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“Stop. Working. For. Free.”: Writing is my job, so why was it so hard to take that advice?

We were just so grateful to be at the party -- but one day, we took a page from male friends, and started saying no

The real Grizzly Man: No one knows brown bears like Vietnam vet, monkey-wrencher, wild man Doug Peacock

The inspiration for one of Edward Abbey's most memorable characters, Doug Peacock is a legend in his own right

Dozens of racing horses die every week because of drug abuse

Performance-enhancing drugs impact more than just humans

We must talk about Islam: A faith that affects everyone should be susceptible to critique by all

A new documentary gets the Charlie Hebdo aftermath wrong: Freedom of expression is at stake for us all

This is how the clowns took over: The sad history leading to the spectacle of a Fox News debate starring front-runner Donald Trump

The road to Fox and Trump was paved by decades of right-wing loathing of the media, facts and reality

We have the left and right all wrong: The real story of the politics of nostalgia and tradition

The right is less committed to tradition than hierarchy. Liberals actually look backward, in hopes of better future

I thought travel was a thing of my past

I tried to convince myself I could live vicariously through others. But with a second marriage came a second chance

Are ultrasounds the newest weapon in the war on women?

Abortion opponents believe in-utero images have profound effect on pregnant women but fail to see bigger picture

“A lifetime of fighting fires, drinking beer and eating red meat”: The author of “Wildfire” on what it takes for a woman to make it on a hotshot crew

Mary Pauline Lowry on working the fireline, writing about nature, and what she learned from her mentor Joy Williams

Autism in the insular world of ultra-Orthodox Judaism: “There were superstitions and things that God knows how many other mothers had to deal with”

Salon talks to author Judy Brown about her new memoir, "This Is Not a Love Story"