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Lessons from a lost revolution: Egypt’s fate still hangs in the balance
H.A. Hellyer
Three years ago today, Hosni Mubarak was forced from power. The revolution has since stalled, but its ideas live on
Was Yulia Lipnitskaya’s “Schindler’s List” skating routine tasteless?
Daniel D'Addario
The Russian skating star dressed as the "girl in the red coat." Talk about kitsch
The placebo effect even works for sleep
Tom Jacobs
New research suggests we perform better on cognitive tests if we’re told we had a good night’s sleep
Is this the world’s oldest landscape painting?
Laura C. Mallonee
New research suggests the honor belongs to a neolithic mural in central Turkey
It’s not so elementary: The secrets of Sherlock’s mind palace
Sarah Zielinski
The BBC/Masterpiece sleuth employs a memory technique invented by the ancient Greeks
Amanda Knox, what really happened: Writing toward the actual story
Katie Crouch
Looking for the truth? Try fiction. A novel about the lurid case might have more perspective than Italian courts
The Russian spy who duped my dad
Robert Silverman
The FBI called Emil Goldfus a KGB colonel leading a vast network of espionage. My father called him a friend
Sochi’s post-Olympics time bomb: Can the city survive when the games are gone?
Henry Grabar
Complaints about waste and corruption are already common — and things could get so much worse
Neil Finn: “I could easily become too tasteful in my old age”
David Daley
The pop music mastermind on Crowded House and Split Enz, growing old without losing an edge, and a dazzling new LP
GOP’s secret anti-freedom agenda: Why their “liberty” talk is nonsense
Elias Isquith
Obamacare will liberate some Americans in the job market. So why aren't liberty-loving conservatives rejoicing?
Birth of a whistle-blower: How Edward Snowden became Edward Snowden
Luke Harding
Early chat records reveal that Snowden supported government secrecy — until he saw how it really worked
GOP’s predictable, dramatic nonsense: Here come the empty debt ceiling threats
Jim Newell
Even Michele Bachmann says a clean debt limit should pass. But that won't stop some fake demands from coming
Jay Leno thrived by being America’s dullest man
Daniel D'Addario
With less edge than David Letterman or Conan O'Brien, Leno was the perfect host for one of the last huge franchises
The accident that killed me
Su Meck
Thanks to a freak occurrence, I remember nothing of my first 22 years. The person I had been is lost and gone
6 offensively overpriced products we can do without
Cliff Weathers
These items will put a dent in your wallet — but are they really worth it?
Author Jennifer Senior: “Kids have almost no responsibility, and I find that unnatural”
Anna North
The author of "All Joy and No Fun" talks about chores, Amy Chua, and the perils of trying to raise a happy child
The strange success of grand jury resistance
Natasha Lennard
My friend, anarchist Jerry Koch, is the latest grand jury resistor to be jailed and freed because of his silence
Bill O’Reilly’s toxic buffoonery: Fox News remains alive and well — and dangerous
Joan Walsh
Ailes and O’Reilly channel the white backlash in a country trying to become a multiracial democracy. That’s scary
Liz Cheney’s vow: I’ll be back!
Elias Isquith
After running one of the most dysfunctional campaigns in recent memory, Cheney promises she isn't finished
“I Forgot to Remember”: Living with amnesia
Laura Miller
A woman who lost all memories from the first 22 years of her life describes what it's like to rebuild yourself
How Richard Nixon reinvented American warfare
Steven Casey
As the public soured on Vietnam, Nixon rebooted U.S. military strategy — and paved the way for Iraq and Afghanistan
From Beyoncé to Bruno Mars: Why no Super Bowl halftime will satisfy everyone
Daniel D'Addario
This year's halftime act feels a little minor. Why are big stars afraid to take on the biggest of spotlights?
The scariest thing about fracking is the risk nobody is talking about
Ellen Cantarow
A dense, poorly regulated network of pipelines carries explosive gas hundreds of miles away drilling sites
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