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"Ridiculing Tea Party shenanigans is a serious error." Noam Chomsky says we must first understand why justly angry citizens have been drawn to the right.
The world is lousy with aspiring novelists who will probably never be published. Intelligent Life Magazine offers insight into what keeps them writing.
What can be said of revelatory moments in life whose meaning seems beyond the reach of words? Should anything be said at all? Philosopher Roger Scruton on the ineffable.
Apparently you can teach some old dogs new tricks. In a piece by Digital Planet producer Colin Grant, artist David Hockney discusses his love affair with his iPhone and iPad […]
Jill Lepore, in her New Yorker piece on Ron Chernow’s Washington: A Life (and on, more broadly, biography), put it beautifully: “There is no humility in monumental biography. But there […]
If we are truly worried about mitigating the social effects of drug use, we are likely to have more success regulating it than prohibiting it entirely.
Nation editor Chris Hayes will not be subbing for Keith Olbermann after all. I posted earlier that he was disinvited but, that was incorrect. Hayes tweeted: "OK: I'm not filling […]
What do you think of the advertisement below? Does it warm your heart? Does it bore you? Perhaps the answer depends on whether you’re a parent, or even more specifically, […]
Psychiatrists see a lot of people who are, to use the technical term, screwed up. Psychiatrists' talk, then, often turns around curing, or ameliorating, or at least preventing "bad" behaviors […]
Several weeks ago, we featured OpenIDEO – innovation consultancy IDEO's collaborative platform for concepting and implementing social-good projects. Open Planet Ideas, a partnership between Sony and WWF, is using IDEO's […]
The recent shuttle launch has a strange passenger: a 330-pound humanoid robot called Robonaut 2, or R2 for short. It's the first humanoid robot to be sent into space, and […]
MSNBC host Keith Olbermann has been suspended indefinitely without pay after Politico reported that he made campaign contributions to progressive Democrats: Olbermann made campaign contributions to two Arizona members of […]
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Speaker Quinn is most inspired by the idea that individuals can make a difference.
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Beyond doing their job well, traditionally marginalized people need to view their differences as assets, not problems, says Speaker Quinn.
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New York City Council Speaker and potential candidate for Mayor Christine Quinn came out to another openly gay politician, while riding the subway.
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In response to an increase in anti-LGBT hate crimes, the New York City Council is spearheading public school initiatives to teach children tolerance.
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Mayor Bloomberg has brought a diversity of experience to City Hall, says the council speaker. Asked if she'll be vying for his job in 2013, she simply says she's focused […]
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"Internationally, there are lots of folks who want to come here, but the reality of the lack of immigration reform on the federal level actually makes it harder for companies […]
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Hospitality is just one of many industries that could make New York less reliant on Wall Street tax dollars, says Speaker Quinn.