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Getting to Crazy
Commentators seem shocked at Republican unreasonableness as a debt default looms, but it is the end result of a process that has lasted decades.Yes.Pay attention. -
Internet Use Affects Memory, Study Finds
Subjects were more likely to remember information that they would not be able to retrieve from a computer.Stupid in, stupid out. It's catching. -
Study of Alpha Male Baboons Shows It’s Stressful at the Top
Alpha males may hold power and attract females, but a study of baboon troops in Kenya shows they also have very high levels of stress.Beta is my choice. I have work I want to do. -
2nd Murdoch Executive at Time of Hacking Quits
Les Hinton, the chairman of Dow Jones, resigned, joining Rebekah Brooks, the embattled chief executive of Rupert Murdoch’s British newspaper operations, in the exodus of officials from News Corporation.Thrown to the wolves. Rats leaving is not the right image. -
Death and Budgets
Much of the budget mess may stem from a deep cultural antipathy toward recognizing our own mortality.He has the title right but the rest of it is fantasy. -
The Republicans' Flirtation With Anarchy
It is seduction.
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U.S. Recognizes Rebels in Libya
The move allows the United States to fund the opposition with some of the assets frozen in American banks.It is their money, not ours. -
Out of Poverty, Family-Style
Grameine welfare.
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Imprelis Herbicide Suspected in Tree Deaths
The product, Imprelis, was hailed as environmentally friendly but is now a suspect in thousands of fallen trees.Forget it. The cost exceeds the benefit. -
Protesters Get Creative in Post-Soviet Nations
Street politics have lost their relevance in many former Soviet countries, as the political opposition has withered away. But innovative forms of protest are popping up.Grumbling until they get a goal.
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Google+ Gets a Leg Up on Facebook
Google+, Google’s social network, has easy-to-use privacy controls and allows video chats with as many as 10 people.This is better but not good. -
Miranda July, The Make-Believer
Miranda July is the most honest, uninhibited filmmaker of our time. Or: She’s twee, precious and maddening. Discuss. Nicely.This is not my reality.There is no bad art. -
California to Require Gay History in Schools
California will become the first state to require public schools to include the works of gays and lesbians in social science instruction and in textbooks.A good idea. Get Texas onboard. -
The Start-Up of You
This is not your parents’ job market. Workers need to be able to invent, adapt and reinvent their jobs every day.Feudalism is no fun for betas.
Jobs are a great nineteenth century innovation.
She needs to get her own life.I love you. -
Food Makers Push Back on Ads for Children
As pressure increases on the food industry to fight childhood obesity, a group of food makers suggested guidelines that are short of nutritional standards proposed by regulators.Advertising to children is the name of the game. Just turn the thing off. -
Campaign Marks 15th Season of ‘South Park’
For the 15th anniversary of “South Park,” Comedy Central will create a 15,000-square-foot replica of the show’s animated set for a San Diego convention later this month.How are they going to kill Kenny and not be prosecuted? -
Tom Vander Ark’s New York-Area Charter Schools Falter
A former top official with the Gates Foundation found that opening innovative schools in the New York area was harder than he had anticipated.Doing the impossible often is. -
Shadow Cities, a New iPhone Video Game - Review
Shadow Cities is another take-over-the-world game, but this time it’s not a fantasy realm: You fight for your own town or one elsewhere, using a smartphone and GPS.Just do it. -
Women's Choices: School vs. Children - Room for Debate
Does more education reduce childbearing, or does childbearing get in the way of education?Yes -
‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2’ - Review
Childhood ends with tears and howls and swirls of smoke, the shock of mortality and bittersweet smiles in the grave, deeply satisfying final movie in the “Harry Potter” series.
Art but derivative.
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