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Economist Tyler Cowen wants to compare life expectancies
Vanity Fair mulls jumping on the bandwagon
Eugene Robinson makes a strong case for the former Alaska governor
Bush got plenty done with 55 votes; Obama's struggling with 60
Woods's doctor gets arrested for dealing illegal substances
An unusual suggestion from the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime
Bryan Caplan wonders what it means to be "mature"
A report suggests anxiety and inequality drive us toward faith
Politico's Ben Smith isn't sure anymore
Video games, poker, and sex can form destructive habits, too
Matt Yglesias crunches some numbers on Afghanistan
A columnist pins rising skepticism of climate change on the oil lobby
Felix Salmon ponders the economics of the Tiger Woods scandal
Why his ideas could be "dangerous," "unworkable" and exactly what Republicans need
The crooner pled guilty to assault--should that be the end of his music career?
Stats-genius Nate Silver wonders why he keeps getting it wrong
Ezra Klein asks where we got the Afghanistan troop number
The L.A. Times is serious, and so is the city of Denver
Alexander Howard thinks the media is "going through its own Reformation"
'Team Edward:' one-sided power play or every girl's fantasy?
Here's a clue: it's not Monday
Rebecca Solnit muses on the lessons of abolitionist John Brown
A liberal smells bias
Atheists have embraced the red-and-green color scheme
Is Obama too far left, or are voters just bored?
A writer's Roman holiday is marred by English profanity
Sen. Lindsey Graham poses a head scratcher
Will future cultures understand our caution signs?
One pundit would like her to go the way of Dan Quayle -- to oblivion
Nearly half of all U.S. customers already pay. Do you?
The headgear may do more harm than good
Why we might want them around a bit longer
A blogger wonders if search boxes are windows into the soul
Perhaps dreaming just serves to tune up the mind
Meghan McCain says harsh criticism dissuades young women from seeking office
A cat in Iowa is diagnosed with the dreaded disease, how may more pets will follow?
Multitasking makes it hard for anything to get through
Wendy Kaminer wants to know what's so bad about bestiality.
Tyler Cowen ponders a study on the cognitive implications of mood
In The New York Times, David Brooks says it is
James Kwak asks if it's moral for his demographic to have higher earnings
Save space, money and sanity by keeping "uninformed angry rants" online
'Miracle Worker,' a play about Helen Keller, draws criticism for its casting
Water resources in disputed Kashmir will become more important
Joanne Weiner asks us to imagine we had to pay it all back in one year
A security studies professor suggests alarmism is more dangerous than nuclearism
Cheney's critique of Obama's Afghan policy may be self-defeating
Going Rouge, a liberal takedown, will debut on the same day as Going Rogue
Maureen Dowd mulls over a new way to save newspapers
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