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Joe Paterno and the Truth Right In Front of Our Eyes Reuters

Joe Paterno and the Truth Right In Front of Our Eyes

We are biased to believe in the innocence of those we admire -- even when they have blood on their hands

Steve Jobs Was My Neighbor Reuters

Steve Jobs Was My Neighbor

The man who inspired the world with his technology anonymously inspired one writer with the simple beauty of his home

Victims, Survivors, and Moving On From 9/11 Reuters

Victims, Survivors, and Moving On From 9/11

Dwelling on our own suffering makes us blind to the pain of others

Remembering King's Other Dream Reuters

Remembering King's Other Dream

Toward the end of his life, MLK's focus began to shift from ensuring racial equality to bridging the economic divide between the rich and poor

The Sex Difference in Sex Scandals STR New / Reuters

The Sex Difference in Sex Scandals

Why do these kinds of scandals so rarely happen with female politicians?

One More Note About Integrative Thinking

A reader sent me the following note in response to my post on innovation not being about math, but about more flexible, "integrative" thinking:Most…

Challenger, 25 Year Later

Friday marked the 25th anniversary of the explosion of the Space Shuttle Challenger--an event that itself marked the end of a new generation's…

Innovation Isn't About Math

President Obama's State of the Union speech this week was -- among other things -- a call to action for strengthening innovation in America. "The…

Of Airplanes, Fences, and National Security

Although I've written about aviation for over 20 years now, I rarely write about it on The Atlantic's site because Jim Fallows already does such an…

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