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Lawyers Opposing Health Care Law Cite Kids-With-Pre-Existing-Conditions-Can-Go-Fuck-Themselves Clause WASHINGTON—As the Supreme Court hears oral arguments today on President Obama's health care reform law, plaintiffs aiming to strike down the legislation are citing the U.S. more »On Fridays, I post a series of unrelated questions meant to spark conversation in the comments. Answer one, answer all, respond to someone else’s reply, whatever you want. On to this week’s topics of discussion… Graduation image via Shutterstock
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On newsstands March 1. Are you seeing stars? That could be the result of your new copy of The Oxford American's "Visual South Issue" arriving in ... read more »
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Wed 28 Mar 4:24 pm Writer Peter Phillips, 92, died March 28, 2012, according to his son-in-law. Born January 1, 1920 in London, Phillips was active as an SF writer fr...
Selections from the Archives Each month we post a new selection from The Sun ’s archives, which date back to 1974. What’s your favorite piece from The Sun and why? Tell us , and we may post your suggestion here.
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Archive / By Maywa Montenegro / Two years after the financial crisis, Wall Street has recovered, but has our economics fundamentally changed? We revisit a 2009 post-crisis interview with pioneering ecological economist Herman Daly who, through the lens of biophysics, urges us to think about economies that flourish — without growth.
How you frame a problem profoundly influences the solutions you get. And it’s too easy to fall into thinking traps when it comes to it. Let’s look at one of these traps — and offer some ideas on how you can overcome it. Have you ever heard of E-Prime? Critical thinkers use it as a tool to write, speak and think more clearly and accurately.
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The extraordinary sale of the fish vase once again called into question how and why we value art. It made headlines because it was, by most people's reckoning, an exorbitant amount of money for a single object, no matter how beautiful. "Could it really be worth so much?" everyone inevitably asked. One could ask the same about much of Western contemporary art -- an animal suspended in formaldehyde, an enormous monochromatic canvas, a neon sign -- that regularly goes for millions.