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Reefer Sanity

Joshua Green

14

It's Too Easy Being Green

Kai Ryssdal

13

Teachers Are Fair Game

David Brooks

12

The Rise of the Drones

Martha Raddatz

11

Obama Is No Liberal

James Bennet

10

The Triumph of Free Speech

Jeffrey Rosen

9

The Catholic Church Is Finished

Ross Douthat

8

Deficits Matter

Megan McArdle

7

Information Wants to Be Paid For

Walter Isaacson

6

The Kids Aren't All Right

David Leonhardt

5

Bonfire of the Knuckleheads

Jeffrey Goldberg

4

The Power of No

Michael Kinsley

3

Boredom is Extinct

Walter Kirn

2

America Is No. 2

James Fallows

1

The End of Men

Hanna Rosin

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Will We Lose the Bookshelf?

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This Is the End

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What It Means to Be a Libertarian

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A New Publication on the Los Angeles Scene

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Web Evolution

The author argues that our online future is going to be different from what we expected several years ago. More »

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Show Us What We Spend on Power

Electricity bills are confusing, and don't arrive until long after the damage is done. The fix to a system that's high in both costs and headaches lies in connecting consumers to their consumption--show people what they're using in real time, and make it easy to compare costs to kilowatts.

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