Topic: Kanye West

Monsters of Folk: Making hits without the hype

Even in this age of iTunes and Rock band video games, the supergroup has found an audience and an album hit.

Wilson, Williams, West: Are we becoming America the boorish?

Three outbursts – by Joe Wilson, Serena Williams, and Kanye West – leave many clucking over rise of rudeness.

HP DreamScreen: What it is and isn't

Jimmy Carter racism charge triggers next US race debate

In asserting that some Obama foes are prejudiced, the ex-president rekindles a difficult discussion. The right sees it as a way to squelch legitimate opposition to administration policies.

The Monitor's View: What Joe, Serena, and Kayne had to learn

The lawmaker, athlete, and rapper delivered low blows – and reminded America of the need for a higher, more civil discourse.

Report: Ocean temps in August were the hottest on record

Bing now the fastest growing search engine in the US

Joe Wilson is 'admonished,' and everyone reaches for a dictionary

Jay Leno ratings: How did his new prime-time show do?

The debut of the Jay Leno Show benefited from Kanye West's remorseful appearance, but many viewers were underwhelmed.

Jay Leno: Five things to watch for in his new show

How will this new idea – topical comedy in prime time – work?

The Monitor's View: What Joe, Serena, and Kanye had to learn

The lawmaker, athlete, and rapper delivered low blows – and reminded America of the need for a higher, more civil discourse.

Crop circles, Google Earth, and the logo mystery

Kanye interrupts Obama, and the swift glory of YouTube

The Monitor's View: Forty years later, what part of Woodstock lives on?

History's most famous music festival still shocks and delights – and draw generations together.

Controversial performers to headline Youth Inaugural Ball

Musicians page through their pasts for book deals

Black middle-class comes into view

Since Obama's candidacy, African-American professionals once invisible in mainstream America, are moving from prime-time fiction to everyday fact.

Goodbye Raffi, hello hipster!

Kid's music gets a rock 'n' roll makeover that soothes adults.

Noteworthy: A roundup of recent pop releases

Neil Diamond sheds the schmaltz; Lenny Kravitz – inspired throwback or tired mimic?; Madonna delivers on dance; Santogold's belated debut.

Rap stars spread the Gospel through hip-hop

Atlanta DJ Corey Condrey has organized an event highlighting the spiritual side of rap.

Opinion: Stop playing the race card

Hyped-up charges of bias distract from the real work of correcting racial inequalities.

Monitor Picks

Five things we think you'll like, including a duo who outwit MacGyver, live opera at the multiplex, and a lunar landing on DVD.

Into it: Junot Díaz

The National Book Award nominee and author of 'The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao,' dishes on Stephen King, the problem with 'Juno,' and why he should never – ever – own an iPod.