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November 29, 2009
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Pre-Thanksgiving links
--David Keene, the chairman of the American Conservative Union, argues that scandal-ridden Warren ... (By Christopher Shea, 11/25/09, 2:58 PM)
--David Keene, the chairman of the American Conservative Union, argues that scandal-ridden Warren ... (By Christopher Shea, 11/25/09, 2:58 PM)
Features
THE WORD COLUMN
When to ‘whoomp’
UNCOMMON KNOWLEDGE
Flattery will get you somewhere
LET US NOW PRAISE...
Laughing babies
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Better to give nothing
Is holiday spending even good for the economy? The surprising answer is somewhere between maybe and not really. Gift-giving is a very sloppy method for matching stuff with people. |
The Word
The un-welcome
There’s a certain kind of person - you may even be this kind of person - whose good will after receiving a favor and replying with “thank you” is completely wiped out when the response is not the traditional “you’re welcome,” but instead the breezier “no problem.”
Last week's Ideas features
What does it take to save a species? Sometimes, high-voltage power wires (Boston Globe, 11/20/09)
The surprising persistence of Chinese communism (Boston Globe, 11/20/09)
Squaresville, USA: How to fix American politics, one right angle at a time (Boston Globe, 11/20/09)
Alternate endings: What if the world doesn’t end in 2012? (Boston Globe, 11/20/09)