Repeal This: A pre-existing health-conditions study says half the country is uninsurable, by Timothy Noah View full post on Slate Magazine Daily Podcast

DoubleX’s Jessica Grose, Hanna Rosin and Nina Rastogi discuss the new Miss America’s political ambition, “Darwin’s Rape Whistle” in Slate, and A Strange Stirring, a new book about the Feminine Mystique by Stephanie Coontz. View full post on Slate Magazine Daily Podcast

Genes in modern bedbugs help the proliferating pest break down the toxins in common pesticides meant to kill them, a new study finds. Some bedbugs can withstand 1,000 times the amount of pesticide that would usually be lethal. » E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us View full post on NPR Programs: All Things Considered

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In 1996, Catholic bishops in Ireland drafted a policy recommending they work with police to identify pedophile priests. A year later, a Vatican panel wrote back with its assessment: the proposed policy might violate the church’s canon law. Lawyers who want to sue the Vatican for sheltering abusing priests say the letter is a smoking [...]

Here’s the original post that mysteriously disappeared from Reddit’s front page when it was 7 hours old. That removal pretty much proved the original poster’s point. http://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/f4r9a/dae_find_that_when_they_post_anything_the/ It had 1350 upvotes when it suddenly disappeared. WTF is going on here? submitted by Bookthievery to politics [link] [1243 comments] View full post on reddit: the voice [...]

A young man setting himself on fire sparked the upheaval in Tunisia that has shattered that country’s government. Michael Biggs of Oxford University says it has been a common form of protest through the ages. » E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us View full post on NPR Programs: All Things Considered

Stefan Fatsis, Josh Levin, and Mike Pesca discuss the Jets’ win over the Patriots, the alleged jerkiness of the Bears’ Jay Cutler, and (with special guest Zaid Abdul-Aziz) Sports Illustrated’s 1968 series The Black Athlete: A Shameful Story. View full post on Slate Magazine Daily Podcast

In this week’s Culture Gabfest, our critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens and Julia Turner discuss Gwyneth Paltrow in Country Strong and the recent kerfuffle over the shifting signs of the zodiac. They’re joined by author Lauren Redniss to discuss her new illustrated biography Radioactive: Marie & Pierre Curie: A Tale of Love and Fallout. View [...]