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Your right to personal privacy is shrinking even as Corporate America's is growing. - Godfather vs. Vor
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How the conservative women's movement is using social networks. - A New Home for the iPhone?
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Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2010
- A New Plan for Afghanistan
Less counterinsurgency, more killing and capturing. - Extreme Ethical Hygiene at the New York Times
Times opinion columnist Joe Nocera isn't always entitled to his opinion. - A Stimulus for the GOP
President Obama makes an unforced error, and Republicans take advantage. - How Does the Military Prove That Someone Is Gay?
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In one poor Shiite suburb of Beirut, the Iranian president is a conqueror and a heartthrob. - In the Tank
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Week 12: Don's net worth. - In Defense of Middle Management
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Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2010
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Do we need a foreclosure moratorium? And other dilemmas. - Why Don't Soldiers Wear Bulletproof Face Masks?
Because they're hot, heavy, and don't work very well. - Retiring the Side
Why are sportswriters so eager to tell aging stars they've "stayed too long" in the game? - Don't Worry, the Robot's Driving
Texting on the road is dangerous. The solution: self-driving cars. - The Family That Bathes Together
Prudie counsels a mother who wonders when the time is right to stop bathing with her little boy. - Signed and Sealed
The foreclosure mess aside, making states recognize one another's documents is a good idea. - The GOP's Disastrous Ideas
Why Brazil, India, and China will be thrilled if Republicans win the midterms. - Mad Men, Season 4
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Just months before Sudan's secession referendum, displaced southerners are being harassed for brewing a traditional drink. - Authenticus Maximus
Making sense of the bloodiest postmodern show on television, Spartacus. - Drinking While Pregnant
Do women really need to abstain completely? - Those Were the Days
How do today's shorter, simpler TV theme songs stack up to the classics of the genre? - "On Finding Bloodstains in My Notebook After a Bad Party"
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Monday, Oct. 11, 2010
- Start Poor. Work Hard. Do Well. Be Hated Anyway.
Why do Americans resent upward mobility? - Mad Men, Season 4
Week 12: Don's Hail Mary. - Hang Up and Listen: The Sleaziest Men in Sports Edition
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Tea Partiers worry that a GOP landslide will let the party ignore them again. - Un-American Influence
Could foreign spending on elections really be legal? - Dear Prudence: OCD Neat Freak?
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What normal person would put up with the inane indignities of the electoral process? - They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
The life of an equine movie star. - The Riddle of the Sphincter
Why do women who have anal sex get more orgasms? - Real Men Cry and Do Laundry
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