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"Racist babies!" proclaimed the internet, after a study about facial recognition released last week got picked up by mainstream media. But playwright Paul Oakley Stovall argues that with studies like these, the truth is simpler, not more complex.

Newt Gingrich's departure from the presidential campaign trail "was treated as news," says writer Benno Nelson. But why do we make news items out of things that aren't interesting or surprising at all? "His campaign has been dead for months," Nelson says, "yet he emerges...as a leading story by saying precisely the thing that has the least impact on anyone's life."

Comedian Katie Rich points out that the upcoming NATO summit bears a striking resemblance to another large-scale event Chicago was actually looking forward to: the Olympics. 

How did Shrek The Musical get brought to life? By those who see dollar signs rather than rallying cries of social change when they think of this pure American art form called the Broadway musical.

Playboy officially consolidated its operations in Los Angeles last week, leaving the city of its birth. But according to former Playboy.com editor Scott Smith, the party was over a long time ago.

The story of a Brazilian man who died after performing the role of Judas in the Passion of the Christ inspired writer Ian Belknap to think about this story as a performance piece gone inspirationally wrong.

Ann Romney, the wife of presumed GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney, has received new scrutiny as her husband's presidential campaign heats up.