Shipwrecks, Mirrors, and My Dad’s Hero Complex

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Gaby Dunn reflects on when her dad’s self-impressed identity complex nearly killed him—and her.

MA Shoreline: Tracking the Sea and the Surge

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Saturday, 7:30 pm. The storm center is still 500 miles away.

There’s a Hurricane of Manliness A’Comin’

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Hurricane Irene has Aaron Gouveia imagining a post-storm zombie apocalypse where he kills his own food and protects his family.

Hurricane Irene: A Real Crisis

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‘The essence of leadership is the ability to do the ordinary under extraordinary circumstances.’

Genderless Baby: Experiment or Exploitation?

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A Canadian couple is trying to raise their child free from impositions of gender. Some are calling it irresponsible; here, Adam Polaski argues that it’s a noble experiment.

Stay Off the Roads!

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Cars are falling from the sky. Please, if you can, stay home.

The News—TARP May Profit, New Drilling Rules, Ecuador in Disarray, and Rain Pummels the Northeast

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TARP Bailout to Cost Less Than Once Anticipated The much-maligned TARP bailout expires Sunday, and it might actually turn a profit. “[T]he once-unthinkable possibility that the $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program could end up costing far less, or even nothing,” according to the New York Times, “became more likely on Thursday with the news [...]