Author: Erik Hayden

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Remote, Polluted Lakes; Comet Crossbow

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Discovered: remote polluted lakes, uninformed fish, a comet crossbow, clinical trial check-up and one place to be to find undiscovered invertebrates. 

By Erik Hayden

Sep 14, 2010

Cuba Lays Off 500,000: 'Major Shift' to a Free Market?

Critics parse the "dramatic" move to privatize the economy

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By Erik Hayden and Ray Gustini

Sep 14, 2010

5 Best Tuesday Columns

On Britain's austerity, the "smugness" of anti-Americanism, and the conservative "Day After Tomorrow"

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By Erik Hayden

Sep 13, 2010

Happy Hour Vid: Pelosi Is Wicked Witch in 'Wizard of Oz' Campaign Ad

And is doused with water by heroic GOP candidate John Dennis

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By Erik Hayden

Sep 13, 2010

Super Mario Turns 25, Gamers Turn Nostalgic

Nintendo celebrates while bloggers debate the best title in the series

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By Erik Hayden

Sep 13, 2010

Who Benefits the Most From 'Wi-Fi on Steroids'?

FCC plans to open "white space" airwaves, to the delight of tech giants

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By Erik Hayden

Sep 13, 2010

Morning Vid: Jerry Brown Skewers 'Lying' Bill Clinton

Clinton's "a nice guy but whoever said he always told the truth?"

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By Erik Hayden and Ray Gustini

Sep 13, 2010

5 Best Monday Columns

On the decline of the al-Qaeda threat, Pope Benedict's "irrelevance," and Japan's enviable response to China

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By Erik Hayden

Sep 10, 2010

Why Do White House Staffers Have Trouble Paying Taxes?

One way or another, they accrued $831,000 in tax debt

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By Erik Hayden and Heather Horn

Sep 10, 2010

5 Best Friday Columns

On bringing back solar power, the politicization of September 11th, and America's "British disease"

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By Erik Hayden

Sep 9, 2010

Should Media Show Images of Burning Korans?

Update: The Florida minister has announced he is canceling the inflammatory event

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By Erik Hayden

Sep 9, 2010

Does 'Prep' Mean Anything In 2010?

Debating the pseudo-sequel to The Official Preppy Handbook

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By Erik Hayden

Sep 9, 2010

Obama Takes Off the Bipartisan Gloves

In a Cleveland speech, he sets up a showdown with John Boehner

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By Erik Hayden and Ray Gustini

Sep 9, 2010

5 Best Thursday Columns

On the Koran-burning stunt, a better way to fix the housing crisis, and the causes of rising inequality

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By Erik Hayden

Sep 8, 2010

Morning Vid: 'Edgy' Meghan McCain Justifies Her New Book to Leno

Leno pokes fun at how thin the memoir is: "You could slip it under the door"

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By Erik Hayden and Heather Horn

Sep 8, 2010

5 Best Wednesday Columns

On prolonged mourning, Apple TV, and the plans of the Cordoba House

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By Erik Hayden

Sep 7, 2010

Happy Hour Vid: 'Koran-Burning' Pastor Explains Himself

"I'm offended when they burn the Bible," he says

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By Erik Hayden

Sep 7, 2010

Hoax or Not, Is Joaquin Phoenix's Career Over?

His new documentary opens to a divided response from critics

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By Erik Hayden and Ray Gustini

Sep 7, 2010

5 Best Tuesday Columns

On the joy of walking to school, pardoning Billy the Kid, and the two Europes

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By Erik Hayden

Sep 4, 2010

Machete: A 'Shamelessly Vulgar' Critique of Illegal Immigration Debate?

Dissecting the gruesome 'political pinata' of a flick

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By Erik Hayden

Sep 3, 2010

How Old School Is George Clooney's 'The American'?

Critics see echoes of the '50s, '60s and '70s in the slow-paced hitman flick

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By Erik Hayden

Sep 3, 2010

Young Adults Shy Away From 'Democrat' Label

As pundits, of course, parse the electoral implications

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By Erik Hayden

Sep 3, 2010

Why NASA Would Now Like to Visit the Sun

To study "solar radiation" and satisfy our curiosity, of course

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By Erik Hayden and Ray Gustini

Sep 3, 2010

5 Best Friday Columns

On nostalgia for Clinton, an alternate history of the Obama presidency, and putting millionaire tax money to use

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By Erik Hayden

Sep 2, 2010

Morning Vid: Three-Star General Supports 'Crazy' Birther Movement

Rachel Maddow "gleefully" ignored the story until now

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By Erik Hayden and Ray Gustini

Sep 2, 2010

5 Best Thursday Columns

On revising the fourth amendment, musing if Saddam had stayed, and creating new rules for GPS searches

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