Raised like a son by a New York City family as part of a language experiment, Nim Chimpsky was shipped away when funds ran out. A new biography tells Nim's story.
By Chris Colin Mar 31, 2008
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Last week Wesley Autrey threw himself in front of a subway to save a man. Does tossing a $10,000 reward and a trip to Disney World at a hero diminish his otherworldly deeds?
By Chris Colin
January 10, 2007
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A Colorado University sophomore keeps the ACLU in business.
By Chris Colin
November 10, 2006
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An exclusive excerpt from former Salon editor Chris Colin's acclaimed new book on being young in the '90s, "What Really Happened to the Class of '93: Start-ups, Dropouts, and Other Navigations Through an Untidy Decade."
June 1, 2004
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Barbecuing needs feminism like grilled fish needs a bicycle.
By Chris Colin
June 17, 2002
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She campaigned as a mother. Will she fight for American families?
By Chris Colin
November 10, 2006
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And it's about time!
By Chris Colin
November 10, 2006
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Western publishers veil Muslim women, a girl gang rocks Chile, a New York doctor plots the nation's first womb transplant and more.
By Chris Colin
November 10, 2006
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Forget racist whites -- did the GOP do a number on black Tennessee women?
By Chris Colin
November 10, 2006
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How to parse another milestone in a very different war?
By Chris Colin
November 10, 2006
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Maple Razsa, an organizer from last year's living wage sit-in at Harvard, talks about his documentary on the event, snooping administrators and Oprah's take on poverty.
By Chris Colin
June 3, 2002
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Readers respond to recent articles on molestation allegations, acceptable sexual behavior and the Christian way to handle exotic dancers.
May 24, 2002
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Pederastic priests, molesting fathers -- charges of sexual abuse are everywhere these days. But a growing movement of aggrieved men claim the accusations have gotten out of hand.
By Chris Colin
May 22, 2002
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My fellow Americans: Today I made a J-turn in a Camaro and fired many guns! Evildoers, shudder in fear!
By Chris Colin
April 25, 2002
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Animal hoarders think they're helping their furry friends, but mostly they're just feeding their own twisted psyches.
By Chris Colin
March 8, 2002
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When Dubya had his close encounter of the pretzel kind, did he in fact take a trip far, far away?
By Chris Colin
February 5, 2002
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Spielberg's retrofitting of "E.T." opens the door to an untapped revenue stream that promises a product placement bonanza!
By Chris Colin
January 18, 2002
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Remember: Stir and mash, stir and mash.
By Chris Colin
December 18, 2001
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The apogee of my culinary career came early, and ended with a dog instead of a swimming pool full of Coke.
By Chris Colin
December 18, 2001
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"Hey, George: Go back to the E.R. before Frank sends you there! Yo, Brad: Dino could spit you out like an olive pit!"
By Chris Colin
December 11, 2001
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The Nobel Prize-winner delivers a sharply observed story of the hypocrisies of sex, class and race in England and beyond.
By Chris Colin
December 6, 2001
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If we want to beat terrorism, it's time to deploy urban legends.
By Chris Colin
November 30, 2001
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Scoops are few and desperation is catching at the annual conference of the Infectious Diseases Society of America.
By Chris Colin
October 26, 2001
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Since Sept. 11, pop culture has been purging itself of anything potentially insensitive. But who decides what "sensitive" is?
By Chris Colin
October 19, 2001
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I am not obsessed with the battle; I am the battle.
By Chris Colin
October 11, 2001
The chimp who thought he was a boy
Just rewards
Have you heard my rape joke?
My so-called famous classmate
New from Weber ... Girls!
Welcome to the occupation
The ultimate weapon
Lost speeches of W.
Loving animals to death
Was President Bush abducted by aliens?
Cooking for fun and staggering profits
The horror: Protesting Soderbergh's blasphemy
"Half a Life" by V.S. Naipaul
Victory and the "Benevolent Arab"
Terror cleansing
Drafted into the cult of war
GigaOM Network
Glenn Greenwald