writer, had a great post on The Weed Blog last week. It ought to...

Hypocrisy abounds...

New TV show gives Palin a second chance in D.C. Well, for all you curious folks out there wondering whatever happened to Sarah Palin, BW...

The Idea Fairy and I had just taken the brownies out of the oven when there was a thunderous pounding on the door that...

“Even the pizza guy has to come in for a minute to take a look,” Joe Palec’s partner, Andrea Fischer, says, gesturing around the...

Dear Dan: My boyfriend wants to visit a private gay sex dungeon in Europe this summer but we only want to play with each...

Scientists don’t discover new naturally occurring antibiotic molecules very often — and the last place anyone probably would have guessed to look for the...

Dear Dan: I’m a 24-year-old straight, married female. I have been religiously reading your column in the Portland Mercury since I was 16. Thank you for explaining things that my parents wouldn’t and for helping me clear the hurdles of adolescence...