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Headline v Headline: Arab Winter

By Misha Grunbaum

November 26, 2012

Barely two years after the Arab Spring, Egypt's Tahrir Square has again filled with protestors.

Headline V Headline: Self Defense

By Misha Grunbaum

November 19, 2012

Headline v. Headline pits the idiosyncratic slants of different global news sources against each other. Since the Israel-Gaza conflict erupted last week, nearly every country has taken a side.

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Escaping a catastrophic blizzard to take peyote in the Arizona desert, Paul Kwiatkowski concludes his investigation into alternate perceptions of consciousness.

The Biggest Little-Known Influence on H. P. Lovecraft

M. R. James was an English author, scholar and inspiration to Lovecraft, though the world may have forgotten it.

The Sun Don't Shine on a Moonshine Still

Get a bleary-eyed view of moonshining from a modern day bootlegger.