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Weekend Edition: 6-21

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Was This Student Dangerous? (“…despite clear and repeated instructions, the undergrad was writing things that had nothing to do with class assignments — things that made the other students afraid.”)

Blog Headline of the Week

Pope Francis says no to pot while sipping on wine

Arrests of the Week

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Weekend Edition: 6-14

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We are losing the art of reading (“the innate human desire to make ourselves look cleverer than we are, combined with an overabundance of consumer choice and the intense cultural bombardment of the digital age, means we increasingly lack both the time and willpower to engage with anything longer […]

Weekend Edition: 6-7

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Death Takes No Holiday (“Death, unlike the railroads, publishes no schedule. Untimely is the adjective most often paired with death, but what would constitute a timely death?”)

Blog Headline of the Week

Woman Not Guilty of Chemical Warfare; Constitution Saved

Best Blog Line of the Week

“Paris Hilton, like […]

Weekend Edition: 5-31

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Cannonball (“Mary’s Christmas present had been a trip to a famous Bay Area clinic where world-renowned doctors take pictures of people’s brains, and then tell them, very nicely, how fucked-up they are.”)

How the NRA Rewrote the Second Amendment (“From 1888, when law review articles first were indexed, […]

Weekend Edition: 5-24

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How Being Poor Makes You Sick (“…a growing body of evidence suggests that the very condition of living with no money, in a tumultuous environment, and amid stark inequality can alter individuals’ gene expression.”)

The Myth of a ‘War on Religion’ (“…most secular liberals understand—even if Fox News […]