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NY Times Magazine
Tex Macs
McDonald's is creating its own worst enemy: a healthy burrito.

The New Wave
Why I Write
by David Warren

Time
Who Says A Woman Can't Be Einstein?
Yes, men's and women's brains are different. But new research upends the old myths about who's good at what. A tour of the ever changing brain

Newsweek
Martha Breaks Out
After five months in prison, Martha's primed and ready for her next act: two TV shows and a marketing blitz stage-managed by a new A-list team. Inside the Martha Makeover Machine

Newsweek
The True Believers
Why would anyone still be devoted to Michael Jackson? He's on trial for child molestation. He hasn't had a No. 1 hit for a decade. Look at the face. Look at the life. These hard-core fans people call Jacko's Wackos—what are they thinking? They told us.

World Magazine
Free societies vs. fear societies
Natan Sharansky discusses the prospects for democracy in the Middle East and Russia and how in President Bush he has "found another dissident"

U.S. News & World Report
Condi vs. Hillary?
Condi Rice has so wowed Washington and the world that there's new buzz she is blazing a trail to the presidency.

NY Times Magazine
The Lost Soldiers of Stalag IX-B
On the European front in the last months of World War II, the Nazis sent 350 U.S. Army prisoners of war to work in a concentration camp in eastern Germany. First on the list were all the American Jews they could find.

LA Times
Looking for the Why of Buy
Researchers scan for insight into how marketing may brand the brain's preference for products.

What Dean Means
by Matt Baih
He's a centrist, leftist, healer, divider. How fitting for today's Democratic Party.

Soft Power, Hard Truths For Europe
by Victor Davis Hanson

The War On Terror Began With Salman Rushdie
by J. Rauch

A Specter is Haunting Arabia
by Uriah Kriegel
Fear and practice have been undermined by recent events in the Middle East.

Among the Fellow Travelers
by Radley Balko
Is there still a chance for an alliance between libertarians and limited-government conservatives?

Coffee Causes Cancer! Oops, This Just In! Coffee Prevents Cancer!
by Dr. Elizabeth M. Whelan
Consumers must be constantly skeptical of studies linking variable A with disease B.

President Cheney?
by Fred Barnes

Reuters
WiMax May Pose Fresh Challenge to Broadband

The Washington Doctrine
by Michael M. Rosen
What Charles Krauthammer has elegantly characterized as "democratic realism," or the solemn American obligation to...

The Sorry Fiscal Record of a "Conservative" Administration
by David Broder

NY Warms to Hillary. Is America Next?
by Andrew Sullivan

NY Times Magazine
Training Brand
A lingerie line that appeals to girls emulating women who dress like children.

Iran Nuke Program Traced to '87
New evidence shows Iran bought some equipment then, but Tehran says it was for energy generation.

Business 2.o
Luring 'Em In
Who cares about prices? Bass Pro Shops hooks customers with tuna and taxidermy.

Business 2.o
The Grocery Store of the Future
Smart shelves. Fingerprint payment systems. The store of the future is here.

Business 2.o
Executive-in-Chief
Love what George W. Bush has to say or hate it, corporate leaders can learn a lot from how he says it.

LA Times Magazine
Rock, On
Chris Rock steps onto entertainment's grandest stage tonight as host of the Academy Awards telecast. Can a gig that big turn a rebel comedian outside in?

Barry Bonds Press Conference
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Bono's Three TED Wishes
As one of the recipients of this year's TED prize, given this week at the annual Technology, Entertainment, and Design conference, Bono was given three wishes which TED will spend $100,000 to help fulfill. Bono's wishes, as you could've guessed, were directed at getting more Americans involved in the campaign to help Africa via the ONE Campaign and specifically at connecting hospitals and schools in Ethiopia to the Internet.