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Many of us cling to our “jerry-rigged” system even as it fails us, but early in his career, health reform expert Jacob Hacker saw a clear need for change.
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A conversation with the Yale political science professor and healthcare expert.
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Reihan Salam says the GOP can “win the working class and save the American Dream.” Will business and the working class really align, or are conservatives themselves dreaming?
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Could nanotechnology ever help us build nuclear plants at low cost? Or will we have to content ourselves with novelty items like “nano-pants”?
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If there’s one thing conservatism should conserve, it’s the rejection of government tinkering in favor of innovation at the margins.
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Reihan Salam believes the Indiana governor practices the “politics of honest tradeoffs” the President had sought to embody.
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Is the post-sexual-revolution man an improvement? Or does the “Mad Men” phenomenon signal nostalgia for something important we’re losing?
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What’s left of the male breadwinner stereotype may not survive the recession. The results won’t be pretty.
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Reihan Salam was raised informally as a Muslim, but isn’t particularly religious. So what brings out his “boosterish” zeal?
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For the conservative journalist, high school debate was a transformative experience. We asked which pundits make the most formidable arguments—from either side of the aisle.
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A conversation with the writer and fellow at the New America Foundation.
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Contrary to popular opinion, men are just as likely to suffer from depression than women—they just repress it, sometimes with fatal results.
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Males are less likely to make it through the embryonic state and more likely to develop a wealth of disorders and diseases.
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The masculine chromosome is unique in its inability to repair itself, making it exceptionally prone to mutation and pollution.
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A conversation with the professor of clinical medicine at Columbia University.
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When Marvin Zuckerman was developing his theory of sensation-seeking, his college friends provided a handy prototype.
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Why is isolation so dreadful for humans? As the clinical psychologist points out, it interferes with one of our brain’s basic needs.
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As the psychologist explains, a very basic learning pattern stands as the basis for the increasingly violent nature of cinema.
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A psychologist explains why those equipped with a strong novelty-seeking gene tend to exhibit unconventional thinking—something that is clear as much in street criminals as scientists.
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Since the days of hunting and gathering, males have been hardwired to seek out novelty and risk. Yet in today’s society, this trait often proves fatal.