Best Columns - US
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Were our ancestors stupid?
feature Over the past century, Americans have gained three to five IQ points per decade, on average.
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The truth about race and IQ
feature Are blacks, on average, inherently less intelligent than whites? said psychology professor Richard E. Nisbett. That once-discredited notion is again gaining credibility, due to statements by Nobel Prize winner James Watson and a recent series of columns b
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Infidelity tells us little about leaders
feature Many of history’s greatest leaders cheated on their wives: Dwight Eisenhower, George Patton, and Martin Luther King Jr., to name just three, said Victor Davis Hanson at NationalReview.com.
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A sex scandal for the Internet age
feature For generations, congressmen and senators have cheated on their wives in Washington, but the Web has changed the rules of the game, said Michelle Cottle on TheDailyBeast.com.
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The smug confidence of libertarians
feature Why are most libertarians white dudes?
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How Roe became irrelevant
feature Roe v. Wade is gradually being worn away by a host of state regulations that will soon make it “all but impossible” to terminate a pregnancy in many states, said Dahlia Lithwick in Slate.com.
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The hidden benefits of a winning team
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Obama isn’t evil—he’s just bad at his job
feature Republicans should be wary of turning the 2012 election into “a national repudiation” of Obama, the Democratic Party, and progressivism itself, said Kevin Williamson at NationalReview.com.
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Seeing racism for what it is
feature Riley Cooper’s case shows just how poorly he and most other Americans understand “what a racist is.”
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Quote of the week: Peggy Noonan
feature From The Wall Street Journal: Democracy cannot healthily endure without free and unfettered debate. But knowing where the line is...
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The pedophile nobody suspects
feature In most molestation cases, the predators have true affection for kids, and seek a role as their champions, said Frank Bruni at The New York Times.
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Best columns: U.S.
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When love is just another commodity
feature The old courtship narrative has been fundamentally altered by texting and vast, virtual networks, said David Brooks in The New York Times.
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Viewpoint: George Packer
feature From Foreign Affairs: “Inequality creates a lopsided economy, which leaves the rich with so much money that they can binge on speculation, and leaves the middle class...
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