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The Slatest: April 29, 2012

Chinese Activist Reportedly Under U.S. Protection

Chinese Activist Reportedly Under U.S. Protection

The escaped dissident puts Washington in an uncomfortable position days before high-level talks.

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Weaker Al-Qaida Looks To Affiliates for Attacks

Weaker Al-Qaida Looks To Affiliates for Attacks

The terror group probably can't pull off another Sept. 11 but that doesn't mean it has been defeated.

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Obama Jabs Romney at

Obama Jabs Romney at "Nerd Prom"

The presidential campaign took center stage at the annual White House Correspondents' Dinner.

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Will Gingrich Cost Himself a Convention Slot?

Will Gingrich Cost Himself a Convention Slot?

He is likely to call it quits Wednesday, but some say the long goodbye should have consequences.

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Secret Service Issues Stricter Rules for Agents

Secret Service Issues Stricter Rules for Agents

CNN identifies the agent who allegedly sparked Colombia scandal through payment dispute with prostitute.

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Romney: Borrow Money From Your Parents

Romney: Borrow Money From Your Parents

The presumptive nominee encourages students to take risks and think twice about majoring in English.

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Decision Could Lead To Wave of Immigration Laws

Decision Could Lead To Wave of Immigration Laws

If the Supreme Court upholds Arizona's law, several states will almost certainly approve similar measures.

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Obama Campaign Suggests Romney Wouldn't Have Killed Bin Laden

Obama Campaign Suggests Romney Wouldn't Have Killed Bin Laden

The president's team continues to make foreign policy a key issue in the November election.

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CDC: Third of U.S. Workers Not Getting Enough Sleep

CDC: Third of U.S. Workers Not Getting Enough Sleep

More than 40 million American workers reported getting less than six hours of shut-eye per night.

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The Trust Molecule

Paul Zak | WSJ | 28 April 2012

"In our blood and in the brain, oxytocin appears to be the chemical elixir that creates bonds of trust not just in our intimate relationships but also in our business dealings, in politics and in society at large" Comments

China's Corporate Leninism

John Lee | American Interest | 23 April 2012

"The structure of the Chinese political economy today is consciously designed to resist the transformative effects of participation and eventual integration into a liberal order." Super essay explains how, and why, this came to be Comments

Interview: Stephen King

Neil Gaiman | Neil Gaiman's Journal | 28 April 2012

Badly hurt ten years ago in a road accident. Now recovered, and writing 1500 words every day “I sit down maybe at quarter past eight in the morning and I work until quarter to twelve." Next book: An amusement park serial killer Comments

How Free Is The Will?

Russell Blackford | ABC | 27 April 2012

I know, you've read too much on free will already. But this one's worth it. Super explanation of dominant position in contemporary philosophy. Followed by a sharp critique of new book "Free Will" by popular thinker Sam Harris Comments

Ego Depletion

Anonymous | You Are Not So Smart | 17 April 2012

Fascinating essay on willpower. Tests suggest it's a finite resource, not a skill. "Every time you exert control over the giant system that is you, that control gets weaker." Why? It just might be as simple as a lack of glucose Comments

Genocide And The Fine Arts

Adam Thirlwell | New Republic | 20 April 2012

Discursive but always interesting mediation on Claude Lanzmann's memoir, "Patagonian Hare", and on his epic Holocaust film, "Shoah"—"one of the sternest, strangest, and most important films made in the short history of cinema" Comments