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Six degrees of aggregation

Of the many and conflicting stories about how The Huffington Post came to be—how it boasts 68 sections, three international editions (with more to come), 1.2 billion monthly page views and 54…
LENGTH: 39 minutes (9907 words)

One Town's War on Gay Teens

A candlelight vigil in Minneapolis for the victims of gay bullying. © Richard Tsong-Taatarii/Minneapolis Star Tribune/ZUMApress.com Every morning, Brittany Geldert stepped off the bus and…
PUBLISHED: Feb. 2, 2012
LENGTH: 5 minutes (1257 words)

American decline in perspective, pt. 1

Significant anniversaries are solemnly commemorated - Japan’s attack on the US naval base at Pearl Harbor, for example. Others are ignored, and we can often learn valuable lessons from them…
PUBLISHED: Feb. 15, 2012
LENGTH: 13 minutes (3408 words)

How the U.S. Postal Service Fell Apart

Inside a grad student's apartment at the University of Pennsylvania sits a slightly faded blue-and-white wooden sign from a post office in Malone, Wash., that no longer exists. If this were any…
PUBLISHED: Nov. 17, 2011
LENGTH: 2 minutes (621 words)
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