For Your Further Enlightenment XXI

• Jacob Weisberg, Slate: "Republicans vs. Economics: Does the GOP oppose Obama's jobs plan for ideological reasons or political ones?"
• Jacob Weisberg, Slate: "'Let Him Die': A debate question exposes the incoherence—and cowardice—of the Republican candidates' opposition to Obamacare"
• Space.com: "'Super-Earth,' 1 of 50 Newfound Alien Planets, Could Potentially Support Life"
• Robert Krulwich, NPR: "Extreme Tidying Up"
• William Saletan, Slate: "Rick Perry's Crotch Shot: Mandatory health insurance, no. Mandatory injections to protect your vagina, yes"
• E.J. Dionne: "The Last Labor Day?"
• Dahlia Lithwick, Slate: "Getting Away With Torture: Dick Cheney's memoir shows the importance of the law, not of torture"
• The Onion: "Tea Party Congressman Calls For Tax Breaks To Put Out Raging Wildfire In District"
• Time: "Photographer Refuses to Take Portraits of Facebook Bullies"
• Yahoo! Games: "Is Boardwalk Worth It?"
• The New York Times Magazine: "The Search-and-Rescue Dogs of 9-11"
• Dahlia Lithwick, Slate: "Damages: An appeals court allows a suit against Donald Rumsfeld to go forward"
• David Haglund, Slate: "I Watched Every Coen Brothers Movie: Here's what I learned"
• Think Progress: "Graphic: How We Know We’re Causing Global Warming"
• All Facebook: "Fox News Facebook Page Gets 8,000 Death Threats" (And Christians feel persecuted.)
• The Onion: "Scientists Trace Heat Wave To Massive Star At Center Of Solar System"
• Ezra Klein, The Washington Post: "One shot on taxes: Don’t blow it, Democrats"
• The Onion: "Obama Turns 50 Despite Republican Opposition"
• Nate Silver, Five Thirty Eight: "Double Dip or Not, Economy Is Falling Further Behind"
• Ezra Klein, The Washington Post: "Why do half of all Americans pay no federal income taxes?"
• The Onion: "Obama: Debt Ceiling Deal Required Tough Concessions By Both Democrats And Democrats Alike"
• Gary Gutting, The Opinionator, The New York Times: "Are Your Political Opponents Crazy?"
• Tom Vanderbilt, Slate: "Don't Turn Left!: A new kind of intersection eliminates dangerous, time-wasting left turns"
• John Cassidy, The New Yorker: "Smoke, Mirrors, and Obama's Humbling"

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