We enjoyed reading these articles -- we hope you will, too.
---Psychology---
New Scientist presents a new theory about what factors determine
human intelligence.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=58397
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=58397
An Atlantic Monthly article profiles an idiot savant in
Minnesota whose gambling mind may be the greatest in the world.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=58280
---Radio Journalism---
Is it the best radio show there ever was, or is it more? An
Atlantic Monthly article affectionately considers NPR's "All
Things Considered" on its 30th birthday.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=58254
---U.S. Society & Politics---
An article in First Things outlines the underlying ideologies at
odds with each other when it comes to American foreign policy.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=58699
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=58699
Salon delves into Oregon's secretive and closely-guarded world
of cockfighting and game breeding.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=58278
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=58278
A Time author travels to the American South to find out why
Southerners won't let go of Confederate symbols.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=58719
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=58719
A government commission is urging non-Indian schools to stop
using Native American names and mascots for their sports teams,
reports Education Week.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=58895
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=58895
A Weekly Standard writer visits U.S. Army bases to witness the
changes to a branch of the service that, plagued by low
recruitment numbers, has "gone soft".
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=58757
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=58757
---World Politics & Society---
Atlantic Monthly reports that Hong Kong and Macau have weathered
their return to Chinese provenance with their appeal for
visitors intact.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=58257
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=58257
FEER examines Taiwan's sticky situation: the island is caught
between two bristling superpowers, China and the U.S.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=58384
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=58384
Time reports on an alliance between the Arab terrorist
organizations Hamas and Hizballah.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=58721
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=58721
---Social Issues---
Time reports that the Netherlands will become the first country
formally to legalize euthanasia.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=58712
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=58712
A New Republic article argues for the wide dissemination of the
McVeigh execution on the grounds that our society must have the
stomach to witness what it endorses.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=58343
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=58343
Salon covers the Free Trade Area of the Americas meeting in
Quebec and the protests that met it.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=58800
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=58800
---Business---
In Korea, the entertainment industry has begun financing its
films and shows by getting fans to invest in what they like.
FEER reports on the strategy's success.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=58335
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=58335
A Business 2.0 article points out that online news services tend
not to filter PR very much, often commingling hard news with
press releases. That's good news for marketers, but bad for
consumers.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=58733
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=58733
Industry Standard analyzes Yahoo's choice of a former Hollywood
executive to be its new CEO.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=58864
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=58864
eCFO examines the state of electronic marketplaces in four major
industries: metal, chemicals, paper, and energy.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=58888
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=58888
---Investing---
A Time article asserts that the stock market has bottomed and
that it's time, cautiously, to buy.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=58920
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=58920
---Science---
An Asiaweek article describes how Singapore surgeons performed a
97-hour operation to separate twins conjoined at the head and
brain.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=58620
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=58620
Time Europe reports on the advancing field of archaeogenetics,
which looks at genetic variations to explain human movements and
lineage throughout prehistory.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=58882
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=58882
---Computing---
Smart Computing compares a passel of word processing programs.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=58477
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=58477
A Smart Computing article shows how to use your computer's
Internet connection to make free or low-cost long distance phone
calls.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=58526
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=58526
---Film---
Eye provides an overview of the drug movie genre.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=58414
---Books---
Lingua Franca reviews "Northern Passage" by John Hagan, a new
book chronicling the effects American Vietnam War resisters had
on their adopted country, Canada.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=58618
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=58618
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