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

Aug 5, 2010

Why Is Scott Brown Voting No on Kagan?

Is he toeing the party line or burnishing centrist credentials?

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By Erik Hayden and Ray Gustini

Aug 5, 2010

5 Best Thursday Columns

Illogical immigration policy, the Prop 8 ruling and more

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By Erik Hayden

Aug 4, 2010

Liberal Bloggers Embrace Bush

Kinda, sorta, just this one time

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By Erik Hayden

Aug 4, 2010

How Recession-Proof Is Texas?

Or is the bullish outlook a myth?

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By Erik Hayden and Ray Gustini

Aug 4, 2010

5 Best Wednesday Columns

GM's latest nemesis, the NFL's concussion epidemic and more

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By Erik Hayden

Aug 3, 2010

Best Tweets: Constitutional Law and Kanye Edition

How Twitter loves the high-low blend

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By Erik Hayden

Aug 3, 2010

Morning Vid: The Wedding of the 'Millennium'

Chelsea Clinton's nuptials bring out Jon Stewart's sarcastic side

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By Erik Hayden and Ray Gustini

Aug 3, 2010

5 Best Tuesday Columns

A peculiar kind of amnesia, tolerance for the Ground Zero mosque, and more

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By Erik Hayden

Aug 2, 2010

Happy Hour Vid: It's Not 'Fair' to Blame Obama

John Kerry speaks (relatively) candidly with Zakaria

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By Erik Hayden

Aug 2, 2010

Is 'Borrowing' From Wikipedia Plagiarism?

Or the natural result of mash-up culture?

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By Erik Hayden and Ray Gustini

Aug 2, 2010

5 Best Monday Columns

Palestinian isolation, Krugman on extreme unemployment and more

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By Erik Hayden

Jul 31, 2010

Is Charlie St. Cloud This Summer's 'Notebook'?

Zac Efron certainly hopes so

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By Erik Hayden

Jul 30, 2010

Morning Vid: Jon Stewart Defends Obama for 'Snubbing' Boy Scouts

Also, The View is a show about the "misadventures of the world's unluckiest couch"

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By Erik Hayden and Ray Gustini

Jul 30, 2010

5 Best Friday Columns

Krugman on curbed enthusiasm, Kennedy on brain disorders, and more

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By Erik Hayden

Jul 29, 2010

Best Tweets: Obama on The View Edition

Some pundits actually play this one earnest

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By Erik Hayden

Jul 29, 2010

Do Credit Cards Siphon Money From the Poor to Rich?

A revealing portrait of the "reverse Robin Hood" problem

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By Erik Hayden and Ray Gustini

Jul 29, 2010

5 Best Thursday Columns

The "twisted facts" of the Arizona verdict, the costliest war, Apple's odds at survival, and more

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By Erik Hayden

Jul 28, 2010

Iowa Republicans' Bizarre Plan to Strip Obama's Nobel Prize

First we'd have to restore the long-dormant 13th Constitutional amendment

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By Erik Hayden and Ray Gustini

Jul 28, 2010

5 Best Wednesday Columns

Who the heck is WikiLeaks? Rallying against the "Anti-Tax Monster" and more

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By Erik Hayden

Jul 27, 2010

Happy Hour Vid: Jon Stewart Proves He Isn't Racist

By becoming "beard brothers" with Wyatt Cenac

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By Erik Hayden

Jul 27, 2010

Are Non-Profit CEO Salaries Too High?

Lawmakers move to cut pay, bloggers question their motives

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By Erik Hayden and Ray Gustini

Jul 27, 2010

5 Best Tuesday Columns

"Preposterous" WikiLeaks revelations, debunking journalism's "gatekeepers" and more

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By Erik Hayden

Jul 26, 2010

Best Tweets: WikiLeaks Edition

Twitter gets fired up about the data deluge

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By Erik Hayden and Ray Gustini

Jul 26, 2010

5 Best Monday Columns

Cowardice that killed the climate bill, the "top secret" bureaucratic behemoth and more

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By Erik Hayden

Jul 24, 2010

Is Copy Editing Necessary?

Journalists miss having their mistakes corrected

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By Erik Hayden

Jul 24, 2010

By Erik Hayden

Jul 23, 2010

Happy Hour Vid: Slate Mocks Apple iPhone

The bumper, it's revolutionary!

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By Erik Hayden

Jul 23, 2010

Best Tweets: Gunning for Geese Edition

All the animosity comes out on Twitter

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By Erik Hayden

Jul 23, 2010

Giggling and Fuming at Government's Goose Extermination

New York plans to euthanize 170,000 Canada geese

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By Erik Hayden

Jul 23, 2010

Salt: The Fourth Bourne Film

Pundits note resemblance to Matt Damon trilogy

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