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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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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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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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Viewpoint: David Brooks
feature From The New York Times: “Fitness inequality is acceptable. It is perfectly fine to wear tight workout sweats to show the world that...
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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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How I became a Twitter quitter
feature Twitter, in fact, reminds me of a “lightning-fast tattooed bike messenger who never brings a package worth opening,” said Melissa Dribben in The Philadelphia Inquirer.
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Why cops overuse pepper spray
feature Police officers value their authority, and get incensed when people defy their orders, said Brandon Keim at Wired.com.
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Why we need a day without music
feature Imagine, for just one day, turning off the insipid music constantly playing in airports, supermarkets, department stores, and restaurants, said Kevin Berger. It would be such a relief to eat a meal or visit the Jiffy Lube waiting area without hearing. . .
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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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Viewpoint: Juliette Kayyem
feature From The Boston Globe: “It is now clear that the Tsarnaev brothers had no strategic plan but to kill in a very public fashion....
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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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Quote of the week: Former Vice President Dick Cheney
feature From a speech at the National Press Club: "“As many of you know, one of my daughters is gay and it is something we have lived with for a long time in our family. I think people ought to be free to ...
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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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