Author: Heather Horn

Media Diet

Vanessa Grigoriadis: What I Read

A conversation with New YorkRolling Stone, and Vanity Fair contributing editor Vanessa Grigoriadis about how she consumes information.

By Heather Horn

Nov 8, 2010

The Federal Government Wants to Fatten You Up With Cheese

While telling you how to stop being so obese

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By Heather Horn

Nov 8, 2010

World Bank Chief: Time to Consider a New Gold Standard

And other measures in advance of the G20

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By Heather Horn

Nov 6, 2010

Morning Vid: How an Editorial Cartoon Is Made

Answer: a lot of pencils, ink, and computers, plus a hard-working human or two

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By Heather Horn

Nov 5, 2010

World Amused by NASA's Close Brush With Peanut-Shaped Comet

Not quite as thrilling as the moon landing, but close

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By Heather Horn

Nov 5, 2010

Legal Scholar's Anti-Sotomayor Letter Leaks, Causing Awkward Fallout

Laurence Tribe wanted Kagan to be nominated for the Souter seat--awkwardness ensues

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By Heather Horn

Nov 5, 2010

Germany's Strange, Tongue-Painting Ad Campaign

An unconventional way to convince immigrants to learn the country's language

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By Heather Horn

Nov 4, 2010

How Republican Victories Might Start a Science War

Funding cuts plus hearings on climate science might get ugly

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By Heather Horn

Nov 4, 2010

Fed Boldly Dumps $600 Billion Into the Economy

Ben Bernanke's much-debated plan rolls out

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By Heather Horn

Nov 3, 2010

Lonely Planet Dubs Albania #1 Hot Country to Visit in 2011

Also, New York ranks in there somewhere

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By Heather Horn

Nov 3, 2010

Quote of the Day: Malkin Tells Dems Where to Put Their Olive Branch

Starting off the bipartisan effort on the right foot

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By Erik Hayden and Heather Horn

Nov 3, 2010

5 Best Wednesday Columns

On what's next for Democrats, war crimes in just wars, and the need to recognize stress as a real medical problem

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By Heather Horn

Nov 3, 2010

Welcome to the New Political Landscape

Republicans take their largest House majority in decades while Dems hold on to the Senate

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By Heather Horn

Nov 2, 2010

Britain and France, Ancient Enemies, to Share Defense

From Henry II to Napoleon, it's been a tense relationship

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By Heather Horn

Nov 2, 2010

Al-Qaeda Child Soldier Sentenced to 40 Years in Prison

But he probably won't serve them because of a plea deal

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By Heather Horn

Nov 2, 2010

Gridlocked Congress: Great for Markets, Bad for America?

A look at what happens with a divided government

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By Heather Horn

Nov 1, 2010

Violent Video Games Come Before the Supreme Court

California wants to ban their sale to minors, but lower courts say that violates the First Amendment

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By Heather Horn

Nov 1, 2010

Is Alcohol Really Worse Than Heroin?

A new study in the U.K. gives a push for rethinking drug policy

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By Heather Horn

Nov 1, 2010

Has Obama 'Abandoned' Young Voters?

Or are those voters just experiencing some youthful angst?

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By Heather Horn

Nov 1, 2010

Breaking Ranks

Smart People Do More Drugs--Because of Evolution

Evolutionary psychologist Satoshi Kanazawa has this theory, which he calls the Savanna-IQ Interaction Hypothesis.

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By Heather Horn

Nov 1, 2010

The Conservative Pianist Running for New York State Senate

And why his supporters love him

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By Heather Horn

Nov 1, 2010

Ben Bernanke's Plan to Save the Economy: Pros and Cons

"Quantitative easing" is the economic phrase of the week

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By Heather Horn

Oct 22, 2010

What Budget-Cutting Measures Reveal About National Character

France and Britain are coping with austerity in, well, particularly French and British ways

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By Heather Horn

Oct 22, 2010

Clarence Thomas's Ex-Girlfriend Speaks Out

Apparently he observed women at work "to see if they could be potential partners"

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By Heather Horn

Oct 22, 2010

The Return of the King: Bill Clinton in Limelight as Democrats Struggle

He's hitting the campaign trail, hard. What's in it for him?

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By Heather Horn

Oct 21, 2010

Britain's Big Experiment With Civic Engagement

Prime Minister David Cameron wants to build a "Big Society"--by pulling out all the public money

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By Heather Horn

Oct 21, 2010

The Impact of Unlimited Corporate Campaign Spending

Revisiting the Citizens United decision

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By Heather Horn

Oct 20, 2010

Is Medical Science All Too Often Wrong?

Beware the splashy headlines in the Health section

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By Heather Horn

Oct 20, 2010

By Heather Horn

Oct 20, 2010

Britain Drastically Cuts Defense Spending

America's closest ally withdraws troops from Europe and reduces the strength of its navy

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By Heather Horn

Oct 20, 2010

Military Now Accepting Openly Gay Recruits

Compliance with the judicial order begins

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