A Quiet Revolution Grows in the Muslim World
"In many of the scores of countries that are predominantly Muslim, the latest generation of activists is redefining society in novel ways. This new soft revolution is distinct from three earlier waves...
View ArticleToo Poor to Make the News
"The super-rich give up their personal jets; the upper middle class cut back on private Pilates classes; the merely middle class forgo vacations and evenings at Applebee’s. In some accounts, the...
View Article"That Was Way Too Close!"
Wonderfully absurd escapes from mortal danger in the original G.I. Joe cartoon.
View ArticleA Hard Man is Good to Find
Filament aims to be a different kind of women's magazine. They plan to "cover a wide range of topics [but absolutely no beauty or diet articles] that inspire and engage , and [give women] gorgeous boys...
View ArticleGood Night and Tough Luck
"Getting a good night’s sleep is actually a lot more complicated than one would think." An amusing look at the problems involved in getting a good night's sleep.
View ArticleLos 33: Chilean miners face up to a strange new world
"The rescue of 33 miners from Chile's San José mine after 69 days trapped underground was a triumph shared with the whole world. But the transition back to normality is proving difficult for both the...
View ArticleTeaching 9/11
"The events of September 11th are being discussed, taught, and commemorated in high school classrooms throughout the nation this week. And in many of those classrooms, the students are increasingly too...
View ArticleThe crime against women that no one understands
"They would be 10 educated, professional women versus a demonstrated liar—a man who had pretended to be a doctor, a CIA employee, even an astronaut—whom a court-appointed psychologist would decide met...
View ArticleIn 'unusual' turn, Cook County state's attorney supports lawsuits questioning...
"Thefight for same-sex marriage rights in Illinois took an unprecedented turn Thursday as Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez conceded that the state's ban on gay marriage violates the Illinois...
View ArticleThe secret allure of the spoiler. Think you don’t want to know the ending?...
"Is there a greater cultural sin than a good story spoiled? The accepted modern posture is that knowing too much beforehand about the plot of a novel, a play, a movie, even a TV series, ruins the magic...
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