Culture and Society

You might call it a gender war. The chief aggressors are George Bush and the Pope. For once, however, Tony Blair deserves to be congratulated.

Cartoons, helicopters, pandas and offensive cartoons, oh my!

In September, a dozen cartoons were published in Denmark critical of Islam, some depicting Muhammad, the prophet and founder of Islam, in an unflattering light. Many Muslims consider it blasphemy to print any image of Muhammad. One cartoon depicts Muhammad with a turban in the shape of a bomb. Another …

Pirates of the Caribbean ride to update in conjunction with film sequel.

From the critic's dilemma, to the case against soft drinks, to punk knitting ...

Colonial attitudes have proven unwieldy in the past and have caused nothing but trouble; don't you think it's time we tried something different?

2006 may be the year the Internet becomes a true alternative “broadcast” medium, between podcasts, online radio, streaming video popping up everywhere, and now, quite significantly, the announcement that reality TV guru Mark Burnett (Survivor, The Apprentice, The Contender, Rock Star) signed a deal with AOL to produce an online …

A study used the US paper currency tracking website WheresGeorge to simulate the spread of disease.

Can a city of seven million, with still largely Victorian infrastructure that is choked with very 20th-century traffic, become green?

Nettwerk Music Group and an anti-RIAA blog help out lawsuits targets.