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The Normalizing of the Presidency

David D. Burstein | Posted 09.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: White House, Vice President, Political Commentary, Normalcy, President Obama, Psychology, Presidency, Barack Obama, Government, Politics, American Politics, Obama White House, Political Psychology, Obama Presidency, 2008 Presidential Race, Presidential Election, Politics News
David D. Burstein

Barack Obama might be one of the most normal presidents we have had in years. His connectedness to the real world is one of the things that made him appealing as a candidate.

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The Search for Normalcy

Robert Teitelman | Posted 09.29.2009 | Business

Read More: New Normal, Great Panic of 2008, Normalcy, Risk Management, Post-Bubble, Great Recession, Bubbles, Risk, Financial TImes, Market Equilibrium, Businessweek, Business News
Robert Teitelman

One view of "normal" has come out of the crisis stronger than ever: that "normal" doesn't exist at all, that the belief in market equilibrium has been effectively undermined.

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Jackson Wasn't Normal. So what?

David Berreby | Posted 08.09.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Michael Jackson, Science, Statistics, Normalcy, Entertainment News
David Berreby

This prejudice in favor of the typical is on full display this week, as the world reacts to the death of Michael Jackson.

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No One Who Was Normal Ever Made History: A Tribute to Michael Jackson

James Arthur Ray | Posted 07.29.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Michael Jackson, Normalcy, Michael Jackson Death, Michael Jackson Dead, Jesus, Geniuses, Michael Jackson Dies, Walt Whitman, Friedrich Nietzsche, Genius, Death, Life, Icon, Fame, Tribute, Entertainment News
James Arthur Ray

Michael's life, when considered within the broader scope of highly creative people throughout history, was not really that unusual after all.

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Feeling Normal?

Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 03.02.2009 | Style

Read More: The 1970s, Stds, Normalcy, Queens, Gypsy, Joan of Arc, Arthur Rimbaud, Teenage Girls, Dostoyevsky, Gypsies, Allen Ginsberg, New York City, Religion, James Joyce, Iconoclasts, High School, Friedrich Nietzsche, Nietzsche, Penicillin, Reading, 1970s, Teenagers, Style News
Jayne Lyn Stahl

I grew up in a place, Bayside, New York; a place where, when I mentioned Nietzsche, the woman who lived above me asked, "if you take Penicillin, will it cure that?"

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