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“Why Won’t She Behave?”: The Demand for Hillary Clinton to Apologize
During the past couple of months, Hillary Clinton has come “out of the woods” to deliver several speeches and give three fascinating…
Susan Bordo
Jun 22
Kellyanne Conway melts down on CNN after being asked basic question about Russia
She claims the real meddling came from political pundits.
Aaron Rupar
Jun 23
Jordan Bell Adds to the Embarrassment of Riches in Golden State
The Warriors may have added another multi-tool forward to their arsenal
Paolo Uggetti
Jun 23
I’m here to help you through the hardest parts of your coding journey
Starting today, I’m collaborating with freeCodeCamp on a YouTube series called Ask Preethi. You can write me with your coding questions…
Preethi Kasireddy
Jun 24
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Hunger
Female directors and the rise of girl-cannibal horror
Sady Doyle
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The Fearsome is Female
Jun 21
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Political Correctness
The tyranny of “PC culture” is real — and a threat to liberal society
Cathy Young
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When Liberalism Stops Being Liberal
Jun 22
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The Word Was Google
In the beginning was the word, and the word was with Google, and the word was Google
Tom Littrell
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Coding the Creator
Jun 21
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Damn the Writers, Maybe
Or Should You be a Surgeon or a Poet?
David Snyder
Jun 6
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Traveling in the Age of Anger
Political turbulence is affecting how we travel and where—here’s why that matters
Henry Wismayer
Jun 23
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A Brief History of the Migratory Patterns of Eyebrows
What’s the best filter for goat-hair falsies?
Hanna Brooks Olsen
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Pulling at Threads
Jun 23
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How Noise Can Improve Your Creativity
Why no noise is not necessarily good news
Donald M. Rattner, AIA
Jun 23
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A Little Romance on the 33
I’ve always found the dark brown-and-tan MUNI uniforms very aesthetically pleasing, as does Sylvia, who once proposed going to work as a…
Davy Carren
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As the Bus Turns
Jun 23
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Your cat is a millennial and he literally can’t even
Strategies to help you manage your team of millennial cats
Thryn
Jun 22
You Are Now Fully Optimized
When you wake up, it’s 6:00 a.m., you think. You’re not sure, so you ask Alexa. It’s 6:15 — you must have asked for some snooze time. You…
Sunil Rajaraman
Jun 20
The Science Behind the ‘Sunday Scaries’
Charles Bukowski wisely once said, “Sundays kill more men than bombs.”
MEL
Jun 19
Graduating with dignity, but without justice
By Gavin Grimm
Gavin Grimm
Jun 20
Black women are the only ones showing up for black women
ESSAY | The death of Charleena Lyles this week shows us that
LeslieMac
Jun 21
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Fighting crime with Slack
How the Hartford Police Department gathers intelligence in real time
Slack
Jun 21
Apple Should Get Into Primary Care
Another earnings call, another day people wonder how Apple makes so much money. Another look at Apple’s balance sheet, another day people…
Nikhil Krishnan
Jun 17
When will we see a Tesla of the skies?
David Alexander, Director, Aerospace Standards, SAE International
World Economic Forum
Jun 15
We’ve studied the future of the internet since 2004. Here’s what we’ve learned.
Since 2004, the Pew Research Center has been asking thousands of experts to predict the impact of the internet in the future. In the summer…
Lee Rainie
Jun 22
We Cannot Amuse Ourselves to Death
And that is far more worrying than the idea that we could.
Zander Nethercutt
Jun 19
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Are you too busy to be creative?
You are just too busy to be creative. You have the best of intentions but other stuff and other people just keep getting in the way.
Cali Bird
Jun 17
Paying Hell for Creativity: Why “Failure” is Actually Good
At Magenta Studios, our goal is to “break the creativity code” — to understand creativity, to teach it, and to use it not only to make art…
Jeff Barnum
Jun 14
Don’t Relegate Creativity to a Select Few
The future of your business depends on it.
Jackie Colburn
Jun 16
Why Every Writer Needs A Writing Mentor
(And Where To Find One)
ProWritingAid
Jun 14
How to Tap Into Your Creativity
Creativity cannot be forced.
Ravi Shankar Rajan
Jun 20
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Scaling A Startup? Pick An Idol
You know, for someone who has never run a company, I have a ton of opinions about how to do it better than anyone else. I’m all about that…
Frank Caron
Jun 21
How to Create a Side Project that Customers Actually Want
“Don’t find customers for your product. Find products for your customers.” — Seth Godin
Liam Sarsfield
Jun 20
Should I learn to code if I want to be a tech entrepreneur?
One common question I get asked is: “Should I learn to code if I want to be a tech entrepreneur?”
Poornima Vijayashanker
Jun 21
How to Create a Successful App: The Art of Finding a Problem Worth Solving
Most successful products share one thing in common: they are efficient painkillers. In order for your app to capture a share of the market…
Josiah Humphrey
Jun 20
Should Startups Care About Profitability?
There are certain topics that even some of the smartest people I talk with who aren’t startup oriented can’t fully grok. One of them is…
Mark Suster
Jun 17
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Political Correctness
The tyranny of “PC culture” is real — and a threat to liberal society
Cathy Young
in
When Liberalism Stops Being Liberal
Jun 22
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Hunger
Female directors and the rise of girl-cannibal horror
Sady Doyle
in
The Fearsome is Female
Jun 21
Beauty Tips from Countess Elizabeth Bathory
A 16th-century Hungarian serial killer who murdered young women and bathed in their blood as part of her beauty regime.
Amy Morrison
Jun 16
The hot new swimsuits of 2017 are not going to work for me
ESSAY | Perhaps you’ve seen one of these puzzling styles
The Lily News
Jun 18
How Gaming Can Save us from our Apathy
My first year of college I made friends with a roommate trio in an adjacent dorm. They began to withdraw socially and academically after…
Christopher Cinq-Mars Jarvis
Jun 12
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Dear Class of 2017
Here are five commencement speeches that inspired me to think differently this year.
Melinda Gates
Jun 22
My Answer to the Question “How Do You Maximize Your Happiness in Life?
This post originally appeared as an answer to a question on Quora.
Ayodeji Awosika
Jun 7
10 Ways To Get People To Hate You
Hate is a strong word. Isn’t it? Some people throw it around easily but it’s one of those words…you know, the words that make you pause…
Robert Kennedy III
Jun 19
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The Complete Guide to Happiness for Introverts
Is it true that extroverting will make you happier?
Kate Jones
Jun 20
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Progressive Prepping 101: Online Resources
The guaranteed no-Confederate-flag, almost-entirely-Bible-free guide to online emergency preparedness resources for beginners
Sarah Avery
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Confessions of a Left-Wing Prepper
Jun 19
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A Kid Like Me
When I was a kid, I fell asleep in school a lot. The teachers didn’t scold me, and they kept the other kids from pointing and laughing…
Marty Walsh
Jun 24
The Agony of Jon Ossoff
This past Tuesday we concluded the most expensive House race of all time. Neophyte Jon Ossoff, a 30-year-old NatSec wonk, lost to Karen…
we can't govern
Jun 23
Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, ISIS, and Iran: Is “Half” a Strategy Better than None?
By Anthony H. Cordesman | June 19, 2017 on CSIS.org
CSIS
Jun 19
Poor Prognosis: The AHCA and America’s Mental Health Care
[This article was originally published on The Depression Army blog. Thank you, Dr. R., for editing. Note — this was originally written May…
Julie Stoller
Jun 23
If the Government Spied on You, How Would You Know?
We’re suing the Justice Department to disclose when the government tells people it electronically spied on them.
ACLU National
Jun 23
