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2010/10/28

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Teaching my son the ways of the geek

I took Eli to an epic gaming convention to glimpse an amazing future, and I was reminded how a father can shape it

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The Halloween that ended my childhood

I was 10 years old and foolish enough to think life was fair. Then came the costume contest that proved me wrong

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Our taste test of the finest and foulest Halloween candies

Come trick-or-treat day, everyone's got their favorites to steal from their kids' haul. Here are ours

» More Francis Lam

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You've heard the lies, now believe the facts

The list of public misconceptions about Obama is long and politically crippling

Roundup: NFL wives start anti-cheating club

Also: A school board member takes to Facebook to argue that gays should all just go ahead and kill themselves

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Do graphic abortion ads belong on TV?

D.C. broadcasters say they have no choice but to air candidate Missy Smith's spots featuring aborted fetuses

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The new barbarism: Keeping science out of politics

Climate skeptics reach a new low. Their goal: Don't let scientists influence policy, period.

» More How the World Works

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No, Matt Bai, Americans aren't yearning for daddy

The New York Times offers a ridiculous explanation for the success that several veteran pols are enjoying this year

» More War Room

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Marie Claire's size-ism controversy

A blogger's disdain for fat people sets off a firestorm -- but did the outrage do any good?

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The Year in Sanity: Sid Lerner

In the vegetarian-meat-eater wars, a champion of Meatless Monday focuses on the doable -- and maybe detente

» More Francis Lam

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Al Franken presents the "ditch" speech

The Minnesota senator and former comedian performs his interpretation of the Democratic Party's closing argument

» More War Room

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Tea Party Nation founder: I have a real problem with Islam

Judson Phillips, the leader of Tea Party Nation, defends his inflammatory comments about a Muslim congressman

» More War Room

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"Terriers": One of this fall's only gems

While the other new shows falter, this scrappy detective drama gets better with age

» More Heather Havrilesky

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What do opium dens have to do with the World Series?

Drugs, foreign labor and the Giants coming to bat at AT&T Park: The Hong Kong connection

» More How the World Works

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A suggested reading list for President Obama

His favorite newspaper columnists are old and boring. Here's what the president should be reading.

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The predictable tsunami of sewer money

Was the Supreme Court ruling in Citizens United naively mistaken -- or cynically partisan?

» More Joe Conason

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Paul head-stomper: Blame everyone but me

The supporter of Senate candidate Rand Paul who stomped a MoveOn protester says she owes him an apology

» More War Room

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Does Obama support legal pot or not?

The White House is opposed to California's Proposition 19 -- but really doesn't want to talk about it

» More War Room

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Columbia's "rape me" controversy

Kingsmen, an all-male a cappella group, posts fliers reminiscent of Yale's recent hazing scandal

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Right-wing voter fraud obsession leads to tens of criminal charges

Conservatives call for widespread intimidation of minority voters to solve a non-existent problem

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Not your ordinary traffic jam

What happens when hundreds of thousands of two-wheeled vehicles hit the streets of Hanoi -- every day

» More Ask the Pilot

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Can Charlie Sheen be saved?

The actor is hospitalized after another dramatic episode. Is he beyond rehabilitation?

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Joe Miller e-mails released: "I lied"

Personnel records from the Alaska Senate candidate's previous job offer new details about an ethics violation

» More War Room

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Barack Obama: The oligarchs' president

The director of "Inside Job" writes about Obama's depressingly rational decision to give in to Wall Street

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"In Treatment": Meet Jesse and Adele

A troubled gay teen lashes out and Paul's new therapist gets under his skin

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How we know Clarence Thomas did it

And why it's important that we acknowledge it

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How to understand Fox News

It is not a conservative channel. It is a Republican channel

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Delaware's Ted Kaufman on "The Daily Show"

Biden's replacement calls the Senate "a victim of what our founders set it out to be"

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