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Archive: 2011

Evidence of Absence

“Snowflake” memos by Donald Rumsfeld, written during his 2001–2006 tenure as U.S. secretary of defense, from among nearly 2,000 documents he released in February. “Snowflake” is the term Rumsfeld used…

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Scenes from the Class War in Wisconsin

On March 1, the day Governor Scott Walker was to present his budget to the assembled lawmakers of Wisconsin, I made my way toward that state’s Capitol building to obtain…

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Findings

Scientists found a strong correlation between a neighborhood’s liquor-store density and risky drinking among its African-American women; that among U.S. Internet daters, black men are much likelier to seek white…

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Video ergo sum

Oliver Sacks and the plasticity of perception

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A Roller Coaster, Dropping

Lynd Ward’s Depression visions

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Spoils of war

Excavating the underground trade in Buddhist antiquities

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Democracy 101

Mark Twain's farewell address

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