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A sociologist explains his theory of what motivated Elliot Rodger and other men who have targeted women.

The NSA says this email is the only time Snowden raised legal concerns about NSA activities. Only, he doesn’t really raise concerns about spying at all.

How many women are at the top at Google? Depends on how you count.

When resources are inadequate, you have to engage in triage of some sort or another

He’s suggested that if you like your new benefits, maybe you can keep them — but repealing the law would make that impossible.

Gun suicide is much more common than gun homicide. So why do we ignore it when we talk about gun control?

When Barack Obama took office, 10 out of 13 courts had Republican majorities. Today, 9 out of 13 are dominated by Democratic nominees.

Nope, not debunked.

A new study shows that obesity has been climbing worldwide for three decades.

Democrats will be defending Obama’s drawdown just as the Taliban will have a window for an offensive. Republicans will hit them on it.

Here’s why so few Russia-watchers buy Snowden’s strangely categorical claim of no relationship with the Kremlin.

The “docks” season of The Wire shows an FBI which has gone so far in pursuing terrorism that it’s willing to help a gangster with a double-digit body count. What’s not to like, Snowden?

Polarization can get out of hand, but in Europe the mainstream parties don’t disagree about the most important issue of the day — how to fix the broken monetary union — so it’s natural that voters are looking elsewhere.