World’s Strangest

Every week, I used to wander into the New York Times archives to find the first time the paper covered various topics (like The Walkman). In honor of tonight’s Iowa Caucus, we’re bringing back “The First Time News Was Fit to Print.” Here are the first times The Times mentioned each of the remaining GOP [...]

Dan Savage has a plan to stop Rick Santorum from disparaging the gay community in his presidential campaign this year. Only it may be at the expense of other Ricks. See video at the link. Santorum’s been cooking up a new war with Savage — the sex columnist and LGBT-rights activist who Goggle-bombed Santorum’s last name [...]