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Unemployment is a peculiar feature of the division of labor. In a society where people are able to completely provide for themselves by hunting or growing their own food, barring […]
It was Andy Warhol who said “sex is the biggest nothing of all time,” and whether his coy abstinence is worth comparing to the young novelists analyzed in Katie Roiphe’s […]
Quick Quiz: Who is the only artist to be named “man of the century”? Picasso? Did Demoiselles d'Avignon and Guernica preach love and peace to define the twentieth century? I […]
The attempted destruction of North West Airlines Flight 253 over Detroit by suicide bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallah has belatedly shone a spotlight on Yemen, the country where the terrorist allegedly […]
How are large groups of animals capable of astonishingly coordinated behavior? Do human crowds behave according to similar logic? This week Princeton evolutionary biologist Iain Couzin, a specialist in self-organized pattern […]
It's been a year since I last redesigned my personal blog. This time around, I've been thinking of making more substantial changes -- possibly even getting a new blog host. […]
Supporters of the Iranian Government have used the grave of Neda Soltan, the young woman killed during protests in June who became a symbol of opposition, as target practise.
Yemen insisted yesterday that it could handle its own security challenges without direct intervention from foreign powers “pointedly warning” the US to keep its troops out.
New research has found that there is an increased presence and severity of coronary artery plaques in men infected with HIV.
Two defense contractors have been charged with shooting and killing two Afghan citizens in Kabul and wounding a third, prosecutors said on Thursday.
Officials are warning that the World Cup in South Africa could be a public health disaster with half the nation’s prostitutes carrying HIV and half a million football fans expected in the region.
More than 200 former child soldiers have been sent home from Nepal after being disqualified for being recruited after the ceasefire code of conduct was signed in May 2006.
Australian sheep farmer Peter Spencer is entering his 47th day on hunger strike after the government rendered his livelihood useless “in the name of combating climate change.”
The New Jersey Senate yesterday rejected a bill to legalize same-sex marriage in the state with a 20/40 vote against the motion striking a serious blow for gay rights advocates.
Thousands of enraged Egyptian Christians clashed with police in the city of Nag Hammadi yesterday after a drive-by shooting the previous night killed six Christians and wounded nine.
Sexual abuse of detainees at juvenile prisons is a “systemic problem” according to a federal report which found that 3 out of 25 young prisoners are abused by their “carers”.
Yesterday I wrote that Sen. Chris Dodd's (D-CT) retirement may actually improve the Democrats' chance of retaining his seat in the fall. Indeed, as Greg Sargent reports, an early poll […]
Plastic Logic finally released its much-anticipated QUE reader today, along with news of agreements that a forest full of books, magazines and newspapers will be available on the device. The […]
Losing sleep over the bleak future of real estate? You might do well to look into hooking your home (new or old) up to use geothermal energy. Experts are saying […]
For a long time, it seemed like primitive 3D technology (and the word “technology” was used pretty loosely back then) did very little to enhance the entertainment experience. But with […]