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September 6th, 2014 Damnation, American style: How American preachers reinvented hell Kathryn Gin Lum Fire and brimstone survived the Enlightenment and prospered at the dawn of the American republic — but why? From 9/11 to the ISIS videos: The darkness we conjured up Andrew O'Hehir The ISIS videos depict dreadful crimes. But the scariest thing about them may be what they tell us about ourselves "There's a hunger to deny that race matters": The new segregation and white America/black America divide Paul Rosenberg Ferguson shows whites don't want to see race. Blacks don't have a choice. Here's a new way of bridging the gap Paul Ryan's liberal secret: Why he's suddenly endorsing the social safety net Michael Lind In his own, ironic way, Ryan is the true heir of the "progressive" tradition he so likes to criticize. Here's why American warmongers' fatal conceit: The massive insecurity behind their calls for blood Elias Isquith The neoconservative "do something" crowd are really "Know Nothings" -- and fatally misread the decade after 9/11 Shoot first, ask later: Why the concept of "reasonable fear" is anything but reasonable Falguni A. Sheth Courts say cops can shoot out of "reasonable fear." In America that entails a myth of race and gender neutrality My sick, shameful soap opera addiction Tracy Brown Hamilton I've been obsessively devouring episodes of "The Bold and the Beautiful" since college, and I don't plan to stop Why are we so obsessed with superhero origin stories?: Here's a psychologist's take Prachi Gupta Netflix is banking on "Gotham," the Batman prequel, because it's a story they know we're craving Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris and atheists' ugly Islamophobia CJ Werleman, AlterNet Why terrorist attacks so often cause non-believers to abandon reason, science and evidence to blame religion Robyn Hitchcock: "I don't think I've written many songs about lightbulb heads or insects or frogs in 25 years" Scott Timberg The great Robyn Hitchcock talks Dylan, Roxy Music, music industry evil and his arty path from the Soft Boys to now Would you elect someone named "The Smiler"? The scariest comic book presidents Mark Peters From vapid blowhards to supervillains, a few of the characters to ascend to the highest political office in comics GoFundMe removes abortion fundraiser following anti-choice protest Jenny Kutner The site condoned a campaign for the officer who killed Michael Brown. But a campaign for abortion care? No way! Sean Hannity: I can't encourage military service "in good conscience" while Obama is president Elias Isquith There are limits, apparently, to the Fox News host's devotion to U.S. Armed Forces VIDEO The dumbest U.S. foreign policy question asked this century Richard Phillips and Stephan Richter, The Globalist What do U.S. politicians really mean when they say they want to save Syria? The trial of the Pirate Bay founder is as salacious as you'd expect Richard Orange, GlobalPost The prosecution is openly attacking Gottfrid Svartholm Warg's character, and things are getting ugly fast The horrifying truth: Our oil addiction is only getting worse Michael Klare, TomDispatch.com Americans are driving more than ever and guzzling more gas, while the White House stands by and lets it happen Jenny Lewis: You go a little cuckoo in your 30s The Weekly Feed The singer-songwriter on her epic case of the sads and how it helped her birth her new LP, "The Voyager" VIDEO Bill Maher: GOP thinks "voting should be legal but discouraged, like interracial dating" Sarah Gray "Do nuts ruin primaries? Yes. Nuts ruin everything" Kmart kicks off September by reminding you that Christmas isn't far away Prachi Gupta "This is not a Christmas commercial..." begins what is very clearly a Christmas commercial VIDEO Erick Erickson seems pretty confused about LGBTQ people in the military Katie McDonough By recognizing that trans people already serve in the armed forces Obama is ... socially engineering? Or something? 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