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Obama, Madoff and American Self-Esteem

by Dick Meyer, author of Why We Hate Us: American Discontent and the New Millennium  (Three Rivers Press, 2009). Since publishing Why We Hate Us: American Discontent and the New Millennium, the single question I have been asked the most … Continue reading

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Your Brain on Swine Flu

by Amanda Ripley, author of The Unthinkable: Who Survives When Disaster Strikes—and Why and a contributor to TIME Magazine. One of the strange things about influenza pandemics is that they happen in slow motion, giving us time to reflect. Looking … Continue reading

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