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Sep 25, 2014
I Don’t Want to Smell Your Pot Smoke and I Don’t Think it Should Be Legalized
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by Jennifer Garam
Sep 25, 2014
Will We Have Any Privacy After the Big Data Revolution?
IDEAS
by Zócalo Public Square
Sep 25, 2014
The 3% Economy
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by Rana Foroohar
Sep 25, 2014
Kenny Loggins and Joel Stein's Greatest Hit
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by Joel Stein
Sep 25, 2014
What Can Studying People From Birth to Death Teach You About Living the Good Life?
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by Eric Barker
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Sep 24, 2014
Syria's Jihadis Should Be Confronted, Not Feared
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by Daniel Benjamin
Sep 24, 2014
Tiger Mom, Hold That Growl
by Martha Pickerill
Sep 24, 2014
I Dumped My Friend Because She Spanked Her Kids
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by Galit Breen
Sep 24, 2014
Why Cutting Soda Calories Isn’t Such a Sweet Idea
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by Mandy Oaklander
Sep 24, 2014
9 Email Rules From a Google Exec
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by Eric Schmidt
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Sep 24, 2014
Sorry, Privileged White Ladies, but Emma Watson Isn’t a 'Game Changer' for Feminism
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by Amy McCarthy
Sep 24, 2014
Lena Dunham: A Generation's Gutsy, Ambitious Voice
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by Roxane Gay
Sep 24, 2014
How Not to Be a Jerk to Your Child Who Is Coming Out
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by Biz Hurst
Sep 24, 2014
Not Everyone in the Village Is Worthy of Raising a Child
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by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Sep 24, 2014
Making Abortions Illegal Doesn't Make Them Go Away
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by Quinn Cummings