Here's one of the most concise pieces I've seen detailing the genocide in Darfur.

Everyone (even the president) talks about America's "addiction to oil," and this recent debate over offshore drilling has made me think that the addiction analogy is a useful way to think through the issues.

I was sitting on the floor at the Barnes and Noble at Union Square in Manhattan a few weeks ago, perusing random art magazines, simultaneously enjoying the people-watching all too much. While reading a page dedicated to German graffiti art, I overheard the conversation of two teenage-looking Hispanic boys. 

Actually, the study claims to show a relationship between abstinence from alcohol drinking and depression, but what about those poor mice?

I was disturbed by this report that a former Baptist, now atheist, soldier is alleging discrimination in the Army because of his beliefs. He served two tours of duty in Iraq, but he claims he was ostracized and even threatened after he refused to pray with other soldiers.

I was hungry the other day at the pharmacy (never a good idea), and so I bought a can — okay, two cans — of Pringles. Then I read today that the makers of Pringles successfully argued before a British tax court that the Pringle is not a potato chip.

Watching Artificial Intelligence A.I. recently made me think about what this flawed, profound film has to say about the meaning of loss and our own future as a species.