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Are cost estimates for health care reform bogus?... Tim predicts the public option won’t survive the Senate... Considering the GOP’s health care bill... Tim vs. Byron on the filibuster... The odd politics of an Afghanistan surge... Byron knocks ...

Should Blackwater be doing “snatch and grabs” in Pakistan?... Torture and the fantasy of 100% safety... Is breaking the law inherent in the CIA’s mission?... Eli defends torturing Khalid Shaikh Mohammed... What Heather and Eli are ...

Mark’s book, “Food Matters”... Tobacco is stigmatized. Can we do the same for processed food?... Ezra calls for school lunch paternalism... Behavioral economics and Thanksgiving dinner... The healthiest way to organize your kitchen... ...

The illogical way we use health insurance... Does Sarah Palin deserve all the attention she’s getting?... Is the political-entertainment complex a good thing?... Why Conor hates living in DC... Videogames as the dominant medium of the new ...

How big is the crisis?... Tracking the virus across the globe... How the WHO first identified H1N1... What happens when a pandemic is declared... Why influenza viruses are so challenging... Vaccines, doomsday scenarios, and international ...

The distance between Noam Chomsky and evolutionary psychology... How Chomsky snuck in to Bob’s 9th-grade English class... Steve’s book, “The Stuff of Thought”... How language reveals the structure of the human mind... Why has violence been ...

Andrew Sullivan vs. Sarah Palin... Matt diagnoses conservative bloggers with Palin fatigue... The left is largely happy with Reid’s health care bill…... ...while the right alleges CBO chicanery... Debating Obama’s bow to the Japanese emperor... ...

Is Sarah Palin dumb or evil? Intelligent people can disagree... Comparing “Going Rogue” to “Dreams From My Father”... Is Palin an unreflective complainer or a model of optimism?... The exuberance of Palin, the thoughtfulness of Obama... Ann ...

Andrew dissents from the conventional wisdom on Afghanistan... Is Afghanistan just a distraction?... Debating what, if anything, America can do to improve Pakistan... Can we reduce the damage from Islam’s transition to modernity?... Andrew’s ...

Political lessons of the Fort Hood shooting... Placing terrorists on the spectrum between warriors and criminals... Is abortion health care?... Dayo: Sarah Palin is a cultural figure, not a politician... Payday loans and the vortex of poverty... Can ...

The coming Murdoch-Google war... Snore-inducing journalism that undergirds democracy... Legally, who is a journalist?... The Ann Coulter dilemma: Ignore or engage the fringe?... What the new populists misunderstand about politicians’ morality... ...

Viktor’s new book, “Delete”... How a random photo can ruin someone’s life... Viktor proposes encoding expiration dates into digital photos... Can society just adjust?... Don’t let current friendships be destroyed by old e-mails... Farhad ...

Ousted President Zelaya cuts off negotiations... Peter: Neither side has shown good faith in talks... America’s less-than-ideal handling of the dispute... Did Asst. Secretary of State Shannon bungle an accord?... The regional view of the Honduran ...

Robert’s new book, “The 50th Law”... Robert says power is better than happiness... Robert’s controversial 7th law: Take credit for others’ work... Eliezer on censorship in online communities... Will politics thwart transhumanists’ ...

Michael’s new book, “Denialism”... Vaccine skepticism: an expensive decadence... Americans admire science—so why do they distrust it?... Irrational fear of genetically-modified food... Personalized medicine and genetically-programmed ...

Liberal bloggers boycott DNC over gay rights... The politics of the pro-life Stupak amendment... Pro-lifers won the battle, may lose war... Did political correctness shield the Fort Hood shooter?... Matt harkens back to a simpler time of greater ...

Joe vs. David: Is Iran a looming crisis?... Can Obama keep Israel from striking Iran?... Eyewitnesses to the mess in Afghanistan... David questions, Joe defends Obama’s Pakistan policy... Afghanistan: A policy everyone agrees on, but no one ...

Lester’s new book, “Plan B 4.0”... Rising food prices: coming soon to a supermarket near you!... Can the US mobilize WWII-style against climate change?... Sorry, SuperFreakonomics—geoengineering won’t save us... The case against nuclear ...

John’s new book, “Atomic Obsession”... The incredibly small odds of a nuclear terrorist attack... Why Obama’s arms control efforts may be counterproductive... John: Israel can live with Iran having the bomb... Fears of a crippling ...