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Why infidelity is on the rise
feature Among young marrieds, there’s a lot of cheatin’ going on, said Naomi Schaefer Riley in The Washington Post, and the reason can be traced to habits in past relationships and maintaining opposite-sex frien
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The price we paid for torture
feature A former U.S. military interrogator in Iraq says it isn't necessary to use torture to extract information from hardened terrorists; it instills foreign jihadists with a desire for revenge and costs the lives of American soldiers.
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What we can learn from slums
feature A growing number of urban planners see in slums some features that should be emulated, not condemned, said Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow in The Boston Globe.
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Che was a murderer, not a hero
feature The real Ernesto “Che” Guevara was far from the “youthful idealist” celebrated in film and transformed into a global icon, said Nick Gillespie in Reason.com.
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Viewpoint: Nick Gillespie
feature From Reason.com: “Here’s a question for proponents of the drug war: Does prohibition—which demonstrably fails to keep illegal drugs...
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America is sick of war
feature “Republicans who think America is being endangered by ‘appeasement’ and military parsimony have worked that pedal on their organ quite enough," said George Will at The Washington Post.
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Viewpoint: Rebecca MacKinnon
feature From Slate.com: “Companies like Apple, Facebook, Google, and many other digital platforms and services have created a new, virtual public sphere...
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Viewpoint: Kerry Egan
feature From CNN.com: “I am a hospice chaplain. I visit people who are dying—in their homes, in hospitals...
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The end of the Christian Right?
feature The Christian Right may still play a role in a handful of states, but the sun is setting on its national influence, said Michael Kazin at The New Republic.
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5 smart reads for the weekend
feature An investigation into Junior Seau's tragic suicide. A profile of the brother-and-sister team behind Cloud Atlas. And more compelling, of-the-moment stories to dive into
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Political science isn’t science
feature In May, Congress voted to eliminate $11 million in government grants for political science research.
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