Keith Wagstaff
Keith Wagstaff is a staff writer at TheWeek.com covering politics and current events. He has previously written for such publications as TIME, Details, VICE, and the Village Voice.
Latest articles by Keith Wagstaff
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Can fetuses masturbate?feature To rally support for his anti-abortion bill, Rep. Michael Burgess of Texas tells Congress that fetuses can feel pleasure
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In China, adults must visit their aging parents… or elsefeature In the world's most populous country, it is now illegal to "neglect or snub elderly people"
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Boredom could be the biggest threat to a mission to Marsfeature In space, there is nobody to hear you yawn
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Who is Britain's mysterious real-life Batman?feature A man dressed as Batman turns in a suspect to police in Bradford, England, prompting guesses about his secret identity
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Was Mother Teresa actually sort of a jerk?feature A new study claims the beloved nun might not have been as helpful to the poor as she could have been
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5 reasons the U.N. wants you to start eating insectsfeature Cricket kebabs, anyone?
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What we know so far in the disturbing Hannah Anderson kidnapping casefeature Details are emerging about the abduction of a 16-year-old girl and the grisly murder of her family
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Is Iraq heading toward civil war?feature April was Iraq's bloodiest month in five years. And May isn't looking much better
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4 reasons why North Korea won't start a warfeature Pyongyang talks a big game, but it doesn't quite have the political will and military muscle to back it up
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Holland's King Willem-Alexander and 7 other monarchies that still existfeature It's good to be king (queen, too)
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What happens now that Bradley Manning is Chelsea Manning?feature The day after being sentenced to 35 years in prison, the WikiLeaks leaker announces, "I am Chelsea Manning. I am female."
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Is it a bad idea for Poland to join the euro?feature After the Cyprus debacle, analysts warn Poland of the dangers of a common currency
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11 tricky words from the National Spelling Beefeature No, we didn't know what they meant either
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Why poverty is growing faster in the suburbs than in the cityfeature Urban areas are no longer the country's main centers of poverty
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Who to root for at Wimbledonfeature Nadal, Federer, and Sharapova all suffered shocking early upsets. Here are a few other tennis players ready to step into the spotlight
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No, Atlas Shrugged probably won't be required reading in Idahofeature An Idaho Republican stokes controversy by introducing a bill that would force high school students to read Ayn Rand's 1,100-page love letter to capitalism
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The Tea Party vs. the $70 million high school football stadiumfeature In Texas, high school football and anti-tax sentiment collide
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How America wasted $8 billion rebuilding Iraqfeature A new report shines light on the waste and corruption that had American taxpayers blowing $1,500 per minute on reconstruction efforts
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Why Starbucks' pro-gay marriage stance won't hurt its bottom linefeature CEO Howard Schultz lashes out at an investor over the issue
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Could North Carolina actually declare a state religion?feature First Amendment, Shmirst Amendment
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Is America already over gun control?feature Barely three months after Sandy Hook, a new poll finds that less than half of Americans now favor stricter gun control laws
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Puff, puff, tax: Why some state budgets are banking on weedfeature Can "high" taxes save states that are struggling for cash?
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5 revelations on the 'Keyser Soze' of the Edward Snowden sagafeature Meet Laura Poitras, the Oscar-nominated filmmaker who helped Snowden go public
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This week at the Supreme Court: What's at stake for gay marriagefeature Rulings on Proposition 8 and DOMA could have massive implications for same-sex couples nationwide
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