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The XX Factor:
posted by Hanna Rosin
on December 2, 2009
Can One Make a Good Marriage Better?
After our debate on this site about Sandra Tsing Loh's Atlantic piece about her liberating divorce and Christina Nehring's book about the death of passion in the modern marriage, I kept waiting for someone to write about the other side. Now Elizabeth Weil has finally done it in her upcoming Read More
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Brow Beat:
posted by Jody Rosen
on December 2, 2009
Oops! ... She Sang It Again: Britney Spears Does Eva Tanguay
In my Slate piece on the forgotten vaudeville great Eva Tanguay (" Vanishing Act: In search of Eva Tanguay, the first rock star "), I argue that "today's pop feels more than ever like one big reiteration of Tanguay's career," and that the divas who dominate the 2009 Billboard charts Read More
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The Happiness Project:
posted by Gretchen Rubin
on December 2, 2009
Eight Tips to Know If You're Being Boring.
But once you’re talking, how do you know if the other person is interested in your conversation – or not? One challenge is that the more socially adept a person is, the better he or she is at hiding boredom. It’s a rare person, however, who can truly look fascinated while bored. Read More
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Kausfiles:
posted by Mickey Kaus
on December 1, 2009
MSM Comes Through for Obama on Health Care Premiums
[Corrected 12/2] An alert reader (who is involved in the health care debate and, like me, favors Obama's reform) emails:
Most of the coverage I’m seeing today of the new CBO report on health reform’s effects on premiums is .totally in the tank for the Obama administration. Read More
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Human Nature:
posted by William Saletan
on November 20, 2009
Tweets 11/20/09
Here are some of this week's Human Nature short takes on the news. To get them in real time, subscribe to the HN Twitter feed .
1. Mayor on Chicago's surveillance network: "cameras are the next best thing" to cops. http://bit.ly/syCfU Prediction: Domestic drones are next.
2. Latest Read More