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June 24, 2013

Speed of Ascent

The Supreme Court sends a signal that the era of race-based affirmative action is waning.
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Published on June 24, 2013 22:00

June 20, 2013

The Humanist Vocation

A new report assessing the state of the humanities reinforces the sense that people no longer feel the intrinsic value of reading important books of the ages.
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Published on June 20, 2013 22:00

June 18, 2013

Border Raids

Brooks and Collins review Rick Perry’s traveling salesman act.
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Published on June 18, 2013 22:00

June 17, 2013

Beyond the Brain

Advances in neuroscience promise many things, but they will never explain everything.
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Published on June 17, 2013 22:00

June 13, 2013

Religion and Inequality

The naked dominance of today’s success ethic has contributed to a loss of cultural dynamism, maybe even social stagnancy.
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Published on June 13, 2013 22:00

June 11, 2013

Data, Data, What Do You See?

Brooks and Collins on domestic spying and foreign policy.
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Published on June 11, 2013 22:00

June 10, 2013

The Solitary Leaker

Edward Snowden faced quite a dilemma in exposing secrets of the N.S.A. But he also executed a devastating betrayal that it seems he hasn’t recognized.
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Published on June 10, 2013 22:00

June 7, 2013

The Big Money

Stories of our hard times, with a nod to John Dos Passos.
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Published on June 07, 2013 02:05

June 6, 2013

The Power Inversion

As Washington coughs along in perpetual sclerosis, state and city governments take the stage.
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Published on June 06, 2013 22:00

June 4, 2013

Is This a Government Which I See Before Me?

Brooks and Collins on the prospects for immigration reform, Obama nominees and environmental action.
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Published on June 04, 2013 22:00

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