Guest Thinkers — August 16, 2010

Marty Kaplan: NH is the News Media’s Katrina

Perhaps the best quote on the horse race coverage goes to USC professor Marty Kaplan writing at the Huffington Post:

I wonder whether this humiliating turnabout, played out in real time over a very short period right in front of the American people, could be the MSM’s Katrina. Political media, you’ve done a heckuva job.

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Thinking

The great free will debate featuring Michio Kaku and Steven Pinker

Who — or what — really controls your mind?

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The Past

The largest accidental explosion of all time

More than a century ago, Halifax suffered an accidental blast one-fifth the size of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima.

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High Culture

6 great books with wildly unreliable narrators

Dive into the twisted truths and concealed realities told by literature’s most unreliable narrators.

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The Well

Signs you’re burned out — and how to bounce back

If you don’t feel better after the weekend, the “burnout paradox” could explain why.

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Laurie Santos

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