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The emperor’s greatest legacy? Some really fantastic arias.


Of course Elizabeth Warren should run for president. Here’s why.


You probably won’t get it on the subway or from a bowling ball.


Did you inexplicably lick the subway poles that Dr. Craig Spencer used? That may have been a bad idea.


It’s really easy and cheap, but almost everyone does it wrong.


Pundits are habitual over-reactors and so we like hot-head politicians. But Obama’s style has served him well in his actual job.


One big difference: handguns are much more strictly regulated.

In the eyes of the police, I am one thing: a young black male.


Scott Walker is ahead by less than one point.


The political system is systematically skewed by the class bias in voting behavior.


“I know people are tense but let’s get the facts before people start judging a very scared human who took risks for others.”


Nick Muzin quickly deleted the tweet blaming Ebola’s outbreak on US health care legislation.

Learn about the deadly disease, from its initial discovery to whether it poses a threat to the US.


Dr. Craig Spencer, a physician in New York City who recently returned from treating Ebola patients overseas, has tested positive for Ebola.


Plus, the latest on Ebola and the academic fraud scandal at the University of North Carolina.