The conventional wisdom debunked.

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• Only in America? The wrongheaded American belief that Barack Obama could only happen here.
  David Berreby Nov. 17, 2008
  
• The Audacity of E-mail Dear Mr. President-elect, please take me off your spam list.
  Dahlia Lithwick Nov. 11, 2008
  
• Gut Instinct What health benefits, exactly, is Activia yogurt supposed to offer?
  Lauren Sandler July 3, 2008
  
• Lost Why I'm giving up on GPS devices.
  Joel Achenbach June 20, 2008
  
• Debunking the "Wealth Effect" Declining house prices don't necessarily slow down consumer spending.
  Christopher Flavelle June 10, 2008
  
• Is India More Equal Than the United States? Inequality is important, but the way we measure it is stupid.
  Mark Gimein May 1, 2008
  
• The Fizz-dom of Crowds If prediction markets are so great, why have they been so wrong lately?
  James Ledbetter April 16, 2008
  
• Playing the Racist Card Ferraro's comments about Obama were racist. Why can't we say that?
  Ta-Nehisi Coates March 14, 2008
  
• Orc Holocaust The reprehensible moral universe of Gary Gygax's Dungeons & Dragons.
  Erik Sofge March 10, 2008