NPR had an interesting take on the evolving cashless society this morning, telling the story of a small cafe in Washington, D.C. that has st...

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Michael Reynolds (aka sideways) wrote a great post last week about Pakistan’s surrender to the Taliban that got a lot of attention around the web. ...

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We live in a world that likes to focus on flash…the best news is breaking news that portrays the latest tragedy…whether that be...

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In the wake of the British plane plot I suggested that European domestic terror plots hatched up by Muslims will not go away if Europeans ma...

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Apparently, yes. A federal appeals court ruled yesterday that if a motorist is carrying large sums of money, it is automatically subject to co...

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Is the “American Dream” realistically attainable? Meaning “every” American can get there? Is it even what we should be dreamin...

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In the most recent Associated Press-Ipsos poll, Democrats are still favored to reclaim the House this November. Here’s how it breaks down: Not surprisingly, 81 percent...

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Althouse has a post on Title IX and the new phenomenon of men being in the minority on college campuses. When colleges add or emphasize spor...

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(h/t: NeoMugWump…and by the way, go over and read what Dennis Sanders has to say about this) ...

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Robert Anton Wilson, quoted by Commenter “Nick” at Church of the Churchless: DO NOT BELIEVE ANYTHING This remark was made, in these very words, by John Gribbin, physics editor of New Scien...

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Many of our commenters on this post (at AmbivaBlog) took issue with the spirited defense of New Deal-rooted American social democracy expre...

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