5 Best Wednesday Columns
On TV's forthcoming golden age, Zuckerberg the non-evil non-genius, and Americans "fracking"
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Today in books and publishing: The class-action lawsuit against Google gets the go-ahead, the Times of London paywall temporarily comes down, and a copy of the Book of Mormon has been purloined.
On TV's forthcoming golden age, Zuckerberg the non-evil non-genius, and Americans "fracking"
Doanld Trump insists he's running for president. Twitter remained skeptical
The Daily Show host takes one last look back at "a complex television character"
On how not to fight colds, the "me-time" generation, and the case for wasteful spending
On Twitter Monday, food was briefly vexing
Evangelical leaders turn attention to rising divorce rates
On the first cyber-strike, the man for all factions, and the defense myth
How to start a novel, if you must
The White House chief of staff officially stepped down Friday. Twitter sent him off in style
The CNN anchor is making the move to daytime, just in time for a certain somebody's departure
The two cable talkers had five minutes last night to find the one true faith
On this generation's best director, the GOP's class divide, and "the austerity caucus"
'Today we are having another Tea Party--ask mom and dad what this means.'
On Twitter, jeers--and a few cheers--for a not-so-modern stone-age family
How will new allegations by an undocumented former employee impact former CEO's bid to be California governor?
On how Facebook isn't about punks, why the electric car won't save us, and how U.S. politics needs to be reformed
Making sense of the former WWE executive's surprising new surge in the polls
On crime in Boston, the cruelty of blogging in Iran, and refusing to stop writing about Apple
Fox News asks whether tween heartthrob's 'CSI' appearance was part of an anti-Tea Party plot
The producer of The Wire wakes up to $500k; Twitter's happy for him
On where California went wrong, the new American normal, and "ironic rot"
$4.2 billion bid for a South African retailer attempts to establish an international foothold
Set your interrobangs to stun
She's getting $12 million to judge American Idol, at least
Florida GOP candidate faces questions about improper credit card use, approving "Taj Mahal" courthouse
On the Senate's "true maverick," the "parasitic" Huffington Post, and the GOP's ante
Daily Show host tells O'Reilly he's been outflanked by "Fox News 2.0"
Can House leaders replicate the impact of 1994's Contract with America?
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