Culture & Religion — April 9, 2010

Brand Rehab

Americans love a redemption story, and Tiger Woods is likely to join a long list of brands that have come back refreshed after a stint in rehab.

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Tiger Woods is likely to join a long list of companies and individuals that have come back refreshed after a stint in rehab. Like Martha Stewart and Kobe Bryant — as well as Johnson & Johnson and Coca-Cola — the Woods brand is now set to relaunch, and has the possibility of emerging even stronger. “There is nothing Americans like more than a redemption story — particularly when the man being redeemed is supremely good at his 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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