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The US Supreme Court justices have now heard the final oral arguments for this term. Dahlia Lithwick, senior editor at Slate.com, explains some of the high stakes cases and the decisi... (episode)
An update on the ongoing outbreak of swine flu around New York and the world
F.D.R. set the bar high with his first 100 days in office and now it’s time to measure President Obama’s early job performance. Jonathan Alter of Newsweek knows about both. Plus, The ... (episode)
Part of the perpetual slideshow on unemploymentality.com While economic bad news circulates like the latest flu virus we all dread, the folks at Unemploymentality have found a way to ... (article)
Charles Esser from Newark,NJ Marriage with all its legal burdens has for too long been the responsibility of heterosexuals, while homosexuals were left free of such worries or fears... (article)
The swine flu is the latest in a long line of epidemics that have been fueled by fear, panic, and misinformation. Philip Alcabes, author of Dread: How Fear and Fantasy Have Fueled Epi... (episode)
Signs spotted on Second Avenue and East 92nd Street A contributor named Maggie spotted these signs posted on the Upper East Side. She writes, 'I think it’s great that two businesses ... (article)
Have economists let us down, or are they the only ones who can help guide us out of the recession? Peter Coy explores our uneasy relationship with fiscal experts. Plus, museums are se... (episode)
Ian Lipkin, MD, director of the Center for Infection & Immunity and professor of epidemiology at Columbia, offers his scientific expertise in explaining the swine flu outbreak.
Is the country threatened with a new round of cyber-attacks, or is it all media hype? Wired's Kim Zetter explains. And, do the rich have any reason to be upset? Plus, your credit card... (episode)
A new documentary takes you inside the cutthroat competition to get in to New York's top nursery schools. New Jersey has released the budget for its (regular) school system. The story... (episode)
Home-grown veggies Originally uploaded by miss mass Furyk Clark wrote in to Your Uncommon Economic Indicators about turning over a new gardening leaf: "In past years i had plante... (article)