Coal: The View from 2,000 Feet
James Fallows flies his plane over the mines of West Virginia and discusses the future of energy
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Sunday, December 5, 2010
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James Fallows flies his plane over the mines of West Virginia and discusses the future of energy
Forcing the State Department to become more secretive will hamper its effectiveness at things like nation-building and community outreach, where you need a broad, decentralized effort
WikiLeaks
Among the revelations in the WikiLeaks docs: Inside many a foreign service officer lurks a frustrated novelist. Our series documenting the literary adventures of diplomats.
Anonymous Content
This story of a 17-year-old dropout single-handedly raising both her younger brother and sister has moved audiences all year
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Technically, the rules are wide open in both the House and Senate, but it isn't easy to get the boot. A how-to guide, according to historical precedent.
Groupon
As the deal-of-the-day site considers a $6 billion offer from Google, we step back and look at some of the wackiest coupons it has offered customers over the years.
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The middle class already spends more on gas than taxes or health care
Not since the days of Richard Nixon has a journalist been so vilified
Once open-minded, the senator has become rigid: just look at his opposition to repealing "don't ask, don't tell"
There are a few spots at the top of hip hop for women and competition is fierce
Salt, pepper, garlic, South Asian infusions, and more made their way into chilly confections this year
Prime Minister Maliki replaced qualified intelligence and security officers with partisans, new U.S. documents show
The jobless rate rose to 9.8 percent and nearly 1.3 million people have stopped looking for work. What went wrong?
Oil-spill engineering, Kenyan social media, Jon Stewart's apolitics, and more remarkable thoughts from 2010
Understanding the U.S.'s latest global sports disappointment
More cables that the State Department really, really doesn't want you to see, from a former U.S. Foreign Service officer
It's not sacrilegious to show Christ suffering: That's the crux of the gospels
The recession's over, but the recovery hasn't caught fire—yet
Why only coal can stop global warming, the error-prone nature of dialysis, how to be a frugal divorcée, and more
