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Conversations With Parents Of Russian Neo-Nazis | Olesya Gerasimenko | OD Russia | 02 February 2012

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What do you say when your son has killed 15 people? "Moscow was filling up with foreigners. At home there was discussion over whether violence was necessary or not. I was always against it. It is only now that I agree with him"

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What Moral Philosophy Tells Us About Income Inequality | Kentaro Toyama | Atlantic | 02 February 2012

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Revisiting John Rawls, his two principles of society. No 1: "Everyone should have indefeasible claim to a fully adequate scheme of equal basic liberties." No 2: Inequalities "are to be to the greatest benefit of least-advantaged"

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Electric Youth | Catherine Elton | Boston Magazine | 31 January 2012

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One woman's battle against commercialization of childhood. "Scientific studies have shown children under eight cannot understand the persuasive intent of advertising. At a fundamental level advertising to children is simply unfair"

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The Chancellor Who Played With Fire | Joschka Fischer | Project Syndicate | 31 January 2012

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Angela Merkel is engaged in a dangerous dance, says former German foreign minister. Approach of elections is causing her to ask wrong question: Not what should be done to save Europe, but how much Germans can be expected to accept

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'Forever' Dies Hard | AV Flox | Blogher | 01 February 2012

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Diamonds may be a girl's best friend. But if you ever have to sell one on, they're liable to lose their charm. "A diamond's 'worth' is little more than a product of very careful image management." Here's how the industry works

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Philip Glass's Life As An East Village Voice | Steven Thrasher | Village Voice | 01 February 2012

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Portrait of the composer as a New Yorker, on his 75th birthday. Drove a cab till he was 41. Started a removals company. "I'm not down in Florida playing golf. I'm still in the East Village. Things haven't changed that much"

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A Perfect Storm Of Planetary Proportions | John Kapenmann | IEEE Spectrum | 01 February 2012

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The sun makes life on earth possible. But it could easily make it impossible too. Here's a scientific look at how solar flares, mass coronal ejections cause geomagnetic storms. And the risks a superstorm poses to our high-tech world

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Enjoy The Silence | Aaron Skirboll | Morning News | 30 January 2012

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Enjoyable plea to save the phone booth, "society’s great unused invention". Writer, driven to distraction by people chatting on their phones in his public library, dreams of a quieter world filled with plush, decorative booths

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It's A Family Affair | Sultan Al-Qassemi | Jadaliyya | 01 February 2012

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On the importance of tribalism in the Arab Gulf states. Usually used by those in power to create bonds of loyalty; occasionally used by tribal alliances against rulers. Either way it's antithetical to a civil, democratic state

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Turning Japanese | Jeffrey Steingarten | Vogue | 30 January 2012

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Enjoyable account of a culinary adventure in Japan. Writer travels to Tokyo aiming to sample the best sushi, tempura, yakitori, shojin ryori, foraged vegetables, teppanyaki, kaiseki and bento boxes. This is what he found

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