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Why Do We Love The Giants? It's All Psychology
[5 Feb 2012 at 5:11am]
In the question of who will win the Super Bowl, there is a growing consensus: the Giants over the Patriots. Some solid analysis backs this up, but mostly we're relying on no good reasons.
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Standing In Defense Of Diet Coke
[4 Feb 2012 at 7:01am]
Living abroad helped me to see just how obsessed we are in the U.S. about giving each other tips about what not to put in our mouths.
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Seeing What You Mean
[3 Feb 2012 at 10:43am]
Research on decoding language within the brain opens up new prospects for communicating with incapacitated people. Some, however, worry that it could also be a threat to privacy. Commentator Alva Noe says not to worry, we are already excellent mind readers.
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New Republic: Silent Protest
[3 Feb 2012 at 8:14am]
Chinese Nobel Prize winner poet and dissident Liu Xiaobo and his wife Liu Xia are separated as he is serving an 11 year jail sentence. Perry Link of The New Republic argues that Liu Xiaobo's poems and Liu Xia's photographs from a shared intelligence.
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Weekly Standard: A Lying Planned Parenthood
[3 Feb 2012 at 7:57am]
The Susan G. Komen foundation, one of the nation's largest breast cancer charities, has cut off more than $600,000 in funding to Planned Parenthood. John McCormack of The Weekly Standard argues that Planned Parenthood can no longer pretend that it focuses on more types of care than abortion.
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The Nation: Komen Pinkwashes Anti-choicers
[3 Feb 2012 at 7:55am]
The Susan G. Komen Foundation's decision to remove funding from Planned Parenthood has set off a storm of criticism. Katha Pollit of The Nation says it's pretty shocking that Komen would deprive women of services it has itself admitted they have no other way of getting.
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Foreign Policy: The Forbidden Citizen
[3 Feb 2012 at 6:59am]
China has been cracking down on dissidents within its country. Sophie Richardson of Foreign Policy argues that foreign governments need to make freedom of expression in China an inescapable topic in all discussions with Chinese officials.
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Operator, Can You Help Me Call The Love Of My Life?
[2 Feb 2012 at 11:01pm]
Peter and Jacqueline Headen's courtship story is one of ups and downs ? spanning one war, three countries and four decades. It all started in 1958, at a roller-skating rink on the Indian Head naval base in Maryland.
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A Famous Gorilla Plays The Recorder, And We All May Learn Something
[2 Feb 2012 at 9:17am]
When Koko the gorilla plays tones on a recorder, she skillfully controls her breathing patterns. Commentator Barbara J. King explains why this is unexpected for a gorilla ? and what it may mean for challenging ourselves to learn new skills throughout life.
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The Nation: Talking With The Taliban
[2 Feb 2012 at 7:47am]
The Taliban may open an office in Qatar for negotiations with the U.S. Robert Dreyfuss of The Nation argues that potential peace talks with the Taliban are fraught with frustrations, not least from ally Pakistan.
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New Republic: Stop Saying Our Wars Are Over
[2 Feb 2012 at 7:28am]
The war in Afghanistan has been ongoing since 2001. Lawrence F. Kaplan of The New Republic argues that Americans do not need Obama to be a "war president" and states that America's wars are not over till they are over, regardless of declarations.
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Weekly Standard: Courting Disaster In Afghanistan
[2 Feb 2012 at 7:15am]
Progress in Afghanistan has been mixed. Frederick W. Kagan and Kimberly Kagan of The Weekly Standard argue that decisions about reducing U.S. forces in Afghanistan should not be made until 2013.
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Foreign Policy: China's Winter Palace
[2 Feb 2012 at 7:03am]
Every year, Harbin, China's northernmost major city and one of the world's coldest cities, hosts the Harbin Ice Festival. Jonathan Browning of Foreign Policy photographs some of the over 2,000 ice sculptures at the festival.
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Time to cut off aid to Egypt?
(The Week)
[31 Jan 2012 at 10:28am]
The Week - As tensions rise between Egyptian authorities and U.S. pro-democracy groups, Cairo risks losing the Western aid its military depends on
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Good day, bad day: January 31, 2012
(The Week)
[31 Jan 2012 at 10:10am]
The Week - Israeli scientists learn to breed black tomatoes, while a top liberal arts college admits to cheating — and more winners and losers of today's news cycle
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The Catholic Church vs. 'ObamaCare'
(The Week)
[31 Jan 2012 at 3:46am]
The Week - The feds will soon require religiously affiliated hospitals and colleges to offer insurance coverage for contraception. Does that violate the first amendment?
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Obama's 5 biggest mistakes
(The Week)
[31 Jan 2012 at 12:30am]
The Week - The president's Republican opponents will surely spend 2012 hammering away at his failures. So what exactly are they?
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Gingrich, Romney and Paul Are Good, Bad and Ugly at Debate
(ContributorN...
[30 Jan 2012 at 7:24pm]
ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | The GOP debate Monday brought to a head some of the major issues and brought out strong reactions to the candidates. With the candidate pack reduced to five, each had more time to speak, self-promote and attack opponents. The debate also proved what a circus the political arena has become when the audience became such an active participant that it almost needed a podium of its own.
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Rand Paul 'Detained' at Nashville Airport, Refuses Pat-Down
(Contributor...
[30 Jan 2012 at 7:24pm]
ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | Tea party favorite Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., made a political statement Monday morning when he refused a fully body pat-down after an abnormality was found in a full body scanner. According to a Facebook message posted on Paul's profile, which appeared around 10 a.m. Eastern time, he "is being detained at the Nashville Airport by the TSA [Transportation Security Administration]."
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Mitt Romney Savors His Victory in New Hampshire
(ContributorNetwork)
[30 Jan 2012 at 7:24pm]
ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | Savoring his victory in the New Hampshire primary, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney was understandably ebullient. He had been denied the same victory in one of his home states in 2008 by the then future nominee Sen. John McCain.
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Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail
(ContributorNetwork)
[30 Jan 2012 at 7:24pm]
ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | According to U.S. News, a poll was taken over the New Year's holiday that asked people what event they feared might happen in the upcoming year of 2012. By far more people at 33 percent feared the re-election of President Barack Obama than any other event.
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Good day, bad day: January 30, 2012
(The Week)
[30 Jan 2012 at 10:28am]
The Week - Music fans celebrate Jack White's return, while football fans admit they'd miss their child's birth to watch the Super Bowl — and more winners and losers of today's news cycle
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