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Fareed Zakaria’s cover piece from Newsweek about a month ago.
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Larry Lessig announces his change in focus from fighting for intellectual property sanity to fighting “corruption” in government, defined as the force that makes politicians look to money rather than public interest in making policy.
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As the title says.
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Johann Hari attends the National Review cruise, where the world is full of candy, we won in Iraq, and Pinochet is a hero.
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Elizabeth Coulter politely asks Ann Coulter to stop using personal attacks. In response, Coulter evades the issue and claims that she’s being asked to stop speaking. Based on what she was saying, personally attacking more and more, I’d say that were she t
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Ken Silverstein, a journalist who went undercover in the lobbying world, writes about how he’s been attacked by journalists saying that his methods invalidate his results.
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Barry Scwartz writes about why a new system in New York City to offer $500 to good 7th grade students is a bad idea.
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“Americans spent more money last year on bottled water than on ipods or movie tickets: $15 Billion. A journey into the economics–and psychology–of an unlikely business boom. And what it says about our culture of indulgence.”
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Josh Levin puts together a string of clips from and information about Ratatouille director Brad Bird’s work.
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Jesus’ General finds two sad stories of barbaric sentencings that Bush hasn’t commuted, while he’s fine with commuting Libby’s sentence.
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Fake Steve Jobs writes about the music industry in the wake of the news that Universal might not renew its long-term contract with Apple for the iTunes Music Store.
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Timothy Egan compares European life to American life.