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The Happiness Project:
posted by Gretchen Rubin
on December 1, 2009
Happiness: Interview with an (Imaginary) Hostile Reader.
When you realize that something is likely to make you unhappy, you can take steps to change your reaction – even if you can’t change the situation. Read More
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Kausfiles:
posted by Mickey Kaus
on November 30, 2009
NSFW vs. SFW: Sex, Arianna, and the Future of Journalism!
Mary Katharine Ham, in the Weekly Standard , is the latest to blast Huffington Post for its practice of drumming up hits with NSFW pictures of naked and semi-naked women :
After all, The Huffington Post is run by a stand-up, professional, liberal, feminist woman—Arianna Read More
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The XX Factor:
posted by Jessica Grose
on November 30, 2009
Would Polanski Really Flee Swanky Swiss House Arrest?
Roman Polanski is currently trying to make $4.5 million in bail to get out of Swiss jail .
If he can rustle up that sum (and can he? How much coin does Roman
really have?), he would be put under house arrest at his posh chalet in
Gstaad with full access to phone, Internet, television and Read More
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Brow Beat:
posted by Chadwick Matlin
on November 30, 2009
Lost in Translation
The producers of ABC’s Lost fear that any glimpse of the final season will spoil too much. Even an innocuous scene could tell us whether a nuclear bomb changed history or just perpetuated it. Faced with this challenge, ABC has aired one bland promo after another. But Lost ’s Spanish carrier, 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