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Marry Him!

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:03:52 -0500

The case for settling for Mr. Good Enough

Educating Elite Hackers

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:32:52 -0500

Inside the rush to recruit, train, and deploy a new generation of cybersecurity experts to protect and defend our digital borders.

Man Versus Afghanistan

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:02:09 -0500

Man Versus Afghanistan:

Divided by geography, cursed by corruption, stunted by poverty, staggered by a growing insurgency—Afghanistan seems beyond salvation. Is it?

Defectors Say Church of Scientology Hides Abuse

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:03:53 -0500

Defectors Say Church of Scientology Hides Abuse:

Raised as Scientologists, Christie King Collbran and her husband, Chris, were recruited as teenagers to work for the elite corps of staff members who keep the Church of Scientology running, known as the Sea Organization, or Sea Org. But after 13 years and growing disillusionment, the Collbrans decided to leave the Sea Org, setting off on a Kafkaesque journey that they said required them to sign false confessions about their personal lives and their work, pay the church thousands of dollars it said they owed for courses and counseling, and accept the consequences as their parents, siblings and friends who are church members cut off all communication with them.

Our Man in Kabul?

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:32:53 -0500

Our Man in Kabul?:

The sadistic Afghan warlord who wants to be our friend.

The Wrong Kind of Green

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:01:52 -0500

The Wrong Kind of Green:

While I witnessed these early stages of ecocide, I imagined that American green groups were on these people’s side in the corridors of Capitol Hill, trying to stop the Weather of Mass Destruction. But it is now clear that many were on a different path—one that began in the 1980s, with a financial donation.

No Credit

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:04:52 -0500

No Credit:

Timothy Geithner’s financial plan is working—and making him very unpopular.

How food and water are driving a 21st-century African land grab

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:33:53 -0500

How food and water are driving a 21st-century African land grab:

An Observer investigation reveals how rich countries faced by a global food shortage now farm an area double the size of the UK to guarantee supplies for their citizens

How Tom Hanks Became America's Historian in Chief

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:02:56 -0500

How Tom Hanks Became America's Historian in Chief:

Over the past two decades Hanks has become American history’s highest-profile professor, bringing a nuanced view of the past into the homes and lives of countless millions.

Street Fightin' Man

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 08:34:53 -0500

Street Fightin' Man:

A Detroit neighborhood fights for its life, and an ex-cop leads the way

Gendercide

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 08:03:53 -0500

Gendercide:

Killed, aborted or neglected, at least 100m girls have disappeared—and the number is rising

Algebra in Wonderland

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 07:32:54 -0500

Algebra in Wonderland:

Alice’s adventures with the Caterpillar, the Mad Hatter, the Cheshire Cat and so on have often been assumed to be based purely on wild imagination. Just fantastical tales for children — and, as such, ideal material for the fanciful movie director Tim Burton, whose “Alice in Wonderland” opened on Friday. Yet Dodgson most likely had real models for the strange happenings in Wonderland, too.

The Buried Treasure in Your TV Dial

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 07:01:55 -0500

The Buried Treasure in Your TV Dial:

This proposal involves no magical thinking, just good common sense: By simply reallocating the way we use the radio spectrum now devoted to over-the-air television broadcasting, we can create a bonanza for the government, stimulate the economy and advance all of the other goals listed above. Really.

Building a Better Teacher

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 07:33:53 -0500

Building a Better Teacher:

On a Winter day five years ago, Doug Lemov realized he had a problem. After a successful career as a teacher, a principal and a charter-school founder, he was working as a consultant, hired by troubled schools eager — desperate, in some cases — for Lemov to tell them what to do to get better.

Out of the West

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 07:02:52 -0500

Out of the West:

Clint Eastwood’s shifting landscape.

Don't Tell the Kids

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 08:34:50 -0500

Don't Tell the Kids:

Rabbits are supposed to be easy to kill. The French dispatch them with a sharp knife to the throat. A farmer in upstate New York swears that a swift smack with the side of the hand works. Others prefer a quick twist of the neck. It didn’t seem so easy at the rabbit-killing seminar held in a parking lot behind Roberta’s restaurant in the Bushwick section of Brooklyn in November.

The Chief

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 08:03:52 -0500

The Chief:

You think it’s so great being Rahm Emanuel?

Human Culture Plays a Role in Natural Selection

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 07:33:50 -0500

Human Culture Plays a Role in Natural Selection:

As with any other species, human populations are shaped by the usual forces of natural selection, like famine, disease or climate. A new force is now coming into focus. It is one with a surprising implication — that for the last 20,000 years or so, people have inadvertently been shaping their own evolution.

The Rules

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 07:02:51 -0500

The Rules:

Government’s proper role in the market

Lost Exile

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 08:03:51 -0500

Lost Exile:

The unlikely life and sudden death of The Exile, Russia’s angriest newspaper.