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‘Weiner’ Film Review: This Is What Our Democracy Looks Like

May 20, 2016
The career of Anthony Weiner (remember him?) may have imploded, but his personal and professional disasters provide the basis for what may be the most unnervingly canny treatment yet of our celebrity-mad political culture. The career of Anthony Weiner (remember him?) may have imploded, but his personal and professional disasters provide the basis for what may be the most unnervingly canny treatment yet of our celebrity-mad political culture.

Environmentalists Do Their Fair Share of Harm

Sep 8, 2013
It's possible that green organizations do more damage to their cause than do climate change deniers; the question of whether journalism's impact can be quantified has been coming up a lot lately; meanwhile, believing that girls can be older than their "chronological age" is dangerous. These discoveries and more after the jump.