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Let the Deficit Hawks Squawk: America's Finances Will Be Fine
You Say Americans Are Anti-Science? Prove It.
How To Be Happy: Occasionally Deprive Yourself of the Things You Like
I'm 16 and I Want a Vibrator. Should I Tell My Mom?
Lithwick: Is It Cruel and Unusual To Put a 13-Year-Old Away for Life Without Parole?
Six Things You Need To Know About E. Coli
I Didn't Like Precious. Does That Make Me a Bad Person?
What I Learned From Dolly Parton
Friday, Nov. 6, 2009
- The Slatest: Morning EditionDid the military fail to catch warning signs in gunman's behavior?; Iran's nuclear program could be more advanced than believed; pact to end Honduran crisis fails. | Friday, 8:00 AM ET
- It's So Hard To Say I'm SorryThe financial and personal ramifications that come when a doctor apologizes to a patient.Rahul Parikhmedical examiner | Friday, 7:15 AM ET
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- Wall Street Meets The WireBernhard Warner | Friday, 7:07 AM ET
- BachmaniaMichele Bachmann invites tea partiers to Washington for another swig. | Thursday, 9:33 PM ET
- Is There a Lot of Crime on Military Bases?Not as much as you'd think.Daniel Engber | Thursday, 8:28 PM ET
- PreciousSorry, I didn't like this movie. | Thursday, 7:42 PM ET
- Do Wolves Kill for Sport?No, but sometimes they hunt down more than they can eat.Brian Palmerexplainer | Thursday, 6:55 PM ET
- posted by Gretchen Rubin on November 6, 2009Act the Way You Want to Feel.I use this strategy on myself. If I feel shy, I act friendly. If I feel irritated, I act lovingly. This is much harder to do than it sounds, but it’s uncannily effective.
- posted by Mickey Kaus on November 6, 2009Zombie Orszagism Returns to Kill Health Care Reform For Good? The Obama Administration will find a way to blow health care reform yet. Mere Rhetoric notes a report that Obama aides plan to address Tuesday's election defeats by resurrecting Orszagism, the doctrine that health care reform is the way to control the deficit because it will
- posted by Kerry Howley on November 5, 2009The Cute-ocalypse is Coming Like Lauren, I enjoyed Jim Windolf's insightful attack on cute culture, but I find the otters-holding-hands/Iraq War connection to be a bit of a stretch. Windolf suggests that we're asking for forgiveness through penitential offerings of cuteness, but it's not my impression that most Americans
Let the Deficit Hawks Squawk: America's Finances Will Be Fine
You Say Americans Are Anti-Science? Prove It.
How To Be Happy: Occasionally Deprive Yourself of the Things You Like
I'm 16 and I Want a Vibrator. Should I Tell My Mom?
Lithwick: Is It Cruel and Unusual To Put a 13-Year-Old Away for Life Without Parole?
Six Things You Need To Know About E. Coli