Bloomberg Businessweek shows us the man behind Marginal Revolution
If forced puns aren't your thing, best to bail out now
Deficits! Distractions! The Department of Education! And... soccer?
Plus, bros doing all sort of things to other bros
David Broder on Strasburg and soccer, Joshua Green on the oil spill and the Tea Party, and more
Reports of his death have been greatly exaggerated
Jet engines, greenhouse gas, digital youth, and Landon cads
Townspeople almost get a painting of minority schoolkids re-colored
David Brooks on majoring in humanities, Naomi Oreskes and Erik Conway on science denialism and more
Also, it turns out heat plus water equals steam
How was GetYourOilOffOurCoast.com not already taken?
E.J. Dionne on Obama's double bind, Jeffrey Miron on drugs and the Tea Party, and more
And full of name-dropping
And you thought 'Sex and the City 2' got panned
Don't worry, bloggers have you covered
There's also singing, of the non-metaphorical kind
Joshua Green on the cerebral president, the Israeli ambassador on the attack this week, and more
This weird Livejournal collage of Ezra Klein's face? Obama's fault
Daters--mostly men--pay writers to assume their identities
Jonah Goldberg on the welfare state, Arianna Huffington on corporate tax havens, and more
Susan Boyle, senators, and some very fair-minded chimps
Diff'rent Strokes star was a professional child, a troubled adult
"Death fatwa on your head?" they ask
Also, his guest is a black professor
Fair warning--the drinking starts right away
Joe Klein and Karl Rove play the oil spill blame game, the New York Times throws the book at the NFL, and more
Sorry, Minerals Management Service
Critics debate the political and racial implications of casting Jake Gyllenhaal
Smartphones, synthetic cells, Elena Kagan, and the moral fog of war
Prime minister declares a state of emergency in Kingston
David Brooks on two theories of change, Dana Milbank on replacing Summers, and more
Sufferin' succotash!
We suggest "The Hitchhiker's Guide to Weehawken"
It's the first in a decade
The West looks on, bemused
David Ignatius on playing diplomatic chicken with Iran, Timothy Garton Ash on Europe sleepwalking to decline, and more
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A former child crash survivor offers some hard-earned wisdom
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