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The CIA's torture teachers: Psychologists helped the CIA exploit a secret military program to develop brutal interrogation tactics -- likely with the approval of the Bush White House. By Mark Benjamin
Bjørn Lomborg feels a chill: Global warming doesn't faze the infamous author, who argues that polar bears are doing fine and Al Gore is way too hot under the collar. But can the "skeptical environmentalist" back up his rosy views? By Kevin Berger
Why bathroom sex is hot: Larry Craig is the latest politician to get caught with his pants down. So what is the eternal allure of sex in a stall, and does it make you gay?
By James Hannaham
The readers strike back: Massive online feedback has rocked writers and changed journalism forever. This brave new world is filled with beautiful minds and nasty Calibans and everything in between. Its benefits are undeniable. But do they outweigh its insidious effects? By Gary Kamiya
Tinky Winky says bye-bye to Jerry Falwell: The former TV star recalls the trauma of being called gay by the conservative preacher. By King Kaufman
The dark legacy of Carlos Castaneda: The godfather of the New Age led a secretive group of devoted followers in the last decade of his life. His closest "witches" remain missing, and former insiders, offering new details, believe the women took their own lives. By Robert Marshall
It's easy for soldiers to score heroin in Afghanistan: Simultaneously stressed and bored, U.S. soldiers are turning to the widely available drug for a quick escape.
By Shaun McCanna
Plastic bags are killing us: The most ubiquitous consumer item on Earth, the lowly plastic bag is an environmental scourge like none other, sapping the life out of our oceans and thwarting our attempts to recycle it. By Katharine Mieszkowski
The fall of man: For ages, impotent men cowered in shame and submitted their penises to terrible remedies. Yet in time, a new cultural history shows, relief would arise for their private misfortunes. By Laura Miller
The Mormons are coming: Long before Mitt Romney and "Big Love," Mormons were demonized as polygamists, prudes and vampires. But Mormonism just may be the first major world faith since Islam. By Andrew O'Hehir
Inside the Creation Museum: Adam and Eve frolic amid the dinosaurs in the new $27 million museum that demonstrates Darwin has nothing on the Book of Genesis.
By Gordy Slack
"I'm Not There": This dazzling film explores the idea of Bob Dylan, "poet, prophet, outlaw, fake, star of electricity." By Stephanie Zacharek
5 Comments:
First it was Tuesday Lobsang Rampa (The Third Eye); now it's Carlos Castaneda. Curiously it was T. Lobsang Rampa who led me back to the Catholic Church when he said in one of his works that no one can really master the nuances of a new religion; the thing to do is to find meaning in the religion that you were born into.
it started with the maharishi and the beatles. sometimes the religious hiearchy will give you heartbreak.
it started with the maharishi and the beatles. sometimes the religious hiearchy will give you heartbreak.
parang kamukha ni dey caluza iyong isang statue sa creation museum
primordial siguro ang beauty niya. isusumbong kita
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