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Zombies are feasting on our fears
feature Zombies are a perfect metaphor for the nation’s economic “horror show,” capturing white-collar workers’ worst fears, said Torie Bosch at Slate.com.
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Shed no tears for Qaddafi
feature For all the suffering the tyrant inflicted over decades, he suffered “perhaps an hour of torment” and a bullet to the head, said Charles Krauthammer at The Washington Post.
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Steve Jobs’s final moments
feature Just before he closed his eyes for the last time, the man who spent his life in search of beauty looked past those of us at his bedside at something only he could see, said Mona Simpson at The New York Times.
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How kids learn to hate real food
feature Thanks to ConAgra and its pals in Congress, our schoolkids’ right to feast on frozen pizza and fries has been protected, said Kristin Wartman at HuffingtonPost.com.
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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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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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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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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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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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The Mormon threat to evangelicals
feature Simply put, evangelicals see the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as “competition’’ for souls—and dues-paying members, said David S. Reynolds at NYTimes.com.
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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: Michael Gerson
feature From The Washington Post: “General Motors has announced the largest profits in its history. [Yet] both Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney have stumped across Michigan...
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Exaggerating the China threat
feature Is the U.S. “locked in a deadly struggle with Beijing”? asked Steve Chapman at the Chicago Tribune.
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The drug problem we ignore
feature In our “censorious’’ public discussions about substance abuse, drinking often gets a pass, said Frank Bruni at The New York Times.
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