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Clint Eastwood's Hereafter. - The Slate Job Map Is Back
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Readers try to predict when the iPhone will be available on Verizon's network. - Shirley Not Again
The left is doing to Juan Williams what the right did to Shirley Sherrod. - A Short History of Mug Shots
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Christine O'Donnell's cocky ignorance of the First Amendment. - Brilliance in a Box
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Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2010
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When political prognostication goes wrong. - Stay Home!
The case against the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear. - What Clayton Knew
The most shocking discovery yet about how the banks hid their toxic mortgages. - Why Time Needs Newsweek
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Politics claims another casualty in its war against clear language. - Mad Men, Season 4
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Serbia's far right updates the sport's tradition of thuggery. - Billy Goats Rough
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Boron: It's what makes the Hope Diamond blue. - The Black Cauldron
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What happens when you ask soldiers in Afghanistan to be diplomats? 
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Monday, Oct. 18, 2010
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Week 13: I feel Faye's pain. - Political Silence Is Golden
Sometimes it's good news when candidates won't speak to the press. - Mad Men Poll
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The soldiers of the 372nd MP Company have one of the toughest jobs in Afghanistan: fixing the Afghan National Police. - Seeing Double-Green
Can biodiversity conservation reduce poverty?
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