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Sad woman lying on sofa at home (Getty Images/Maria Korneeva)

In the brain, loneliness is like hunger

Nicole Karlis
Apples campus in Austin, Texas (Getty/Suzanne Cordeiro)

Big Tech's tendrils spread across Austin

Nicole Karlis
A doctor feeds a malnourished child at a feeding centre run by Doctors Without Borders in Maiduguri, Nigeria. (AP/Sunday Alamba)

The looming doctor shortage

Fred M. Jacobs
(Reuters/Craig Lassig)

Bernie's inequality blind spot

Gary Legum
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Ross Douthat (HBO)

Douthat's polygamy stupidity

Katie McDonough
(Reuters/Jason Reed)

The lingering "liberal" taboo

Jim Newell
David Koch (AP/Phelan M. Ebenhack)

Social liberals? Who cares?

Luke Brinker
Jeb Bush (Reuters/David Manning)

Luke Brinker
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Chris Hughes (Pando Daily)

Hughes' bankrupt liberalism

Luke Brinker
(AP)

Santorum feels "marginalized"

Jenny Kutner
(AP/Jeffrey Phelps)

Walker's Subterfuge

Luke Brinker
(AP Photo/Mathew Sumner)

Will gay marriage help Dems?

Luke Brinker
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Gay marriage: Support dropping

Gabriel Arana
Rand Paul, John Boehner, Ted Cruz (AP/Ed Reinke/J. Scott Applewhite/Reuters/Jonathan Ernst)

GOP's Hobby Lobby debacle

Jim Newell
(Zach Trenholm/Salon)

Why are L.A. people so mean?

Cary Tennis
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Prachi Gupta
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Carrol O'Connor; Ellen Barkin (NBC/Timothy White/Salon)

Our female Archie Bunker

Ronda Racha Penrice
Former governor of Arkansas Mike Huckabee addresses the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., on Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Irin Carmon

Dr. Richard Juman - The Fix
(Reuters/Hans Pennink)

Dems' gay marriage excuse

David Sirota
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Man socks loud boy, web cheers

Mary Elizabeth Williams
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Michael Lind
Mitt Romney (AP/Carlos Osorio)

Mitt's favorite new dodge

David Sirota
Republican presidential candidate and biological humanoid entity, former Massachusets Gov. Mitt Romney, speaks at the Values Voter Summit in Washington, Saturday, Oct. 8, 2011. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta))

Mitt Romney endorses gay "partnership agreements"

Alex Pareene
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