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May 20, 2013
  
  
(Essays)
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SLAVOJ ZIZEK, 760 WORDS
Our readiness to assume guilt for the threats to our environment is deceptively reassuring: We like to be guilty since, if we are guilty, then it all depends on us.
Second U.S. and all other rights available.

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CLIVE THOMPSON, 3517 WORDS
The Internet hasn't wrecked the craft of writing yet. Indeed, in one sense online communication has helped revive the written word in an otherwise rampantly postprint culture.
Second U.S. and all other rights available.

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JERRY ZEZIMA, 779 WORDS
There is an old and wise saying: The best things in life are free. Nothing epitomized that better than my dog, Lizzie. She cost nothing, but she was priceless.
Not available in Connecticut. All other rights available.

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MIKE SAGER, 1901 WORDS
How do you chase death and stay unaffected?
Not available in San Diego. All other rights available.

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MIKE SAGER, 1713 WORDS
If you could get into a time machine (hot tub or otherwise) and travel back though the years, you'd discover that human kind has always lived with this same sense of dread . . . the feeling that any moment a wooly mammoth or a saber tooth tiger could show up and trample or decimate the tribe.
Not available in San Diego. All other rights available.

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KEVIN MCKEEVER, 620 WORDS
Forget the stereotypes and caricatures, today's dads are doing the job effectively and without media hype.
Not available in Connecticut. All other rights available.

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GREG BEATO, 1330 WORDS
It says something about the exhibitionistic age we live in that a video of a politician and his mistress has emerged as a totem of privacy, an intensely personal object.
Second U.S. and all other rights available.

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DANIEL ASA ROSE, 2375 WORDS
What do you think about when each thought, each memory, could be your last?
Second electronic and all other rights available.

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YAHIA LABABIDI, 1810 WORDS
In an Egypt where passion is kept buttoned up by religiosity, Yahia Lababidi observes an all-pervading sensuality that will not be denied.
Second rights available in UK. All other rights available.

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TIM CAVANAUGH, 1078 WORDS
Experts say things are collapsing. Maybe they're not collapsing fast enough.
Second U.S. and all other rights available.

  
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MIKE SAGER, 809 WORDS
I don't care for underdogs, generally, unless the underdog is me. I like the overdog. I like the perennial winner. The one everyone is gunning for. It's lonely at the top. But well worth it.
Second electronic and all other rights available.

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TIM CAVANAUGH, 1006 WORDS
In the last decade we've seen ever-higher orders of cloned animals, including puppies that glow thanks to implanted jellyfish DNA. Yet why is nobody excited about the idea of humans with wings?
Second U.S. and all other rights available. Not available in South Africa.

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TED RALL, 802 WORDS
The randy golfer shouldn't apologize--he should teach classes.
Not available in Aspen CO, Boise ID, Bradford PA, Columbia SC, Springfield IL. and Japan. All other rights available.

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MIKE SAGER, 1234 WORDS
If the worst does happen and everything becomes chaos, I'm going to be at a distinct disadvantage.
Not available in San Diego. All other rights available.

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EMILY BAUMAN, 839 WORDS
Ryan Bingham, the character played with debonair finish by George Clooney in "Up in the Air," is a perfect mirror of modern business and social trends.
Second U.S. and all other rights available.

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RADLEY BALKO, 966 WORDS
The surprising accuracy of the Dark Ages' trial by fire rituals.
Second electronic and all other rights available.

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JUDY GRUEN, 995 WORDS
Is it still possible to function in the 21st Century without a mobile phone?
Second electronic and all other rights available. Not available in New York City.

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JERRY ZEZIMA, 680 WORDS
A snow storm brought people, both friends and strangers, closer together.
Not available in Connecticut. All other rights available.

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ANDREW POTTER, 1055 WORDS
The digital revolution of the 00s saw the rise of creative, collaborative communities, with information scarcity a thing of the past.
Not available in Ottawa. All other rights available.

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KEVIN MCKEEVER, 700 WORDS
Holiday giving ritual passes from neighbor to neighbor ... if he doesn't pass out
Not available in Stamford CT. All other rights available.

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