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The slippery slope of cohabitation
feature Most young couples now live together as a safe first step before marriage.
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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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Viewpoint: Peter Maass and Megha Rajagopalan
feature From The New York Times: “The device in your purse or jeans that you think is a cellphone—guess again....
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Why Iranians can’t eat chicken
feature Even in a nation rife with paranoid government prohibitions, the chicken ban marks a “bizarre’’ new low.
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Iran’s next attack might be here
feature The director of National Intelligence recently warned that as tensions with the West grow, Iran’s fanatical mullahs are “more willing to conduct an attack in the U.S.,” said Mitchell D. Silber at The Wall Street Journal.
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The need for a sane GO
feature America needs two parties to move forward into the 21st century; sadly, one is clamoring for a return to the 19th, said Thomas L. Friedman at The New York Times.
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Super PACs give voters more choice
feature Attempts to keep money out of politics are not only futile—they only serve to give an unfair advantage to those in power, said Josh Kraushaar at the National Journal.
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What Clint didn’t say about Detroit
feature The government takeovers of Chrysler and GM were accomplished by legally dubious “executive high-handedness,” not “patriotic collective action,” said Rich Lowry at the New York Post.
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The joys of living alone
feature It may not be for everyone, but going solo has clearly become a viable option, said Eric Klinenberg at The New York Times.
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A modest proposal for bribing voters
feature Super PACs are just the start, said Steven Pearlstein at The Washington Post.
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Joe Paterno’s side of the story
feature At Penn State, Paterno was known to exert “iron control” over anything concerning his football program, said Andrew Cohen at TheAtlantic.com.
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The GOP needs to draft an alternative
feature Jeb Bush, whose “reform-oriented conservatism” made him a highly popular governor in Florida, is the only available Republican who might still be pressed into running, said Artur Davis at NationalReview.com.
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Executions should be televised
feature If we are to continue executing criminals in the U.S, we ought to do it in an open and accountable way, said Zachary B. Shemtob and David Lat at The New York Times.
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The legacy of Bush v. Gore
feature Ten years after that controversial decision divided the nation, Americans no longer believe in the fairness of our country’s elections, said Richard L. Hasen in Slate.com.
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