1. Jackson Lears reviews Jared Diamond (some parts of the review are quite good, other parts quite bad).
2. Great Stagnation, iPhone edition.
3. Some weird parts of the fiscal cliff bill.
4. Why don’t more pitchers learn the knuckleball?
5. Michael Blowhard defends the U.S. Constitution.
6. A social club for dogs (“toy aggression” is supposedly a deal breaker).
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