November 2011
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There are now 7 billion people in the world
That’s twice as many as in 1968!
The astonishing growth comes at a time when fertility rates have plummeted worldwide. But advances in medicine have resulted in markedly longer lifespans — from 48 in the 1950s to 69 in the first decade of this century — and a precipitous drop in infant mortality rates.
Though 43 percent of the world’s population is under the age of 25, a ballooning...
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Coquette: On drug-addled dirtbags
Dear Coquette,
My ex-boyfriend went to rehab seven months ago. When he left, we were together, and we decided we were going to try our hardest to stay together and keep in contact through letters and short phone calls. We were doing well at first, but after a while I contemplated being with him. I told him this, and without any discussion, he told me he wasn’t coming home after rehab, and that he...
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What seemed so inevitable last night was in fact the culmination of two months...
– Sports Columnist Dan Wolken argues that the Cardinals’ World Series win last night was a long time coming.
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It is often implied, though not often actually said, that Hunter S. Thompson was...
– Zach Baron reviews (and dislikes) “The Rum Diary.”
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Most memorable Game 7s in MLB history →
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clayman:
Breaking (puppet) news from The Daily.
Breaking baby news! Congratulations to our very own Greg Clayman!
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Just as the true value of the iPhone became clear only when the App Store...
– Business columnist Jeremy Caplan on the future of Siri.
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In order for the horror genre to exist in the serialized TV medium, it can’t...
– Rich Juzwiak on why horror on TV isn’t horror at all.
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Too many people are out there hurting for us to sit around and do nothing....
– President Obama in a speech on student loans