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Aloha, Barack

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From BRITT PETERSON, The New Republic,  25 Mar 2008

The Hidden Epidemic

The Times article today on how all med students are going into dermatology and plastic surgery instead of general medicine was rather fascinating -- maybe the answer is some sort of Harvard Law-style loan forgiveness program for med students who ...

From BRITT PETERSON, The New Republic,  19 Mar 2008

Last Chance to Become a Plank-er

Tomorrow is the deadline for applications to next year's reporter-researcher internship. So, if you've got some journalism experience and want to join the team, send us your stuff. We're still accepting applications for the summer web internship, so ...

From BRITT PETERSON, The New Republic,  14 Feb 2008

More '80s movies about abortion

I'm coming a little late into Chris and Michael's discussion of this, but I watched Dirty Dancing over the weekend, certainly not for the first time ever but possibly for the first time since puberty, and was struck by how thoughtful and realistic the ...

From BRITT PETERSON, The New Republic,  14 Jan 2008

Unity08 In A State Of Disunity

Not that it was unexpected, but Unity08's founders, old media hands Gerald Rafshoon and Doug Bailey, have just left to work on drafting Bloomberg, taking most of the credibility and experience Unity08 ever had with them and leaving celebrity promoter ...

From BRITT PETERSON, The New Republic,  11 Jan 2008

Come Work for Us!

You must be logged-in to comment. Not a subscriber? Click here to get a digital or print and digital subscription to The New Republic! Any chance "fact-checking" can be interpreted as "fact-making-upping?"  If so, I'm your man! Shouldn't you also ...

From BRITT PETERSON, The New Republic,  18 Dec 2007

Nice Guys Didn't Finish the Neolithic

Our brains are much like those of our primate cousins, so where did we get our uniquely human gift of speech? One human says we simply rewired brain structures devoted to a different, more general primate specialty--vision.06.01.1996 The winners of ...

From BRITT PETERSON, Discover,  17 May 2007

Just in Time for Halloween

Archaeologists working in the Veracruz region of Mexico have turned up evidence of a spooky, 4,500-year-old cat-worshipping man who had his teeth filed down to stubs so he could run around in a set of jaguar fangs. That's not as weird as it sounds ...

From BRITT PETERSON, Discover,  17 May 2007

Pyramid Building Saps the Soul

For clues to the psychological health of members of Egypt's Middle Kingdom, researchers have turned to "Dispute Over Suicide," a poem in hieroglyphics commissioned by a ruler in about 2000 B.C. Using qualitative analysis software, Birmingham University ...

From BRITT PETERSON, Discover,  17 May 2007

REVIEW / Two best friends swap lives, but how long can it last?

REVIEW Two best friends swap lives, but how long can it last? Britt Peterson Wednesday, September 6, 2006 Small Acts of Sex and Electricity By Lise Haines UNBRIDLED BOOKS; 243 PAGES; $23.95 The clash between everyday reality and covetous imagination is ...

From BRITT PETERSON, San Francisco Chronicle,  6 Sep 2006

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