Author: Alex Eichler

Tyler Cowen Is Funny, Scarily Well-Read, Possibly Autistic

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Bloomberg Businessweek shows us the man behind Marginal Revolution

By Alex Eichler

Jun 12, 2010

Critics Largely A-verse to 'The A-Team'

If forced puns aren't your thing, best to bail out now

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By Alex Eichler , Jared Keller and Katharine Rust

Jun 11, 2010

5 Best Friday Columns

Deficits! Distractions! The Department of Education! And... soccer?

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By Alex Eichler

Jun 10, 2010

Best Tweets: Google Fail Edition

Plus, bros doing all sort of things to other bros

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By Alex Eichler

Jun 10, 2010

By Alex Eichler , Jared Keller and Katharine Rust

Jun 10, 2010

5 Best Thursday Columns

David Broder on Strasburg and soccer, Joshua Green on the oil spill and the Tea Party, and more

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By Alex Eichler

Jun 9, 2010

Lunchtime Vid: Christopher Hitchens Does the Daily Show

Reports of his death have been greatly exaggerated

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5 Best Wednesday Columns

Jet engines, greenhouse gas, digital youth, and Landon cads

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By Alex Eichler

Jun 8, 2010

Nation Marvels at Arizona Mural's Near-Whitewashing

Townspeople almost get a painting of minority schoolkids re-colored

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5 Best Tuesday Columns

David Brooks on majoring in humanities, Naomi Oreskes and Erik Conway on science denialism and more

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By Alex Eichler

Jun 7, 2010

Best Tweets: Exit Helen Thomas Edition

Also, it turns out heat plus water equals steam

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By Alex Eichler

Jun 7, 2010

Morning Vid: Maddow Tweaks the URL of New Orleans's Web Site

How was GetYourOilOffOurCoast.com not already taken?

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By Alex Eichler and Jared Keller

Jun 7, 2010

5 Best Monday Columns

E.J. Dionne on Obama's double bind, Jeffrey Miron on drugs and the Tea Party, and more

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By Alex Eichler

Jun 5, 2010

By Alex Eichler

Jun 5, 2010

No One Has Anything Positive to Say About 'Marmaduke'

And you thought 'Sex and the City 2' got panned

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By Alex Eichler

Jun 3, 2010

By Alex Eichler

Jun 3, 2010

Morning Vid: The Daily Show Dances Around Larry Craig's Past

There's also singing, of the non-metaphorical kind

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5 Best Thursday Columns

Joshua Green on the cerebral president, the Israeli ambassador on the attack this week, and more

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By Alex Eichler

Jun 2, 2010

Best Tweets: Universal Scapegoat Edition

This weird Livejournal collage of Ezra Klein's face? Obama's fault

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By Alex Eichler

Jun 2, 2010

Digital Cyranos: The Strangeness of Online Dating Surrogates

Daters--mostly men--pay writers to assume their identities

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5 Best Wednesday Columns

Jonah Goldberg on the welfare state, Arianna Huffington on corporate tax havens, and more

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5 Best Tuesday Columns

Susan Boyle, senators, and some very fair-minded chimps

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By Alex Eichler

May 28, 2010

Gary Coleman Dies at 42: First Reactions

Diff'rent Strokes star was a professional child, a troubled adult

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By Alex Eichler

May 28, 2010

By Alex Eichler

May 27, 2010

Happy Hour Vid: O'Reilly Tells Guest He Looks Like a Cocaine Dealer

Also, his guest is a black professor

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By Alex Eichler

May 27, 2010

Best Tweets: Oil Spill Presser Edition

Fair warning--the drinking starts right away

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By Alex Eichler , Jared Keller and Katharine Rust

May 27, 2010

5 Best Thursday Columns

Joe Klein and Karl Rove play the oil spill blame game, the New York Times throws the book at the NFL, and more

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By Alex Eichler

May 26, 2010

Happy Hour Vid: Maddow Wants to Tear Down Meth-Stricken Agency

Sorry, Minerals Management Service

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By Alex Eichler

May 26, 2010

Why Is a White Actor Playing 'Prince of Persia' Title Role?

Critics debate the political and racial implications of casting Jake Gyllenhaal

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By Alex Eichler , Jared Keller and Katharine Rust

May 26, 2010

5 Best Wednesday Columns

Smartphones, synthetic cells, Elena Kagan, and the moral fog of war

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By Alex Eichler

May 25, 2010

Police, Gangs Wage War Over Jamaican Drug Lord

Prime minister declares a state of emergency in Kingston

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By Alex Eichler , Jared Keller and Katharine Rust

May 25, 2010

5 Best Tuesday Colunms

David Brooks on two theories of change, Dana Milbank on replacing Summers, and more

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By Alex Eichler

May 22, 2010

By Alex Eichler

May 21, 2010

Best Tweets: Lesser Books Edition

We suggest "The Hitchhiker's Guide to Weehawken"

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By Alex Eichler

May 21, 2010

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May 20, 2010

By Alex Eichler , Jared Keller and Katharine Rust

May 20, 2010

5 Best Thursday Columns

David Ignatius on playing diplomatic chicken with Iran, Timothy Garton Ash on Europe sleepwalking to decline, and more

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By Alex Eichler

May 19, 2010

Best Tweets: Greatest American Hero Edition

Hope you like shameless self-promotion!

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By Alex Eichler

May 19, 2010

Op-Ed Spotlight: To the Dutch Boy Who Survived a Plane Crash

A former child crash survivor offers some hard-earned wisdom

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