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  • Siobhan Curious

    The mess in Montreal

    May 23, 2012 • 9:43 am

    By Siobhan Curious

    A new law, an attempt to quell increasingly fevered protests around the city, has made things much, much worse, and it's hard to believe that the provincial government actually thought the effect would be otherwise

  • Rob St. Amant

    I'll bet you like ice cream

    May 23, 2012 • 8:35 am

    By Rob St. Amant

    Do you like ice cream? I'll predict that if you care enough to mention ice cream via Twitter, you're probably in favor of it, even moderately enthusiastic

  • TimingLogic

    Jamie Dimon is the tipping point

    May 23, 2012 • 9:59 am

    By TimingLogic

    Do you think Jamie Dimon really knows what he is doing? No one can manage a firm that large and it is his very delusions of self-importance that even allows him to remotely believe he can

  • Rob Cottingham

    Robert Moog turns 78

    May 23, 2012 • 2:06 am

    By Rob Cottingham

    We have so little time on this planet, and so much we can create and share, that the idea that I could ever think of myself as bored feels like a cosmic affront

  • oddsox

    Boom or swoon for Obama in June

    May 21, 2012 • 6:40 pm

    By oddsox

    Normally, you don't think of June as a big political month, not even in an election year. But three days in June might just decide the presidential race

  • awop

    No, we won’t go back!

    May 21, 2012 • 4:37 pm

    By awop

    Things are getting worse and worse for women as state legislatures pass increasingly insane bills to limit women’s access to birth control, abortion — even basic health care services like annual exams