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Saddam's Social Network Not So Foreign

Bradley W. Bloch | Posted 05.25.2011

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Bradley W. Bloch

If social network analysis is so powerful, why isn't it used more often--in intelligence and elsewhere?

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Moral Hazard in Iceland

Iris Erlingsdottir | Posted 05.25.2011

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Iris Erlingsdottir

What is especially disheartening in Iceland is that, not only did the bankers retain their compensation; they continue to draw salaries in their new positions of authority in the new banks and in the government.

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The Super Bowl Slippery Slope: Advertising and Free Speech

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Marcia G. Yerman

I have to start off with an admission. I haven't watched the Super Bowl in over twenty years. Bone crushing violence does nothing for me. I prefer...

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A Review of The Cleveland Show: Hancock's Previous Episodes

Catie Lazarus | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Seth MacFarlane, Slate.com, Jody Rosen, Cleveland, Family Guy, The Cleveland Show, The Simpsons, Jody-Rosen, Designing Women, Arianna Huffington, Entertainment News
Catie Lazarus

The pop-psychology de rigueur depiction of familial dysfunction where members act as arm chair psychologists and solve each others' problems is America's cheapest form of mental health care.

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District 9

Will Menaker | Posted 05.25.2011

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Will Menaker

Soderbergh's The Girlfriend Experience may have been the smartest movie I've seen this year, but Neill Blomkamp's District 9 is definitely the most fun.

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From 'Birthers' To Death Panels: Blame It On August

Dr. Judith Rich | Posted 11.17.2011

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Dr. Judith Rich

Does life seem weirder and crazier than normal these days? Do you feel like you've fallen down a rabbit hole or gotten sucked into the twilight zone?...

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What Is Addiction?

Stanton Peele | Posted 11.17.2011

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Stanton Peele

Addiction is a nasty business which enslaves people. But if you're going to target that practice, then you'd better come and take all the coffee and Diet Coke the office.

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Leave Barack Alone! (VIDEO)

Slate | Posted 05.25.2011

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What if Britney Spears' most notoriously emotional defender was a fan of Barack Obama too? Thanks to Slate (with voiceover by Christopher Beam), now ...

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